Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flag of Kurdistan

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Flag of Kurdistan
It is not a country how can it be a national flag? Also officialy there is no such thing as a Kurdistan. Kurds themselves will beg to differ with the validity of the status of Kurdistan itself. Hence its fictional or opinion oriented that Factual (note: nominated by User:Coolcat)
 * Keep. The Kurdish nationalist movement is notable, and so is its flag. Szyslak 01:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, and expand. Megan1967 02:30, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Extremely important and notable. Strong keep and expand.--Centauri 03:30, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * By that logic we wouldn't have an article on the flag of Chechnya or Taiwan either. Strong keep Preisler 05:09, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, possibly rename to more NPOV Kurdish flag. If any other Kurdish flags are in widespread use they could also be mentioned here. -- Curps 05:24, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Invalid basis for VfD nomination. --Andylkl 06:35, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Appears to be a politically motivated nomination. Wincoote 14:46, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Politically motivated nomination. Nightstallion 15:23, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Symbols of major nationalist movements/organisations are notable. As for non-countries having flag articles - we've even got an article on the Flag of Devon... Average Earthman 19:23, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, possible rename, bogus nomination in any case - David Gerard 00:01, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * merge and redirect to Kurdistan. RJFJR 00:33, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Longhair 01:41, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- The Kurdistan Regional Government uses it. jdb &#x274b; (talk) 03:52, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Del There is no country or state that uses the flag. Kurdistan Regional Government is at best a political party. According to the Kurdistan article the region in question refers to a larger region well beyond the borders of the Kurdistan Regional Government. According to the UN and all UN recognised countries (198 nations I believe) including island countries Kurdistan is not a country. According to Iraqi constitution it is not a state either. It can be kept as a political party at best for that reason. Taiwan is a country according to the UN. China does not recognise them as a country I believe. Chechnya is a Russian state. Texas has a flag. "The Kurdish nationalist movement is notable" is a contradictary statement. If nation does not exist how can there be a nationalist movement, officaly speaking... --Cool Cat| My Talk 14:23, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Cool Cat, see the definition of Nation. Whether something is actually a recognized political entity or not is not always related to its relevance. Only 1 nation recognized the Confederacy, and out of convienience.-LtNOWIS 04:31, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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