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Template-protected edit request 26 May 2023

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The flag of the Norwegian city and my hometown Tønsberg should be added to this template, so when you set in {{flag|Tonsberg}}, it will show Tønsberg's city flag which looks like this:

Anyone who support my idea? Karamellpudding1999 (talk) 17:57, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: This template is based on country data, and as far as I am aware it is not granular to the point of listing cities. Primefac (talk) 12:28, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few cities such as {{Country data Moscow}} and {{Country data London}}, so I'm not averse to an occasional addition, but only if there is consensus to do so. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 12:37, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To make a city's flag work with {{flag}}, you need to create {{Country data Tønsberg}}. Copy the format used at {{Country data Oslo}}. You'll need to find a verified city flag, however; see comments at this web page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:29, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 3 September 2023

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Switzerland and Vatican City currently only include previously used flags in this template. Currently {{Country data Switzerland}} uses File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg and {{Country data Vatican City}} uses File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg. Please update the template to include those 2 flags or to recognise square flags in general so they have an extra space in templates such as {{flagu}}. Aris Odi ❯❯❯ talk 07:12, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:36, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template needs option NOT to link country 18 September 2023

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Without such an option, this is a violation of MOS:OVERLINK, particularly in a table with multiple links to the same country. Thanks! 1980fast (talk) 22:08, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done {{flagu}} already exists to not link to the country. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:24, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I was completely unaware of its existence. I'm not sure how I managed to miss it while looking in the documentation, but I appreciate your pointing it out nonetheless! 1980fast (talk) 07:32, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fatah

How does this work and why is it not working for Fatah / Fatah? Most other newsworthy Palestinian factions seem to work - Hamas - PFLP - DFLP - but not the biggest. Does it pull a flag off the wiki page for a thing? Or is there a separate database? Does the flag on the page need to be a particular file format or size? Irtapil (talk) 13:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it attempts to pull a flag out of a template, which does not exist for Fatah but does for the others. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Flag_Template#Implementation for information about creating/implementing the flag system for Fatah. Primefac (talk) 14:06, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how any of these flags satisfy MOS:SOVEREIGNFLAG, so why do we have templates for them at all? 2A00:23C5:BA8A:BF01:9B6:5525:7FD6:7C51 (talk) 22:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 21 January 2025

It is requested that an edit be made to the template-protected template at Template:Country data Syria.
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Description of suggested change:

The flag of Syria has been updated on that page and on other prominent locations such as Syria. It should be updated here as well for consistency. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhpratt (talk • contribs) 10:45, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. I thought the redirect was accurate; what has changed and what needs changing? Primefac (talk) 12:28, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly, I don't even know if I'm asking this in the right place. It was incredibly difficult to find the relevant page, and this quite possibly isn't it.

As to what I'm asking to have changed; the flag of Syria changed with the toppling of the Assad regime. Rather than the red-white-black flag with two stars, the green-white-black flag with three stars is now used. Anywhere these mini icons are used still uses the old flag, which is no longer accurate. I can't provide a diff because of the aforementioned difficulty — I don't even know where these icons are stored.

jhpratt (talk) 07:18, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you might need to go to Commons; File:Flag of Syria.svg is currently pointing to the two-star file but we can't do anything about that here. Primefac (talk) 09:02, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]