Talk:Flags of the U.S. states
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You forgot the U.S. Virgin Islands.
We didn't forget them, but if you would look at the title of this article, it is Flags of the US states. Are the Virgin Islands a state? I think not!
There is an inconsistency between this page and the gallery of national flags. There, "flag of" is a link to the flag's page, and the country name links to the entry for that country. Maybe this should be applied here, ie: Flag of Washington
I have changed the header for the the flags of the insular areas and DC. It said: "Territories and non-states". I have changed it to "Flags of the Insular areas and the Federal District" Since the word "territory" is so ambigious. -- Hoshie 02:40, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
i anyone else bothered by the title? i mean, come on, the "flags of the united states states"???
- This is a pretty common convention on Wikipedia, because unqualified "state" would imply a generic state (a national state or sub-state of a nation other than the U.S.). I don't care that much for it, I suppose it would be a little better to say "State flags of the United States" or "Flags of the states of the United States" but we actually use the phrase "U.S. state" a lot. Demi T/C 21:08, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
- I moved it back to "Flags of the U.S. states". We have a rule against using abbreviations in category names, but that rule doesn't apply in the same way to article titles. (The rule for article titles is to use the most common name.) If someone really objects to the abbreviation, I suppose "State flags of the United States" would be okay too. dbenbenn | talk 18:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- I think that "State flags of the United States" is clearer, the current title seems awkward to me.--Yukata Ninja 19:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
- I moved it back to "Flags of the U.S. states". We have a rule against using abbreviations in category names, but that rule doesn't apply in the same way to article titles. (The rule for article titles is to use the most common name.) If someone really objects to the abbreviation, I suppose "State flags of the United States" would be okay too. dbenbenn | talk 18:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Introduction
At the moment this is just a gallery. It needs an intro. Some suggestions, though I am far from being an an expert; I only suggest these as common themes from reading some of the individual articles; they may be way off-base.
- Daughters of the American Revolution competitions inspired some.
- Lots are one colour with a state seal, which designers think is a baaad idea.
- Why is this? Some flags background colour is based on the uniform of its regiment in the American Revolution. Were most of them blue? Did later-joining states just stick to the standard pattern?
- Some states have added their names to their flags. Perhaps an attempt to aid differentiation? Does it work?
- Confederate Flag controversies.
- 2001 survey ranking state flags from the North American Vexillological Association.
- Maybe some trivia: most changes of design; oldest, newest; most/fewest colors. Some of this I could probably work out from the articles. WP:NOR? jnestorius(talk) 20:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
