Talk:Flag of Hong Kong

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[edit] Need sources

I'm having trouble finding sources to verify some of the content in certain sections, namely these sections: Handling of the flag, Correct display, Showing the flag indoors, and Parades and ceremonies. Please help find sources for these; the article is undergoing FAC right now. If no sources turn up in a day or two, I'll probably do an overhaul of those sections, re-writing and getting rid of unverified information. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 05:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Also - preferably HK government sources would be best for the information in those sections. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 05:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Alright I've deleted chunks of information that we can't verify or find sources for.[1] If anybody finds sources for what I deleted, by all means, please add it back. The article is under FAR right now and we need to make sure every fact is verifiable. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 05:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Should the following incident be mentioned in the article?

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Sydney Olympics officials apologised yesterday for allowing an incorrect version of the SAR flag to be used in the opening ceremony. It featured a larger bauhinia than the one that appears on the correct flag. The bauhinia also had hooked petals and a stalk, which are not present in the correct version. The flag, carried by rower Fenella Ng Gar-loc during Friday's ceremony, was apparently based on a preliminary version submitted to the Basic Law Drafting Committee in 1990. ("Games flag blunder apology", SCMP, 2000-09-18)

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Also, I don't understand Note no.9: does it refer to Snow's book, or to the book review? Cheers.--K.C. Tang 07:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• Note #9 comes from an article that appeared in the Air & Space Power Journal, volume 19, issue 2. I used the "cite journal" template for it.
• Not sure if the Sydney Olympics incident is worthwhile to insert into the article. But feel free to insert it if you can find a good place to put it. Did the incident cause a lot of controversy? Or did they just apologise and that was the end of it? Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 15:43, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

The link at Note 9 doesn't mention anything about the flag; I've also checked Snow's book, but could find nothing about the flag. Perhaps I've missed something? (btw, it seems that bookreviews should not be used as sources, unless the article in question is a book). Forgive my fussiness. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 08:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Looks like you're right. It talks about Japanese occupation but not specifically about the flag. Let's try to find a source that does talk about flag use in Japanese occupation. If we can't find anything, we can just revise that paragraph or delete it. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 15:13, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I couldn't find any sources that specifically states that during the Japanese occupation, the British and Chinese flags were banned, and that the Japanese flag was canonised as Hong Kong's national flag. Although we can probably assume this was true, we need sources to back up the claim in this article. So I suggest we give it a day, if no editors can come forth with a source to verify that claim, let's just delete the sentences that mention the Japanese occupation. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 17:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I've checked some local history books, but could find no allusion to it. I think that paragraph can go. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 05:02, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Angle of the leaf

In the image currently display it is written 36.48° while on the page cited as source [2] in the figure 2 it is written 13°48' that is 13.80° -- AnyFile 17:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Height of flagpoles?

In the photo included inline in this article, the Regional Flag is on a taller flagpole than that of the National Flag. Is there any particular reason why? I'm rather sure I've read that the Regional Flag shouldn't be flown above the National Flag, and I'm certain that in Golden Bauhinia Square, the National Flag is flown higher.

From where is that photo? JSIN (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

It's probably a difference in perspective. If the photographer happened to be closer to the regional flag pole, it's possible that the regional flag would have appeared taller in the photo. Maybe that's not the best picture to use. But looking at the Commons library, it seems like that's the best photo we have of the two flags flying high on poles. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:34, 11 February 2008 (UTC)