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[edit] Flags of Europe#Disputed and unrecognised states

Is it really necessary to include the flags of Sealand and Seborga? They are micronations, in other words joke states that no one takes seriously (it's also odd that not all other micronations in Europe are included). I also think that the flag of the Republika Srpska is unnecessary as it is a federal unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina. If we include that, then we should include all sixteen States of Germany. Finally, I'm not too sure about the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria; they have no control over Chechnya, so you can hardly call it an unrecognized state.--Rudjek 21:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I support the removal of Republika Srpska as it is a recognized (and we all hope it stays recognized) Serbian state within Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is not in the same position as the other ones. Seborga is just a joke IMO, and Sealand should stay, it is truly an unrecognized state.Velimir85 01:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Sealand's flag should stay for a number of reasons:
  • Sealand is in Europe so its flag is a flag of Europe.
  • It is a national flag used in Europe.
  • According to Principality of Sealand, "Sealand's claims to sovereignty and legitimacy are not recognised by any country" so the flag should be included in the disputed/unrecognised section of this article.
  • The Government of Sealand describes here how the Principality of Sealand is a nation.

Based on the above reasons, the flag of Sealand should stay in this article. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 19:53, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criterion for sorting flags

Is there any good explanation to why flags are sorted according to EU membership? All other continent's flag pages are sorted by geographic regions, which in my opinion is far more intuitive than affiliation with an international political organization. I'm inclined to change this unless anyone objects (with a good reason to keep things the way they are now). --Denvesletigeren 15:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Catalonia is not an independant state

Since Catalonia is not an independant state, its flage should be categorized under "Dependencies and autonomous regions of European Union members in Europe", and not under "Flags of other European nations" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazen Bahhady (talk • contribs) 17:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

The flag of Catalonia has been moved to "Dependencies and autonomous regions of European Union members in Europe" as it is an autonomous region of Spain, an EU member. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 19:53, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NATO flag

I note that Image:Flag of NATO.svg is a non-free image and does not have a fair-use rationale for this article. Therefore, either a rationale needs to be added, or the image pulled from this article. I'll leave that decision to the folks who watchlist this page, if that's ok. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 00:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)