Talk:International Island Games Association

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Contents 1 Flags 2 Anglesey / Ynys Mon 3 Board Games 4 Island of Gibraltar???

[edit] Flags

I've added the flag for the islands as used at the IGA here. I made one modification, by creating a flag for Hitra based on the design for Froya's flag and the coat of arms of Hitra, since the site lumps them together on a description page for no apparent reason (since I believe they compete separately), and which I think would reasonably be the flag for that island. I have not changed the flags for places like the Isle of Wight and Saaremaa, which have their own flags, but which the IGA site has listed as flying their country's flag. Also, some islands seem to have other flags locally (the Western Isles has a council flag, and Orkney has a different unofficial flag) than the ones the IGA uses--these I have left the way the IGA has them. OzLawyer 20:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

The Union Jack ensign is not used in the Western isles. --MacRusgail 15:36, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Acording to Island Games Association (IGA) it is the flag that represent Western Isles [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Calapez (talk • contribs) 01:01, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anglesey / Ynys Mon

Holy accidental hitting of the enter key while writing edit summaries, Batman! Anyway, I changed it back because that's the name it goes under at the Island Games Association (in English, which I assume is the only working language of the association). I'm all for using English where proper, but it's kind of like how "Tahiti" is a memer of FIFA, even though it represents all of French Polynesia. OzLawyer 16:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Board Games

This page was linked to from "List of Game Manufacturers" as a manufacturer of board games. If it is in fact such a company, this description should reference the game that they made. Oz 21:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Island of Gibraltar???

Gibraltar patently fails to meet the key physical qualification for membership of the IIGA. Has the Association ever published their justification for admitting this peninsula in spite of its own constitution? If so, a summary of that ruling would make a good addition to this article. (I fail to see how Anglessey meets the membership criterion of significant access and participation difficulties, being served as it is by a major trunk road with a permanent bridge, but that is a less obvious breach of the definition.) Kevin McE 23:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Gibraltar now has its own artificially constructed island just off its western coast of nearly 1 square mile simply called "The Island", a construction where a dozen or so luxury homes are being built. YourPTR! 16:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)