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[edit] US Jack?
Wouldn't it be more appropriate for {{navy|USA}} to display the Jack of the United States instead of the Flag of the United States? It would be consistant with all of the other nations displaying thier naval jack instead of thier national ensign. bahamut0013♠♣ 18:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- What are "all of the other nations", and on which articles? I am fairly sure that naval ensigns and not naval jacks are used exclusively by this template, per consensus at WP:WikiProject Ships. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 18:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- Look at Template:Navy/doc. The US is one of the few nations that display the national flag instead of the naval flag.
United States Navy , as opposed to 
Royal Navy , 
People's Liberation Army Navy , 
German Navy, and 
Kriegsmarine for example. bahamut0013♠♣ 01:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
- You're missing the point. All of those examples use naval ensigns—including the United States. The US (and a few other countries) also use the standard flag as the ensign. The naval jack of a country is used in different situations. Jacks and ensigns are not equivalent; see WP:WikiProject Ships/Ensigns for details. And as I pointed out, WikiProject consensus is to use ensigns for this template and its transclusions. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 05:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, see, I guess I just assumed that there would be a different maritime flag, instead of just the national flag. I don't have much of an excuse for fixating on the jack. bahamut0013♠♣ 10:56, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
- You're missing the point. All of those examples use naval ensigns—including the United States. The US (and a few other countries) also use the standard flag as the ensign. The naval jack of a country is used in different situations. Jacks and ensigns are not equivalent; see WP:WikiProject Ships/Ensigns for details. And as I pointed out, WikiProject consensus is to use ensigns for this template and its transclusions. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 05:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
