Talk:Six flags over Texas

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[edit] Funny

I find it funny that the confederate flag is more centric than the american flag

[edit] Historically Accurate?

Someone needs to provide sources for the claims in this article. I don't think it is in dispute that 6 "major" nations have had sovereignty over various parts of Texas at various times, that is what the "six flags" mean. The article's claim that other "short-lived governmental units and armies" have existed that make the "six flags" notion historically inaccurate seems a bit dubious.--JW1805 21:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

I deleted the word "official" regarding the three CSA national flags because the Stars and Bars (first national) was never officially adopted by the CSA congress as a de jure flag, although it certainly was de facto the first national flag. Fiavsecgen 15:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The entire idea behind the "Six flags over Texas" was that these were the six NATIONS that had authority over what is now Texas. Its not whatever group happened to have a little slice over it at the time (with the exception of the Republic of Rio Grande which has been incorporated into the lore and history of the Rio Grande Valley.
I'm working on sources and expansion for the article now. Leobold1 (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article content

Does this actually need its own article? I've been considering redirecting it to History of Texas for a while now. History of Texas already lists the countries that governed Texas, and I think a bit of expansion there about the slogan would probably be good enough. Another alternative would be to rename it History of the Texas flag and discuss the flags instead of the countries and Texas history. As it stands, though, it's essentially a watered-down version of History of TexasKaranacs (talk) 18:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I think it is. The history of Texas is directly linked to these Six Flags. There are histories of the Flag of the United States, Flags of the Confederate States of America, the Flag of Denmark, all the Flags of the U.S. states, and City flags. All these are part of the history of these entities, and deserve their own article. I'm working on completing the history of these flags, and trying to keep it at the point that it just whets the appetite, rather than being the end all, be all of the History of Texas. Leobold1 (talk) 00:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
If it's actually the history of the flags, with a bit of Texas history thrown in as background, then I think this would be a very useful article (though should possibly be renamed). If it focuses too much on the history of the territory and not the flags themselves, then I think it would be redundant. Good luck! Karanacs (talk) 13:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
That's my plan. See Six flags over Texas#Flag of the Republic of Rio Grande as a basic outline. Some may go two paragraphs, but that's my limit at this time. Eventually, I want this upgraded to at least Good Article status, but that's in the future. Leobold1 (talk) 20:17, 28 March 2008 (UTC)