Topic: I noticed a problem with lists of flags of US localities on wikipedia: fucking copyright

boof started this discussion 1 year ago #122,056

Somehow, they have it in their head that they are prevented from showing the image of a fucking flag due to copyright concerns. Fucking flag
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_counties_and_municipalities_in_the_United_States

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 7 hours later[^] [v] #1,333,605

Some of the flags are copyrighted, so they're not allowed on Wikimedia Commons.

Anonymous B double-posted this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,606

You can go to the Wikipedia articles of these cities and check out the flag, which is hosted there as Fair Use.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 10 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,607

This one is nice.

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,620

@previous (C)
lolba, I downloaded that one earlier when I saw it

boof (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,621

@1,333,605 (B)
@1,333,606 (B)
yeppers, it's just it's a pain in the ass that I can't see all the fuckin flags on one page, and the whole idea that a publicly displayed flag is going to be copyright problematic for an encyclopedia pisses me off

Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 4 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,638

@previous (boof)

Wikimedia Commons isn't an encyclopedia, it's an image repository.

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 7 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,699

@previous (B)
so's your butthole

Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 28 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,704

@previous (boof)

I know, I love stuffing it with carrots and burning coals

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,723

boof (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 20 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,724

here's a different resource: flags of the world
https://www.fotw.info/flags/

Anonymous B replied with this 1 year ago, 33 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,726

@previous (boof)

> The Union Jack remains one of the most distinctive and striking flags ever designed, and it immediately symbolises the United Kingdom. Therefore my design is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The brown and black areas represent West Indian, Indian and Pakistani British citizens, while the darker purple is taken from the West Indian cricketing flag. The blank Blue Ensign signifies Britain's long colonial history; the pink stripe is a mischievous historical reference to the pink bits on the map. The light green, red and yellow stripes are a reminder of Britain's history in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world, while the darker green and orange stripes are specific references to Ireland and India.

You know it used to be considered outrageous to suggest that Pakis and blacks wanted to put brown and black on the union jack.

boof (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,780

hey, the commons has countryballs
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Countryballs

boof (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 22 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,333,785

if you visit the Cultural Flags page, be sure to click Discussion to find out that people have been uploading bullshit, making it unreliable
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cultural_flags

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