Talk:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Vicedomino in topic Removed flag of French Republic

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I known this is a pretty crap article, but as there were already several red links to it I felt I ought to start somewhere. PatGallacher 00:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Removed flag of French Republic edit

I removed the French Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),

  • Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many....
  • Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity. Albi was not part of France for many centuries, but then it belonged to the Kings of France (whose flag was a large golden fleur-de-lys on a white background), not to the French Republic. The diocese was not an integral part of the political structure of the French state, except for the decade of the French Revolution.]....
  • Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag.

--Vicedomino (talk) 02:23, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Reply