Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Gabon

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:46, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Flag of Gabon edit

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... that upon independence in 1960, Gabon modified its national flag (pictured) by removing the French Tricolour at the canton and widening the yellow stripe?

ALT1:... that the yellow band on the flag of Gabon (pictured) represents the Equator, which cuts across the republic?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Merdeka 17805
Comment: The September 3 version of the article should be used to calculate 5× expansion, because the previous version(s) contained copyright violations. According to DYKSG rule A4, removing "copyvios are [the only] exception" to the rule of using the previously existing article "no matter how bad" it was.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self nominated at 01:13, 12 September 2014 (UTC).

New enough. 5x expansion long enough. QPQ done. Dup detector spot checking found no close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations or plagiarism. NPOV. Well-cited, including both hooks. Edwardx (talk) 23:58, 12 September 2014 (UTC)