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Latest revision as of 13:25, 1 February 2023
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This template can be used to put vexillological symbols in flag descriptions. Furthermore, when this template is used, some explanation text will be shown when the mouse pointer is placed over the displayed symbol. A bug in WP:Navigation popups will prevent this.
Usage
The symbols exist as SVG-files at commons:Category:Vexillological symbols.
Usage symbols
Usage symbols are created from a 6-figure combination of ones and zeros. The symbols are a map of the following information:
OOC
Some nations, such as the United States, use one of these flags for all purposes (). Others, like Peru, have the "regular" flag (
), sometimes called the "national flag," but one used when flown by the government on both land and sea (
), often with the addition of the coat of arms. War flags and ensigns are seen especially in Scandinavian countries, such as Sweden, who add a swallowtail to the regular flag (
). Sometimes, as with Peru, the civil and state flags may be regularly confused and shown for the opposite or both purposes.
When a single flag is used as the flag for every use of a nation, it is technically called the "national flag" (). Similarly, a single ensign for every use of a nation at sea is a "national ensign" (
). However, as with Peru again, the actual designation of a "national flag" may vary. The national flag of a nation is often designated as the regular flag, or the one generally used whenever a nation is represented in the abstract, even when it has limited use (e.g.
).
The easiest example between private, state and war flags and ensigns is seen in the ensigns of the United Kingdom. The Red Ensign is flown by private citizens at sea (), the Blue Ensign is flown by official services in the UK on the water (
), and the White Ensign is used by British naval vessels (
). At the same time, the Union Jack serves as the national flag for all purposes on land (
).
Flags and ensigns that go beyond these simple categories can be documented in two ways, fitting in with similar-enough categories, or marked as other (). "Other" flags include things like air force and civil air ensigns, like the New Zealand Civil Air Ensign and the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign (both based on the UK ensigns). Types of flags not regularly marked as such under the system, but apply to the categories, would be the historical use of the U.S. Coast Guard Ensign as a state and war ensign (
), and yacht ensign as a civil ensign (
). It would be best to say that that the U.S. yacht ensign is a civil ensign rather than the civil ensign of the U.S. However, flags which do not stand as an ensign or flag on their own, such as naval jacks like that of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, are best marked as other (
).
Many, if not the majority, of the symbols do not apply to any OOC flags. Traditionally, either one flag serves all purposes, or purposes are often reduced in a similar order (because flags were first commonly used as identification at sea, naval ensigns and other ensigns are often separate from a national flag). Unusual flag uses include the alternate flag of El Salvador (; not used as a naval ensign, but also not used as the civil flag) and the Flag of New Zealand (
; no separate state ensign because the flag is already based on the UK Blue Ensign).
FIAV Symbols
Property symbols
Examples
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