What were the criteria for including some disputed states (South Ossetia, Somaliland) while excluding others (Transnistria, Azawad)?
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#22What were the criteria for including some disputed states (South Ossetia, Somaliland) while excluding others (Transnistria, Azawad)?
When we made them we used this > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sovereign-state_flags and a bit of > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_unrecognized_stat...
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#23What were the criteria for including some disputed states (South Ossetia, Somaliland) while excluding others (Transnistria, Azawad)?
When we made them we used this > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sovereign-state_flags and a bit of > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_unrecognized_stat...
the question is why 'a bit', especially when there is only 11 of them.
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#24Thanks! Can't find any informations regarding a license (usage) ?!
Don't know if you saw above but they are MIT license and they are going to update the DL files later today.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
When we made them we used this > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sovereign-state_flags and a bit of > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_unrecognized_stat...
the question is why 'a bit', especially when there is only 11 of them.
The flags were made a while ago when there was less than 11, we will have to add a few more in the coming days.
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#26Is anyone else surprised that in the age of "retina" displays, these only go up to 64px?
One of the tags says "vector" so they may be able to produce higher resolution files. That said, I think the @2x should be in there if people want to use these for mobile.
They are @2x up until 32px.
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#27No vector format? Don't get me wrong, these flags are appreciated, but to spend all that time making them in a bitmap format? Kinda seems like a bit of a waste, since flags seem PERFECT for vector format.
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#28Using flags in your visual design can be tempting but in my experience it's a bad idea. The problem is that certain flags force you to "take sides" in political disputes that you likely aren't aware of and don't understand. You'll inadvertently make one side very angry with you, and you won't even really know what political statement you accidentally made.
It's OK if you stick to flags you know but if you start trying to have a list of all flags, there's no way to do that without making various groups angry.
I don't doubt that there's a "right" answer to all disputes over flags but do you really know what all the disputes are and want to arbitrate them as part of developing your software ...
Deliberately not digging up specific disputes because the whole point is, if you have to ask what they are or if you start debating them case by case, maybe this wasn't a can of worms that needed opening.
(also, the last time I encountered this was long enough ago that I'm sure the relevant examples have changed, and I never understood them well to begin with. But it was clear that flags poked more than one political group in the eye.)
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#29No vector format? Don't get me wrong, these flags are appreciated, but to spend all that time making them in a bitmap format? Kinda seems like a bit of a waste, since flags seem PERFECT for vector format.
If you want vector flags use wikiepedias SVG flags. These are made to be pixel perfect at different sizes, something that wouldn't work if we just batched them all from vectors.
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#30Under what license are they released? There is no licensing information on the page, or on the parent "freebies" page, or in the zip file itself.
Licence is now in the .zip