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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: flags and countries
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-08-23 8:54:11
Message-ID: 200408231054.11822.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Monday 23 August 2004 10:25, Gérard Delafond wrote:
> Le lundi 23 Août 2004 09:25, Nicolas Goutte a écrit :
> > Of course this rule does not really solve the question about French
> > Oversea Territories. However they are not French Oversea Departments
> > either, so the French flag is probably not automatical.
>
> La Réunion is french department since 1946. The senator lives beside to my
> home in Paris ;-)
> As La Réunion is politically part of France and has no local flag, I
> suppose using french flag for it would be just normal.

Then French flag indeed.

>
> > I suppose that for Groenland, the problem is similar.
>
> OK, give Groenlands flag
> http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/flags/gl-flag.html
>  or danish one, but don't let Thule whith no flag.

As the CIA does not tell that the Danish flag is used, I suppose that the 
local flag should be used (except if somebody could give better data.)

>
> > As for Antarctica, I would say to keep it without flags. (It is supposed
> > not to have any territory claims ...in theory.)
>
> OK for antarctica. Perhaps give a nicer flag than the actual one. A GNU ? A
> Tux ?

The best would be the countours of Antartica, but that is not too easy to do.
(No, I am not volunteering...)

>
> > Have a nice day!
>
> So for you !
>
> Gerard


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