Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of sovereign state flags

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The result was redirect‎ to List of national flags of sovereign states. (non-admin closure) Shadow311 (talk) 23:30, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery of sovereign state flags

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I have just now finished List of national flags of sovereign states, which contains far more information regarding each flag and provides several references on each entry. I do not see a reason for the gallery to continue existing since the flags list I have written contains the same information and then some. I therefore request this article become a redirect to the one I have made. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:19, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:19, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Nice work! I'm hesitant to get rid of a page with 49,000 views in the last month because I know many people really just want the gallery, but there's one at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sovereign-state_flags that I've added to the new article, so I don't think this one is necessary. Reywas92^Talk 22:36, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect as the probably least disruptive option, especially if Commons already has a similar such gallery that's now linked to in the main article. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 22:47, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Side comment/suggestion about the new list since we're here, although not directly relevant to this discussion. The new list is nice for sure, but even on my modestly small laptop screen, I have to scroll over to see the whole thing. The refs (whose column is unnecessary huge for me) could probably go after the name in the first column, and the description is probably a bit overkill, contributing to the formatting issues, and might be more appropriate as alt text for accessibility. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 22:47, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Concur here. I'd suggest putting the refs in the description rather than the name. It's okay to just say the books are general references rather than footnoting each of them 193 times (WP:OVERREF). Also the newly added Official usage column seems entirely unnecessary, especially with no explanation. What's the difference between ensign and civil ensign? Between state flag and national flag? Why should a reader even care? It's clutter. Reywas92^Talk 13:52, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd suggest leaving such comments for the talk page. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:55, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 01:26, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The current gallery format is simpler and I often use that page as a reference for editing other flags, eg separatism. Centralismo (talk) 03:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As Reywas noted, Wikimedia Commons already maintains such a gallery. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:29, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Being simpler isn't necessarily a good thing. The current gallery page is completely unreferenced and devoid of prose or information. Di (they-them) (talk) 19:22, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. The list page covers the same material but includes sources, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 07:09, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Uganda is missing on the new page. 108.160.120.147 (talk) 03:56, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for pointing that out. I've now fixed this error. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Need to merge this article with the new page. Thanks Arief Azazie Zain (talk) 12:40, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect, good job! Di (they-them) (talk) 15:08, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect, the list is already the encyclopedic version of it. The gallery is a better fit for Commons. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 12:53, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to the List of national flags of sovereign states Artemis Andromeda (talk) 14:45, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would've just replaced this article with the list and moved it, but yes, redirect; good work. Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 17:32, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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