Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Civil flag

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The result was keep. While the article may not contain references, multiple sources were provided by SpinningSpark during this discussion, and the consensus is to keep the article accordingly. (non-admin closure) DannyS712 (talk) 08:35, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Civil flag[edit]

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Unclear if this is a real thing (i.e. passes WP:V). I can certainly find lots of google hits to the term "civil flag", but none that are WP:RS. They're mostly blogs (many of which refer to this article), and lots of companies selling flags. Even our own File:United States civil flag.svg refers to it as, The claimed "United States Civil Flag" I found a site that's dedicated to the Flag of the United States of America. It has lots of quotes from the U.S. Code, but none mention the term civil flag. This is mentioned in National flag, but that article is pretty much a WP:OR-fest. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:52, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 18:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 18:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment See also Talk:Flag of the United_States/Archive 3#United States Civil Flag, which notes that a previous US-focused version of this page has been deleted as a fringe theory probably derived from a fictional description of a Customs flag in The Scarlet Letter. The US-focused AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Civil Flag. Bakazaka (talk) 19:00, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 19:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. There are plenty of book sources using the term [1][2][3] including a Britannica book (read the footnote on the linked page. It's certainly true that the merchant marine and military navies of countries commonly use different flags. SpinningSpark 23:09, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- this is no more than a dictionary definition -- Transwikify? Peterkingiron (talk) 17:54, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the civil flags of the United Kingdom, Malta, Singapore, Bahamas and others. There is no good reason that we should not have an article on what a civil flag is. That it may need improvement is not a reason to delete it. Mjroots (talk) 11:23, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 13:38, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- per Spinningspark. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 14:25, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Spinningspark. Atchom (talk) 06:11, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Spinningspark.--1l2l3k (talk) 02:04, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.