Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coat of arms of Catalonia

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The result was delete. Hog Farm _Talk 23:39, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Coat of arms of Catalonia[edit]

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A Coat of arms of Catalonia never existed per se. There was a coat of arms of the king of Aragon, already covered in another page, and there is a modern Seal of the Generalitat de Catalunya, already covered in a third page. The coat of arms of the king of Aragon was, as all medieval symbols, exclusive of the king and his lineage. The different territories ruled by this king, of which Catalonia was just one, had no special symbol back then. In the 19th century, Catalan nationalists adopted the colours of the coat of arms, the so-called four bars, as symbolic of Catalonia, and it has become ubiquitous ever since for all things related to Catalonia and even for the Catalan language, including the aforementioned Seal of the Generalitat. However, the mere existence of a page for the Coat of arms of Catalonia implies that the particular link between the heraldry and Catalonia already existed before the 19th century, and that is simply false. Jotamar (talk) 21:21, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:33, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 April 20. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 21:44, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Indeed, this article is essentially a duplicate, almost word for word, of the Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon, which is used de facto as the coat of arms of Catalonia. Unlike other autonomous communities, Catalonia does not have an official coat of arms, since it is not mentioned in its Statute of Autonomy or any other law. As you mention, the Generalitat does have its own emblem. I suggest moving any content which is not duplicated to the article on the Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon. Neodop (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2021 (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.