Jump to content

Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Removed flag of Italian Republic (1946) , per [WP:ICON]

[edit]

I removed the Italian Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),

  • "Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many."
  • "Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity." [Imola belonged, at various times, to the German Empire, the Papal States, the Kingdom of Spain, the Cispadine Republic, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Austrian Empire, and the Savoyard Kingdom of Italy.]
  • "Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure, event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime [which includes details about individual bishops]. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag."

--Vicedomino (talk) 02:43, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]