File talk:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg

 

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Could anybody translate that text into English?--Sanandros 22:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

See en:Flag of Saudi Arabia. --Pmsyyz 01:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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I don't think the green is this dark. I actually saw a Saudi flag outside a mall yesterday, and it looked much more like the 11 March 2010 version. Are you sure the FOTW flag is accurate? --Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 09:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

According to SASO 402/2009, the standard on the fabric for the national flag, the colors are in CIE1931 (head desk) as follows: x (0.2508) y (0.4313) and Y (12.76). If I ran it through http://www.easyrgb.com/index.php?X=CALC#Result it got me 00734F as the hexadecimal colors. This is honestly not too far off from what we have right now. However, I am still trying to confirm the size of the Sahadha and the sword. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 07:26, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

"Correct" Version of the Flag

Comparison between the Saudi flags on FOTW and VM

@Alhadramy Alkendy, Aziz bader, SeifED23: Hello. I've noticed you all engaging in a series of edits and reverts to the Saudi Arabian flag. I just wanted to point out that the flag uploaded by Alhadramy Alkendy, the Vexilla Mundi (VM) flag, appears to be the official version currently in use by the Saudi Arabian government. In case the difference isn't clear, I made a rough comparison highlighting the main differences between the VM flag and current flag on Commons, which appears to be based on Flags of the World (FOTW). The most obvious things to spot are the differences in styling the لا in إلا and the و in رسول.

I've tried to gather examples of the flag in official use: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Example 4, Example 5, Example 6, Example 7, Example 8, Example 9, Example 10. As you can see, the VM version appears inside the royal court, when receiving dignitaries, and on flagpoles in the country. In addition, here, you can see a video shot inside the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO), the body responsible for maintaining the flag specifications, with the VM version flag in the office. On the other hand, there are, at least, some examples of the FOTW version being used in an official capacity, but they are fewer in comparison: Example A, Example B. In both instances I could find, the flags have been hoisted on the wrong side, indicating they've been set up by the non-Saudi counterpart.

Given all this evidence, I am led to believe that the VM version is at least an official, if not the official, current version of the flag. The FOTW version does have an official origin though: It appears to be based on one of several diagrams in the appendix of the 1973 decree (Page 10, Page 11, Page 12) which established the basis of the current flag law. I've been looking through documents all day trying to find a definitive answer on where the VM version came from. It is my understanding that an official flag construction sheet was created in 1984 and attached to a SASO document numbered م ق س 403-1984. I'm still trying to hunt down this document.

I am curious to know everyone's thoughts and how we can proceed with this information, and what the relevant Commons/Wikipedia rules are. My proposal is for both flags to appear on the Wikipedia page as alternatives/variants in some way once we decide which one is the "main" one. Thanks. -- Zyido (talk) 09:36, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

@Alhadramy Alkendy, Zyido, SeifED23: Hello, with full respect to Alhadramy Alkendy, what he did by uploading the Saudi flag from unofficial website is considered as a violation of rules, this is wikipedia the free encyclopaedia, Where every informations/flags and sources must all be accurate 100%, by the way, This saudi flag version is currently used by the government officials and it’s media, it is also used universally such as football/organizations/media ect..., thanks Aziz bader (talk) 01:35, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

No, it's not a violation. We upload revisions and improvements of our flag files all the time, from a variety of sources official and otherwise. The revision by Alhadramy Alkendy absolutely appears to be a massive improvement. Add to that the nonsense excuse by SeifED23 that "We don't do that here", when we very clearly do, and the evidence provided by Zyido, I must fully support the revision by Alhadramy Alkendy. Fry1989 ^eh? 17:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

I don’t care whether it’s massive improvement or not, can you tell me how many flags in wikipedia has been uploaded from that website ? It’s only saudi arabia, this version has been in wikipedia since 2013 and it’s used worldwide. Aziz bader (talk) 03:04, 2 May 2020 (UTC)