Template talk:Fictitious flag

Template parameter documentation

@Cycn: could you elaborate the template parameters, it is not understandable in the documentation.--Praveen:talk 03:53, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

I've expanded the template and its documentation. It already included "svg = SVG flags - special or fictional" and I've added "png = PNG flags - special or fictional" for a different type of file (see category:PNG flags). What's not understandable about my adding of this extra option? Cycn (talk) 05:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

@Cycn: Everything :-(.

• What is the purpose of <empty>?
• What is - categorization "Category:Special or fictional flags" - means?
• What is the meaning of: "'png = PNG flags - special or fictional" etc, if those are usable parameters, how can we use them, what would be the outputs?
• What is 'cat' in "Category when using "cat" in"
• What is the meaning of (1) and (2)

Could you rearrange parameter section as in Template:TemplateBox#Template_parameters. Thanks--Praveen:talk 06:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Because I've added an option you want me to clarify everything that was already there? Do you actually have a question about my edit at all? Cycn (talk) 07:01, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

@Cycn: Oh! I didn't check what was your edit, but I saw you've edited both the template and documentation so I assumed that you might have some clue to improve that totally unintelligible documentation. I am sorry.--Praveen:talk 05:27, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Maybe this helps a little? Cycn (talk) 05:59, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Adding the option for specifying if the flag is either proposed or fictitious

It might be beneficial to add a variable to specify if the flag is either fictional or proposed and modify the text accordingly.
If the flag was proposed, but never actually used or adopted:

"This flag is proposed but not adopted. It may...."

If the flag is fictional:

"This flag is fictitious. It may..."

--The Navigators (talk) 03:58, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. Proposed and fictitious are far off each other. --Cold Season (talk) 17:41, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

I support this as well. Another option would be to split this into two templates, with this one remaining for fictitious flags and a new one fulfilling the role for proposed or de facto flags without official adoption. I'm not an expert at template editing though so that would probably have to be done by one of the prior editors here like Cycn, Sarang, or Blackcat. HapHaxion _{(talk / contribs)} 00:59, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Adding my support to the above, since I find the current wording "fictitious or proposed but not adopted" quite ambiguous and the template is being misused. --Argean (talk) 01:48, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Support Agree. Though, I think maybe a third template would be good. Maybe a "de facto" template? Used by a place's people but not in use by the place's officials. Flagvisioner (talk) (contribs) 23:06, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Support We certainly need a way to differentiate between “unofficial but commonly used” and “no evidence of use by anyone, probably just made up by the uploader” (though the latter should probably just be deleted off the project MRN2electricboogaloo (talk) 19:24, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Typo/awkward wording

Part of the last sentence seems to contain a word order that's ungrammatical in context: "Under any circumstances whatsoever, should you not add these flags in any articles, unless [...]" The bold text should minimally be reworded as "you should not" to make sense. Could someone fix this? It might also read more naturally as "You should you not add these flags in any articles under any circumstances, unless [...]". Thanks, R Prazeres (talk) 17:59, 29 October 2023 (UTC)