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Looks good. Unless its a retcon, why did they change their flag ?--Marc Pasquin 17:57, 20 August 2006 (PDT)
now that I have checked your flag page, I have 3 other questions:
- Is there any reason why the war flag is so close to the royal flag ? It just seem like they could too easily get confused ("STOP SHOOTING ! we're not declaring war, its just our king who climbed onboard !"). Some greater distinction (like a smaller logo and/or a widder border) could help. The Armorican equivalent to a royal symbol (crown or otherwise) would be good too.
- If there is both a peace time and a wartime naval flag, what is the "naval ensign" used for ?
- I assume that the difference between the Civil flag and the Civil ensign is that the first is flown only on land. If I'm right, what would government building use ?
--Marc Pasquin 18:11, 20 August 2006 (PDT)
Thanks! Some answers:
1) It's a retcon. I just didn't like the black-on-blue. :D I also wanted to have some fun with various flags and colour symbolism.
2) Actually there is- it's to do with Arvorec colour symbolism. Red is seen as the colour of strength and power, and thus kingship. In the middle ages, when the kings would normally go to war together against the French, they would take their red battle standard. So as well as being a royal flag, it also became a war flag- the gold border was added later to differentiate the two uses.
However, these days it's very rarely flown- about the only time it's flown is when both monarchs are in attendance at the Senate, in all other situations the individual royal flags (the defaced versions) are used. None of them are used at sea or in the air, however. For that the Governmental Ensign is used.
3) A better name for the "naval flag" would probably be the "military flag" as the Arvorec military only has a Navy. The "naval flag", despite the implications of the name, is never flown at sea, only on land. All ships of the Arvorec Navy fly the naval ensign, both during war and peacetime.
4) You assume right. Government buildings generally fly two flags (except the senate)- the flag of the Kingdom they're in and the green civil flag.
Deiniol 18:36, 20 August 2006 (PDT)
- Hehe, I hadn't noticed this page, http://www.arvorec.net/flags.htm, yet. Perhaps you should like to it from the Main page. Anyway, looks cool, but I have one minor piece of criticism. I would strongly recommend that you modify your stylesheet in such way that there is no border around images when they are linked to. Frankly, I find the blue border slightly disturbing, and the purple border one I've clicked the flag even more so.
- Oh, and one other thing. I noticed the triskelion at the bottom of the page points in the opposite direction as the triskelion on the new flags. A remnant of the previous flag, I gather. Unless you have a very specific reason, I'd revert it your place. ;) —IJzeren Jan Uszkiełtu? 01:05, 21 August 2006 (PDT)
