File talk:Constantinopleflag.jpg
This is a great flag! Does it have any real-life basis? And any reason why it looks vaguely Turkish? Benkarnell 23:02, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Funny story really. The flag actually predates the Star & Crescent being Muslim. The Athenian colonists of Byzantium (I doubt the very first of Constantine's the Great's relatives were even alive yet), they dedicated the colony to Artemis, whose official symbol was the crescent. When the city became known as Constantinople/Konstantinoupolis, Constantine decided to keep the crescent as the city's symbol, but add the wavy, many pointed star, which symbolized the Virgin Mary. When the Turks took over Mehmed had a dream which was interpreted as making the Star (but the 5 pointed star we know of today, not the wavy one) and Crescent Islam's official symbol. I added the 4 crosses just to make it more interesting. And thanks I was just wondering if the yellow and the borders around the cross was overkill. Misterxeight 00:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
- I'd be interested in seeing the flag without the yellow boxes, actually. And are you using MSPaint? You should save the file as a png instead of a jpeg to avoid the weird pixellation between colors. Benkarnell 01:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Do you think the crosses should stay yellow, or go back to their original white? Misterxeight 14:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Oh wow this is embarrassing; how can I get the folder with PNG files in it? When I click "pictures" my computer only shows jpg files :/ Misterxeight 14:52, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
- It's probably too late now without re-making the flag. When you first save the file, you have to select png format in the "Save As Type" menu. Probably your default setting is jpeg. Benkarnell 16:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
I did remake the flag as a PNG, which I did find (I forgot to name it so I was only looking for a file like "ConstantinopleFlag2") but when I uploaded it the site said I had the wrong file extension or it was corrupt. Misterxeight 16:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
