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Ulster Banner edit
This flag is not the Flag of Northern Ireland.--padraig 15:43, 8 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
That is not what the flagicon says. Astrotrain 16:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
As you are well aware that flagicon was intended for use in sports articles, you are also aware that the Ulster Banner is not a current national flag, therefore you are edit warring to WP:POINT.--padraig 16:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
That is your opinion that it is not the national flag of Northern Ireland. Flags are used out of convention and the convention still remains strong in Northern Ireland. You are aware of how the debate is going on talk:Northern Ireland, and it is not in your favour. Please stop removing the flag unless you have consensus to do so. Biofoundationsoflanguage 16:40, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Where has this idea that "flagicon was intended for use in sports articles" come from, padraig? The only reference on {{flagicon}} suggests that a variant (that is, something like {{flagicon|Northern Ireland|tiddlywinks}}) might be need for sports-related flags, which seems quite plausible given that national sporting teams often use different flags. Also, bear in mind that specific templates exist for sports usage, such as {{ru}} (rugby union) and {{cr}} (cricket), which suggests that {{flagicon}} is intended for more general usage. — ras52 22:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
No specific templates now exist for certain sports because User:Andrwsc has been working very hard to update all the flag icons used in sports, the reason given before that {{NIR}} couldn't be changed is because of it links to all the sports template.--padraig 22:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
This doesn't use {{NIR}}, it uses {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}}. As you haven't (that I have noticed) removed any flags other than the Ulster Banner from this template, I assume you're not against the use of flags in this template in general, just against the UB in particular. In that case, why not leave the article using {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}}, and move the discussion on what flag (if any) that should display to {{Country data Northern Ireland}} and its talk page. As you've noted. most sports templates use {{NIR}} rather than {{flagicon}} directly; that means there's no reason why the country data can't be changed so that {{flagicon}} produces a more neutral flag/image (or none), whilst leaving {{NIR}} hard-coded to display the UB. That way we can keep this argument in one place rather than blitzing around Wikipedia repeating it over and over. As I've said repeatedly, if you get {{flagicon}} changed to display something different, I'll accept that. — ras52 22:50, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
{{flagicon}} uses {{NIR}} to produce the flag and text, they are linked.--padraig 22:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Northern Ireland is {{tl:flagicon|Northern Ireland|union}} Northern Ireland why can't that be used.--padraig 00:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC) Northern Ireland is {{tl:flagicon|NIR|union}} Northern Ireland which gives the official flag.--padraig 00:37, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't know what these are supposed to refer to but I have never heard of them being used in Northern Ireland, we have Counties and the Districts which are used in local government.--Padraig (talk) 18:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- They are the areas that appoint a Lord Lieutenant. The linked article Counties of Northern Ireland does explain they are the Counties of Northern Ireland plus Belfast and Londonderry. MRSC • Talk 18:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- The link goes to Counties of Northern Ireland nowhere on that article is there any mention of Lieutenancy areas, the only divisions used in Northern Ireland are the traditional counties and the 26 District council areas, so please explain what they are and what role do they play. Maybe they are unique to other parts of the UK, but not in Northern Ireland. So provide a RS to justify your inclusion of the term in the template.--Padraig (talk) 19:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Within Counties of Northern Ireland the article reads The six administrative counties and two county-boroughs remain in use for some purposes, including Lords Lieutenant and number plates. MRSC • Talk 19:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Certainly for England, and perhaps for Northern Ireland too, the "Lieutenancy areas" are the things commonly called counties. In England, we have administrative counties and ceremonial counties. As the name suggests, for most purposes, administrative counties are what counts; however, in urban areas, they don't remotely correspond to what people generally consider a county to be. For example, each of the 32 London boroughs is an administrative county by virtue of being a unitary authority; yet most people don't consider Lewisham, Croydon or Newham to be counties. Ceremonial counties much closer to the popular idea of a county: basically, they are the post-1972 counties with a few modifications (e.g. the addition of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the replacement of Avon with a much smaller Bristol). Ceremonial counties are almost identical to Lieutenancy areas. (There used to a few minor differences, but I'm not aware of any that survive.) Fundamentally the confusion exists because of the huge extent to which English counties have been repeatedly altered over the last 35 years. Personally I'm not keen on the use of the term "Lieutenancy areas" and would prefer to just say "Counties", or, if we want to be exact, "Ceremonial Counties". — ras52 (talk) 22:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)