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I don't know much about this kind of thing, but if players from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have those respective flags next to their names, should English players be represented by an English flag rather than the Union Jack? <font face="centaur">– [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 23:04, 12 September 2018 (EDT) | I don't know much about this kind of thing, but if players from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have those respective flags next to their names, should English players be represented by an English flag rather than the Union Jack? <font face="centaur">– [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 23:04, 12 September 2018 (EDT) | ||
:I was under the impression that the Union Jack ''was'' the GB flag. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aidan'''</span>]], [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: blue;">'''the Rurouni'''</span>]] 23:26, 12 September 2018 (EDT) | :I was under the impression that the Union Jack ''was'' the GB flag. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aidan'''</span>]], [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: blue;">'''the Rurouni'''</span>]] 23:26, 12 September 2018 (EDT) | ||
::The Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom, i.e. the union encompassing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Either all the UK players should have it, or none of them should (and the English players should instead have [[:File:Flag of England. | ::The Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom, i.e. the union encompassing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Either all the UK players should have it, or none of them should (and the English players should instead have [[:File:Flag of England.svg|this]]). For a UK-specific page, I'd recommend the latter. [[File:Zyrac sig.png]] <font face="Lucida Console">[[User:Zyrac|<font color="green">'''Zyrac'''</font>]]<small>([[User talk:Zyrac|<font color="green">talk</font>]]•[[Special:Contributions/Zyrac|<font color="green">contribs</font>]])</small></font> 08:46, 13 September 2018 (EDT) | ||
As a not-Brit, I wouldn't make assumptions. If someone complains we can change it. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Wacko 06:33, 13 September 2018 (EDT) | As a not-Brit, I wouldn't make assumptions. If someone complains we can change it. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Wacko 06:33, 13 September 2018 (EDT) | ||
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::Regarding the St. George's Cross flag, while it is ''technically'' the flag of England, almost nobody actually uses it, and the UK flag is much more popularly used to represent the country. I know this probably isn't a reason in and of itself to use the UK flag for England, but it's something to bear in mind. ''[[User:Trainer Alex|<span style="color: blue;">'''Alex'''</span>]] the [[User talk:Trainer Alex|<span style="color: red;">'''Jigglypuff trainer'''</span>]]'' 15:50, 13 September 2018 (EDT) | ::Regarding the St. George's Cross flag, while it is ''technically'' the flag of England, almost nobody actually uses it, and the UK flag is much more popularly used to represent the country. I know this probably isn't a reason in and of itself to use the UK flag for England, but it's something to bear in mind. ''[[User:Trainer Alex|<span style="color: blue;">'''Alex'''</span>]] the [[User talk:Trainer Alex|<span style="color: red;">'''Jigglypuff trainer'''</span>]]'' 15:50, 13 September 2018 (EDT) | ||
:::I see the St. George's Cross used in sports where the individual countries of the UK compete separately, such as in soccer/football ([https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html here] is an example, if you scroll down to the English men's FIFA world ranking), which would indeed be an argument not only for using it on this page, but for other pages that involve English players, such as Prof Pro's page and any tournament leaderboards that include him. At least if we want to argue that Smash should follow the conventions that other sports use that the constituent UK countries compete as their own entities. I'm not as convinced about that (and I can't think of a European stream that distinguished between UK countries), but I am pretty convinced that this particular page should use the St. George's Cross for English players, and I (or someone else?) might go ahead and do it if nobody has any objections? <font face="centaur">– [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 07:24, 17 September 2018 (EDT) | :::I see the St. George's Cross used in sports where the individual countries of the UK compete separately, such as in soccer/football ([https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html here] is an example, if you scroll down to the English men's FIFA world ranking), which would indeed be an argument not only for using it on this page, but for other pages that involve English players, such as Prof Pro's page and any tournament leaderboards that include him. At least if we want to argue that Smash should follow the conventions that other sports use that the constituent UK countries compete as their own entities. I'm not as convinced about that (and I can't think of a European stream that distinguished between UK countries), but I am pretty convinced that this particular page should use the St. George's Cross for English players, and I (or someone else?) might go ahead and do it if nobody has any objections? <font face="centaur">– [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 07:24, 17 September 2018 (EDT) | ||
Information: "England" [[Template talk:Flag|no longer]] redirects to "United Kingdom" for flag images. Hopefully doing so doesn't leave this page in much an ugly state. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Celeritous 21:17, 21 February 2019 (EST) | |||