Flags for all the languages.

Idea: Flags for all the languages.

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Sandra Iulia Ronai Sandra Iulia
Teacher

I noticed that not all the languages available on the site have flags associated with them. Which is understandable for Latin (a “dead” language) and Esperanto (an "artificial") language, but it’s unacceptable for Turkish, the living language of a large and important country.

Here’s the flag of Turkey:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Turkey.svg

Esperanto may not be a “natural” language, but it does have a flag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Esperanto.svg

For Latin, I would suggest either using the flag of Vatican City:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg

one of the images with the SPQR abbreviation (the symbol of Ancient Rome) surrounded by two laurel branches…

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/SPQR.svg/783px-SPQR.svg.png

http://www.novaroma.org/vici/images/thumb/400px-Spqr-big-trans.gif

http://www.giftology.com.au/images/kh_ts_009a.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/alexprobus/Images/spqr1.jpg

So, please, please solve this! :)

Posted: 2 months ago

Comments

Koichi says

Nice! I think one thing that makes this difficult is that eduFire probably has to create their own original images (to avoid copyright problems). But when I say difficult, I don't mean it won't happen. I'm sure it will, just takes a little bit of time, and is probably more cost effective if they are done in bulk. That said, this is a great idea, of course!

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Steven says

I demand flags for my languages. :) If eduFire wants, I can even make them too. Let me know!

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Sandra Iulia says

Koichi - Oh, I see... but aren't flag images in the public domain? Anyway... hopefully it will be solved...

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Steven says

Sandra, while flag images are indeed in the public domain, a specific flag graphic is not. This means that while you can create your own flag graphic to look like any other flag graphic (I could create a USA flag for instance), you still can't use a graphic someone else made without their permission. Hope this clears things up. :)

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Sandra Iulia says

Oh. Yes, it does make sense... Seems like copyright is more complicated than I thought... :)

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