Talk:Armorial of sovereign states

Semi-protected edit request on 6 May 2015

On this page, in the countries starting with an S. All countries coat of arms are there, except for South Africa's coat of arms. Also on the countries starting with a G. Grenada's coat of arms are missing. Please as soon as possible get these countries coat of arms in there, so none are missing. Thank You Bouffantgrub30 (talk) 13:13, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Done Stickee (talk) 23:01, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Venezuela

Venezuela is missing. Please add that in. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.222.178.184 (talk) 08:07, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

It was automatically removed when the image was deleted, but hadn't been restored after the image's reupload. It's back now. SiBr₄ (talk) 08:42, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is missing. Please add that in. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.225.129.25 (talk) 13:20, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2018

The South African coat of arms is not there, can someone put it there please? Thank you Stephen390 (talk) 22:14, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

 Done. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Arms of Canada

I changed the image used for the Arms of Canada to show the current arms, which are surrounded by a circlet with the motto of the Order of Canada. The change was reverted to the previous arms without the circlet with a reference to WP:NFG. I understand why non-free images shouldn't necessarily be used, and I understand that the current arms are protected by Crown copyright. However, WP:NFG allows for exceptions on a case-by-case basis. If this gallery is of arms and emblems of sovereign states, shouldn't it show the current forms of those arms? Pinging Marchjuly as the editor who reverted my change. — Jkudlick ⚓ t ⚓ c ⚓ s 08:41, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

You added the file to the article without providing the seperate specific non-free use rationale required by WP:NFCC#10c, so the file was removed. If you truly feel that the non-free use of this file in this article is justified, please provide the necessary rationale per WP:NFCCE. The rationale should specifically address each of the ten non-free content use criteria listed in WP:NFCCP and how the file's non-free use in this satisfies (or at least how you feel it satsifies) these criterion. However, just providing a rationale does not automatically mean that the particular non-free use is policy compliant as explained in WP:JUSTONE. If still feels that this is not the case, they can (1) tag the file with {{di-disputed fair use rationale}} or (2) start a discussion at WP:FFD. Similarly, you can start a discussion at FFD explaining why you feel the non-free use is justified and try to establish a consensus in support.

The "exception" to NFG that you're referring to above is rarely ever granted. This is because pages such as this are basically one big image gallery per se which lack the specific sourced critical commentary generally considered necessary to provide the context for non-free use required by WP:NFCC#8. Articles such as this are also essentially a big list article of image entries and using non-free content to illustrate a single entry is almost never allowed per WP:NFLISTS. The only cases where I can remember seeing non-free images being used in a gallery markup are those where there is significant critical commentary of the image itself somewhere in the body of the article. Normally, the image would be located near that article content, but in some cases multiple images might be being critically discussed/compared and presenting the images together in simple gallery markup within the relevant section is done for mainly for formatting purposes.

As for your question regarding whether using the current version of a COA should be allowed to be used, the file has been previously removed before by Trackratte here and here and the edit sums left seem to imply the free-version is still being used and current to some degree in addition to the use of the non-free version being unacceptable. There also appears to have been a number of previous discussions related to the use of non-free files in this article back in 2014 though Wikipedia:Non-free content review/Archive 44#Gallery of country coats of arms might be the most relevant when it comes to the application of the WP:NFCCP to this type of image use.

Finally, there are alternatives to displaying non-free images that some similar articles use which might be something at least worth discussing. For example, Flags of cities of the United States uses placeholder files for non-free content with a link to either a stand-alone article about the image itself or the main article for the city where the flag can be seen. In this cases, Arms of Canada already exists, so using a placeholder image and linking to that article seems to be a viable alternative per item 6 of WP:NFC#UUI. In List of Canadian flags, piped links (without placeholders) to file pages are used in lieu of actually displaying non-free images, but that might not work in a gallery markup. Pipe links are often used in table markup since non-free image use is pretty much never allowed per WP:NFTABLES for the same reasons as given for galleries, so an alternative to actually displaying the image is used instead. Part of the the NFCCP is WP:NFCC#3 which asks us to endeavor to find alternatives to non-free use whenever possible in order to minimize non-free use as much as possible. This is why placeholders + links, or simply links themselves are often used in articles instead of actual files. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:11, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the detailed response. I understand why the current arms cannot be displayed on this list, and I understand why it is highly unlikely that they could be displayed until the Crown copyright expires. — Jkudlick ⚓ t ⚓ c ⚓ s 06:41, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

It has been about 25 years since the arms were changed and this page still shows the previous one... There is a file for the new arms on Wikipedia already (see below), so why can't it be used?

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Separate section for unrecognized states?

In the gallery of sovereign state flags article the disputed states, such as Kosovo and Taiwan, are kept in a separate section at the bottom of the article, yet here they are mixed in with the rest of the states. Considering the fact that both of these galleries are part of the heraldry and vexillology project I feel like this is inconsistency and that either both pages should have an "other" section or neither of them should.Jelephant (talk) 15:13, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Seals

@DiegoAma: According to the first sentence of the article, [t]his gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms, an emblem serving a similar purpose or both. You inserted the Seal of South Korea ([1]), and the Great Seal of Canada ([2][3]). Can you show us some sources that prove that those seals are being used for similar purposes to the national coat of arms? Vanjagenije (talk) 21:30, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

• The first sentence also says " (such as greater and lesser coat of arms, national emblem or seal)". The article explicitly states that seals are within the scope of the article and should be included. I don't need to prove that seals serve a similar purpose to a coat of arms if the article is about coats of arms and seals. DiegoAma (talk) 00:22, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
  • @DiegoAma: No, you are reading it the wrong way. The first sentence says that the gallery covers national emblems or seals, but only as long as they are serving a similar purpose as the coat of arms. That's why emblems and seals are in the parenthesis. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:35, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
    • I think that a national seal, by very definition, serves a similar purpose to a national coat of arms. They are both insignia used by the government to identify and represent the nation. For some countries, like the US and Japan, the terms seal and coat of arms represent the same insignia. In Brazil, the seal is actually used more than the coat of arms (and is seen on the national flag). As such, national seals are used for similar purposes to coats of arms: to serve as a visual representation of the nation to be used by the government. DiegoAma (talk) 00:53, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
      • Clearly beyond beyond scope. The seal added for Canada is not used to represent Canada and is not used in the same way as the coat of arms. As another editor clearly states the scope of the article and what is currently there clearly is for coats of arms. trackratte (talk) 21:34, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

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Edit request

Can anyone replace the file of the coat of arms of Barbados with File:Coat of arms of Barbados (3).svg, which is used elsewhere? This is the only non-user page to use this other file. 200.173.180.181 (talk) 12:49, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Eh, no harm. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 05:29, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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Official arms for Canada and South Africa

Official renditions of the current arms of Canada and South Africa cannot be used on this page, as Wikipedia's policy on non-free use of these copyrighted images is rarely granted even when a non-free use rationale is given. This has been noted previously on the talk page. Although old variations of the arms of Canada are now in the public domain, it is misleading to add them to a gallery of present national emblems rather than a page dedicated to historical coats of arms. Free media renditions are available that remain faithful to present heraldic descriptions of these arms, and this is the next best available alternative that does not resort to displaying defunct historical renditions. DanielMichaelPerry (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

The 1957 Arms are still in official use and were never superseded. They are still in official use in RCMP ranks, Canadian Forces ranks, and certain official letter heads.

Second, as an official logo, the precepts of blazonry have nothing to do with this discussion. We are not discussing what is heraldically correct. For example, there are numerous different ways you can depict the Canadian Flag while still being completely hin line with the tenets of heraldry, but that is completely irrelevant, as the Flag of Canada is not only a heraldic device but an official logo.

In cases where there is no other option using a user self made rendition it may be better than nothing. However, in this case we have an official logo that's allowable for use, and this specific rendition is a current official state emblem. trackratte (talk) 23:14, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

I have to disagree with the claim that the precepts of blazonry have nothing to do with this discussion, especially considering that this article is an Armorial of sovereign states. Were it merely a "Gallery of national emblems" this would be a valid argument.

Furthermore, this is not necessarily a list of emblems in official use by government agencies, but of emblems used to represent the state as a whole. These agencies may use the 1957 Arms as a symbol of their affiliation with the state, but this is not necessarily the same as the symbol used by the state itself.

While not every state in this list has an emblem that conforms to the rules of heraldry, and not every emblem listed has even been officially adopted by law, in cases where there is an official emblem that conforms to the rules of heraldry (Canada included), it seems that the best option would be to represent that emblem according to the same rules its current official rendition aims to abide by.

The 1957 Arms may be relevant in an article showing a logo used by a government agency, but I don't feel that it is the best option for representing the state in an Armorial of sovereign states.

DanielMichaelPerry (talk) 02:27, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Edit request

Can anyone change File:Austria Bundesadler.svg to File:Coat of arms of Austria.svg, as the latter is the one who appears in the article Austria? 187.10.159.239 (talk) 18:22, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah I dont see why not  Done Happy Editing--IAmChaos 06:00, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

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Taliban Afghanistan emblem is missing

You may see in the page about the emblem of Afghanistan which file is to be summoned in the gallery, instead of that blank placeholder. I would have done the edit myself, were the page not locked. 31.157.112.46 (talk) 16:01, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Edit request regarding the coat of arms of Liechtenstein

@DanielMichaelPerry @Sodacan Could you please replace the coat of arms of Liechtenstein with File:Staatswappen-Liechtensteins.svg? According to the currently used file, File:National_Coat_of_arms_of_Liechtenstein.svg, it contains multiple undisputed inaccuracies: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, and 4th quarter do not follow the legally defined description. 98.213.225.105 (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

 Done DanielMichaelPerry (talk) 17:31, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 January 2024

Change 'seal' to 'Seal' in the link with title "Great seal of the United States (reverse)". Gygyepesi (talk) 11:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gygyepesi: Which instance of "seal" in the article are you referring to? All occurrences of the word are currently linked, except for the Great seal of the United States (reverse), for which a link is redundant. Liu1126 (talk) 13:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done Sorry, misread your request above. Liu1126 (talk) 13:55, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Namibia and Nauru are out of alphabetical order.

Edit request. 108.160.120.64 (talk) 17:53, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Taken care of. 108.160.120.64 (talk) 12:40, 26 April 2024 (UTC)