Talk:POW/MIA flag

"It’s Time to Haul Down Another Flag of Racist Hate"

This article is really interesting and I don't see any of this material covered in the Wikipedia article http://www.newsweek.com/its-time-haul-down-another-flag-racist-hate-361929 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fxm12 (talk • contribs) 15:54, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

"Incorrect Information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_of_Families_POW/MIA_Flag#History has this bit The league's POW-MIA flag is the only flag ever displayed in the rotunda, and the only one other than the Flag of the United States to have flown over the White House.

This has no cites at all and is contradicted by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_at_the_White_House

Which talks about multiple flags that have flown over the white house, including two foreign flags - France and Serbia There are even multiple cites for the serbian flag See also this video by the ambassador https://twitter.com/USEmbassySerbia/status/1020952134051876865

for the record - deleting

Barath s (talk) 16:06, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

"The POW/MIA Flag Isn't 'Racist Hate,' It's Support for Veterans and Their Families"

FYI For anyone wishing to work some of the Perlstein article into the Wikipedia POW/MIA flag article, here's a contrasting view which is really interesting as well.- http://www.newsweek.com/pow-mia-flag-veterans-racist-362508?piano_d=1 Wikieditor0611 (talk) 06:38, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

This isn't a balanced article

I read this article in hopes of learning more about the history and acceptance of this flag. I feel like I only got half the story. Rklawton (talk) 04:41, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

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July 2021

What do you believe is gained by having "also known as the POW/MIA flag" immediately after the words "POW/MIA flag"? I don't see anything "also" about it. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 15:47, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

73.71.251.64 Because the full sentence reads "The National League of Families POW/MIA flag, also known as the POW/MIA flag or simply the POW flag, consists of a silhouette of a prisoner of war (POW) before a guard tower and barbed wire in white on a black field." meaning that the flag is known by 3 names: The National League of Families POW/MIA flag, the POW/MIA flag and the POW flag. Your edit deleting the POW/MIA flag is incorrect because it removes one of those names. Do you understand that "The National League of Families POW/MIA flag" and "the POW/MIA flag" are different? Mztourist (talk) 17:10, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

What an astonishing coincidence that one name exactly matches the end of another. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 20:11, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Nothing astonishing about it. One is a shortened version of the other, but they remain two distinct names. Mztourist (talk) 02:58, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 27 May 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 09:20, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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National League of Families POW/MIA flag → POW/MIA flag – WP:BOLD move to clear WP:COMMONNAME in use by reliable sources. Unable to complete due to technical limitations. PK-WIKI (talk) 20:45, 26 May 2024 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). SilverLocust 💬 04:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

• Support as WP:COMMONNAME. This would revert a stable move from 2017 (incorrectly changing to the WP:OFFICIALNAME), so I've opened this discussion rather than doing the requested WP:BOLDMOVE. SilverLocust 💬 04:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
• Support per WP:COMMONNAME. Mztourist (talk) 04:32, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
• Support -UCN. Schierbecker (talk) 17:17, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
• Support This is clearly not a case to use the WP:OFFICIALNAME, when WP:COMMONNAME is POW/MIA flag. The flag bill calls it by the common name, we can too TheSavageNorwegian 21:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Vexillolinguistics

As the founder of Vexillolinguistics, which is the study of the language of flag descriptions, I hereby submit a revised flag design description for the POW/MIA Flag:

"A field of black featuring a white silhouette of a POW before a guard tower and barbed wire, with 'POW*MIA' above and a wreath above the words 'You Are Not Forgotten' below."

"Một nền đen có hình bóng trắng của một tù binh chiến tranh (POW) trước một tháp canh và dây thép gai, với 'POW*MIA' ở trên và một vòng hoa phía trên dòng chữ 'Bạn không bị lãng quên' bên dưới."

https://www.michaelvera.us/flags/introducing-vexillolinguistics-the-study-of-the-language-of-flag-descriptions/ 97.102.37.87 (talk) 14:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)