Talk:Red flag (idiom)

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"The term and the expression "to raise the red flag" come from an element of some letter box construction: a semaphore arm that is raised to indicate to the postman that there is outgoing mail in the letter box."

I doubt this very much. As a commonwealth English speaker at least, "to raise a red flag" means not just "please pay attention", but that "something is very, VERY wrong". I imagine it's more likely to come from the railways, where a red flag was - and is - recognised as an urgent danger signal. FiggyBee 17:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Red Pennant

I seem to recall reading that a red pennant was a warning to a maritime enemy one was about to engage that no quarter would be asked or given. Anyone have anything on this, and should it be included here?

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 22:20, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 17 June 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Rough consensus to not move. (closed by non-admin page mover) – MaterialWorks ping me! 10:33, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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• Red flag (idiom) → Red flag
• Red flag → Red flag (disambiguation)

– This article is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The current Red flag page should be moved to Red flag (disambiguation). PhotographyEdits (talk) 09:53, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Super Ψ Dro 11:36, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
• Comment: Malformed move request fixed. (The move request formerly due not include what would happen to the disambiguation page Red flag.) Steel1943 (talk) 17:43, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. Nothing shows conclusively that Red flag (idiom) is the PRIMARYTOPIC. Wikinav stats show Red flag (idiom) beating out Red flag (politics) only by 4 percentage points, and the pageviews of both [1] [2] are more or less on par. 〜 Festucalex • talk 19:40, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
• Support It's not even solely about the idiom, this page seems like a WP:BROADCONCEPT and should be primary as such. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:09, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. No primary topic. The political usage is just as notable. WP:BROADCONCEPT does not apply, as these two usages have different derivations. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:56, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. I agree with Necrothesp, no primary topic, and a literal red flag as a symbol of communism is not the same broad concept as a flag signaling a problem.--Cerebral726 (talk) 15:03, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

  Unless you're Ronald Reagan, of course. 〜 Festucalex • talk 04:48, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

  Ah yes, the obscure WP:THEGIPPER clause probably applies here. Cerebral726 (talk) 12:29, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

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