Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Versailles
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Vicedomino in topic Removed flag of French Republic from Infobox, per WP:ICON.
'native bishops'
editWhat does "The native bishops of Versailles" mean? Native Frenchmen? Native Franks? Born in the diocese? Raised in the diocese? Visited the Chateau? Surely there is a better phrase. --Vicedomino (talk) 00:14, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
I removed the French Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),
- "Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many...."
- "Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity."
- "Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag."