Template talk:Country data Lancashire
Use of this flag
editThis template makes me unhappy but I can't actually see a reasonable way to fix it. As the Flag of Lancashire article says, this flag was designed by the Friends of Real Lancashire in 2008 as the flag of the historic county. As the sources in that article say, when they decided the historic county (which ceased to have any administrative function in 1889) needed an official flag and found that Montrose had already taken the obvious red rose on a white background, they just opted for yellow instead. As a Lancastrian interested in the county's history IMO this flag not legitimate. Because of this template myself, and likely many others have made the mistake of using in range of inappropriate ways:
- Blackpool, City of Lancaster for the ceremonial county.
- Template:Lancashire elections geographically limited to the area of the ceremonial county, which adds it to over 100 articles.
- Faro Airport for Liverpool Airport.
- Pat Thomas (boxer) for the city of Manchester.
- Goodison Park, for Lancashire's football team.
- Central Park (Wigan), Knowsley Road , Watersheddings, Wilderspool Stadium for a Lancashire rugby league team.
I gave up looking when I realised that I can't think of an article it would be suitable for. And as the county doesn't have an official alternative I'm not sure what anyone can do about it. I certainly won't be using it in the future, opting for 
instead.Trappedinburnley (talk) 20:37, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
- You're looking for a problem which doesn't exist. Red rose on a yellow background is Lancashire's flag. It's legitimate, it's registered as such, and that's the end of it. Don't mess about when you don't need to. doktorb wordsdeeds 05:30, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
- "Don't mess about"!? As always my efforts are dedicated to improving the quality of the encyclopaedia. Leaving aside my opinion on the flag's legitimacy, the fact remains that this is registered as the flag of the historic county (also known and the county palatine of Lancaster). It is not that of the modern Ceremonial County or non-metropolitan county, and while related these cover different geographic areas. Now without an alternative official flag I don't really see an option other than leaving it broken, but I'm going to keep trying to remove it when it is being used incorrectly.Trappedinburnley (talk) 19:42, 18 November 2017 (UTC)