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Visit your profile to choose a flag.

#1 Post by kedaha »

Hi,
After login I get an "Information: Please take a moment and visit your profile to choose a flag" pop-up.
The chosen flag is for my nationality, my location or may I choose any flag I like?
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Re: Visit your profile to choose a flag.

#2 Post by donald »

Hi kedaha,

You can choose anything that you would like, filling the flag information in is not mandatory at all, just a nice icon to show the diversity around here. :)
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#3 Post by kedaha »

Hi there,
Great. My nationality is UK but I've lived most of my life in Spain; however, I'll choose the Welsh flag because, besides the language, I like the dragon,
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Re: Visit your profile to choose a flag.

#4 Post by steve_v »

This "feature" is thoroughly annoying.
I have no interest in your "diversity" drivel, nor any intention of choosing a flag (til: selection includes Klingon Empire). I really shouldn't need to leverage my adblocker to remove the big red "Important" nag at the top of every page either.
"It's not mandatory (but we're going to hassle you constantly about it)" is the kind of attitude I expect from Microsoft, not goram FDN.
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#5 Post by canci »

I quite love diversity, but I agree that nag screens are a bit annoying.

In the profiles, I see it more as a location thing in case people want to meet up or ask about more local stuff (where to buy things, where to find a LUG), but generally, my biography is too complex to be expressed by 1 flag.
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#6 Post by steve_v »

canci wrote: 2023-01-22 21:31nag screens are a bit annoying.
Right-o then Mr. Moderator, who, pray tell, do I need to punch to have it removed, or get "I don't want no stinkin' flag" and/or "upload image" added to the list?
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#7 Post by donald »

steve_v wrote: 2023-01-22 21:05 This "feature" is thoroughly annoying.
I have no interest in your "diversity" drivel, nor any intention of choosing a flag (til: selection includes Klingon Empire). I really shouldn't need to leverage my adblocker to remove the big red "Important" nag at the top of every page either.
"It's not mandatory (but we're going to hassle you constantly about it)" is the kind of attitude I expect from Microsoft, not goram FDN.
Didn't realize that that message lingered for people who did not choose a flag, I disabled the ask part of flag extension. You just had to mention it or ask about it.
canci wrote: 2023-01-22 21:31 I quite love diversity, but I agree that nag screens are a bit annoying.

In the profiles, I see it more as a location thing in case people want to meet up or ask about more local stuff (where to buy things, where to find a LUG), but generally, my biography is too complex to be expressed by 1 flag.
Pretty much.
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#8 Post by steve_v »

Better.
Although, if you really cared about "diversity" you would respect my preferred identification as a qovIj and include the flag of the glorious Klingon Empire, just saying.
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#9 Post by donald »

steve_v wrote: 2023-01-22 23:38 Better.
Although, if you really cared about "diversity" you would respect my preferred identification as a qovIj and include the flag of the glorious Klingon Empire, just saying.
Flags are 32x32, .png format. Post it here or PM it to me.
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#10 Post by steve_v »

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#11 Post by donald »

steve_v wrote: 2023-01-23 00:06 Klingon_Empire_Flag_32.png
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Done.

Enjoy. :)
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#13 Post by kedaha »

I checked and see that the flag of the glorious Klingon Empire doesn't appear along with all the other users' flags at the foot of the page. Neither does the glorious Wales dragon flag for that matter.
How about adding an inglorious Jolly Roger flag?
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#14 Post by donald »

kedaha wrote: 2023-01-23 10:24 I checked and see that the flag of the glorious Klingon Empire doesn't appear along with all the other users' flags at the foot of the page. Neither does the glorious Wales dragon flag for that matter.
The main page is limited to 32 flags I believe, after a certain point it may only show the most populated flags.
kedaha wrote: 2023-01-23 10:24 How about adding an inglorious Jolly Roger flag?
Add whatever flags you all wish to add as long as they cannot be considered offensive. The point of the flags is let users know that they aren't alone in their region of the world or their interests, even if that is a love of pirates or fictional interstellar space base peoples/lifeforms. The point is to make connections.
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#15 Post by fabien »

Too bad I didn't find the flag of Annares :)

I've something more serious to say about flags. As a non native speaker, it's interesting for me to know if what I'm reading is written by a native speaker (although native speakers also make mistakes, and some of the non native speakers here are at a level I envy). This is also the reason why my profile shows my country, not for other reasons, and I take it for granted.
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#16 Post by canci »

Not sure a flag shows someone being native per se. Could just mean, as in my case, that that's their current location.
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#17 Post by fabien »

You're right, but if I lived in, say, London, New York, or Canberra, my language skills would (hopefully) be better. Fair dinkum, not sure about Canberra :)

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#18 Post by oswaldkelso »

I quite like the idea that there are other flags. I’m Welsh by birth but have lived over half my life in Scotland. Choosing one Nations flag over another is quite wrenching.

That said I always put Pasafarian on the census when ever it comes around

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#19 Post by donald »

oswaldkelso wrote: 2023-01-23 15:54 I quite like the idea that there are other flags. I’m Welsh by birth but have lived over half my life in Scotland. Choosing one Nations flag over another is quite wrenching.

That said I always put Pasafarian on the census when ever it comes around

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#20 Post by Random_Troll »

Apologies for the egregious necrobump but I would like to request the addition of an Anarchist flag for those who find the whole concept of nationhood to be harmful.

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<svg width="32px" height="32px" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
   <g fill="#000000">
      <path d="M 0,5 32,5 32,27 0,27 Z"/>
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</svg>
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convert -background none flag.svg flag.png
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