Several flags have incorrect details
Poyo-SSB opened this issue · 2 comments
Poyo-SSB commented
There are a few details that hold cultural value in some flags that were ignored for the purpose of designing nicer images. Notably:
- China (
CN): The four small stars should be pointed towards the larger star. The 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio failed to adhere to this. - Ethiopia (
ET): The emblem in the center of the flag is quite heavily emphasized by the government. - Micronesia (
FM): The four stars should be pointing in each of the four cardinal directions. - United Kingdom (
GB): The red saltire of St. Patrick should be offset. This isn't really offensive, but it does look silly to ignore. - Guyana (
GY): While unlikely to cause offense, this representation of the flag is really poorly made. All the triangles should be vertically centered and the white/yellow triangles should extend to the right side of the flag. - Israel (
IL): As a religious symbol representing (in the modern day) Judaism, it's probably best to not stylize the Star of David. - India (
IN): As a spiritual symbol, the Ashoka Chakra (the 24-spoked wheel) should probably not be simplified. - Cambodia (
KH): This one's simply incorrect. The central band should be red and the outer bands should be blue, not vice versa. - Comoros (
KM): As a symbol of Islam, the crescent (and stars) should probably not be distorted as they are. - South Korea (
KR): The four black trigrams represent national values, but have been reduced to meaningless double lines. - Sri Lanka (
LK): The golden lion on the left side of the flag is completely missing. - Morocco (
MA): As with Israel, the pentagram is a religious symbol (Seal of Solomon) and should not be simplified. - Mauritania (
MR): The red stripes on the top and bottom are completely missing. - Maldives (
MV): The center is completely incorrect. It should not be blue, it should be green.
Generally, the star-and-crescent symbol is depicted inconsistently, sometimes using a circle in place of the star.
There are certain similar details that are also missing which I've excluded because they're not culturally significant. Most of the ones I have listed are also probably insignificant as well, so this entire issue is not a big problem.
PythonTryHard commented
I would probably bodge this. I'm bored anyway