Talk:Flag of Sint Maarten

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Did you know... that the flag of Sint Maarten (pictured) depicts the friendship monument delineating the boundary between the Dutch and French sections of the island?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:58, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Flag of Sint Maarten

... that the main colours of the flag of Sint Maarten (pictured) allude to the flag of the Netherlands, its mother country? Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
- ALT1: ... that the flag of Sint Maarten (pictured) depicts the friendship monument delineating the boundary between the Dutch and French sections of the island? Source: CIA World Factbook
- Reviewed: Walkeria uva

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:08, 28 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently expanded 5x, adequately sourced, passes all other criteria. Both hooks are fine, although I prefer ALT1 hook as it's more interesting than the original one. Passed. — Golden ^{call me maybe?} 14:56, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong colours[edit]

Although the government indeed uses the flag with the arms with a red bordure, it should be an orange bordure. The decree regarding the flag can be found here https://lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nl/CVDR206068/1 and refers to the coat of arms. Which according to the island decree of 1982 shows an orange bordure (https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Sint_Maarten_(eiland)#National_arms_of_Sint_Maarten) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A466:F20E:1:E0D2:504B:D65E:7822 (talk) 14:54, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]