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I have changed all the word "purple" in describing the colour of the Qatari flag into maroon as firstly, the references stated the word maroon several times, and secondly, the colour "maroon" is generally more common in describing the colour of the Qatar's flag than purple. Although they may look
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The Arabic name of Qatar in the image from 1936 is back to front. For those who can't read Arabic, this should be clear if you compare it with the first phrase at the beginning of the article ("The flag of Qatar (Arabic: Űčلم Ù‚Ű·Ű±â€Ž..." The word immediately following "Arabic" is the name of the
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in my userspace. As for whether it should be in the article, I don't think the note about the flag of Rwanda needs to stay, as the ratio of the Rwandan flag is officially defined at 2:3. According to
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This flag is 27,27 % (or so) longer than the Union Jack, flag of Canada, Equador, and so on. Almost twice as long as the flag of Denmark. Is that the longest for any country on earth?
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country.) I have no idea how to correct this, or even whether it was intended to look this way (maybe because of the way the flag was flown, or something?).
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Qatar's flag is the only national flag having a width more than twice its height (other than the unofficial 6:13 proportions sometimes mistakenly used for the
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almost the same, the colour "purple" may be deceiving if compared with maroon, especially to those who never see a real Qatar's flag before, please kindly see
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I believe you are completely correct. I can't figure out how to fix it though since I'm not sure how to save and re-upload the file as an SVG.
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Hate to nitpick, but the color of Qatar's flag is actually burgundy and not maroon. There is a slight, yet distinct difference.
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Thanks for the clarification. Nice list you got there. And I agree, Rwanda's goof doesn't need mention on a Qatar article.
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Is there actually a standard shade of maroon/burgundy specified? I've seen instances (like in this
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at UN headquarters) where it is so dark it almost looks black.
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in the banner shell. Please resolve this conflict if possible.
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