Template talk:National flag entry

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This template inserts one variant of a national flag into a Template:Infobox National flag.

The flag image is inserted into a bounding box with a 1:2 aspect ratio of image height (= flag width) to image width (= flag length). This is not because 1:2 is the most common flag ratio (2:3 or 3:5 is more common), but to allow multiple variants of a flag that differ in aspect ratio to be listed together in the same infobox such that each variant is displayed with the same image height.

This is important in order to override the more common Wikipedia convention of specifying image widths without regard to image heights. Unfortunately, if this is done in the case of flags this amounts to fixing flag lengths to a common standard, whereas flag widths should be standardized instead. In vexillogical usage, a flag's length is seen as a function of it's width, and not vice versa; i.e., more rectangular a flag is, the more length it should be allowed to have, when displayed next to other flags. --ScottMainwaring 16:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

OK I think I understand, but I'll make it possible to insert custom sizes (for infoboxes with only one 2:3 flag). - S. Solberg J. 17:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)