Talk:Archdiocese of Fermo

Removed flag of Italian Republic, per WP:ICON

I removed the Italian Republic flag (of 1946) icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),

• Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many....
• Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity. [Fermo was part of the Holy Roman Empire, the French Republic, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Savoyard Kingdom of Italy, and the Papal States. The flag shown was that of the Republic of Italy, which did not exist until 1946]
• Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag.

--Vicedomino (talk) 16:19, 13 April 2019 (UTC)