At 03:11 PM 10/12/02 -0700, Toby wrote:
[Note: The post that I'm replying to didn't appear on <intlwiki-l>. Or maybe it was posted separately; I'm not sure.]
Magnus Manske wrote:
When writing on Phase II, I was thinking about little flags for the different languages. We'd just need a merged GB/US flag for en.wikipedia.com...
I say that we should use the English flag, since the English language is named after England. I'm American, never been to England, but this doesn't bother me.
And note that the English flag is *not* the Union Jack. It's *half* of that, the flag of Saint George.
The problem is that most people won't recognize the English flag, which is rarely used outside of an international sports context, so it doesn't serve the purpose of "click here for the English version". I'm not British either (though I have been to England (and to Wales and Scotland)), but I'm used to clicking on the UK flag to get English Web pages, not the English flag.
Of course, by sheer numbers it would properly be the flag of India, which I suspect would confuse most non-Indians.