Talk:Service flag

message: :1. Well written?: Sentence critiqued below changed.
:2. Factually accurate?: Passed before. More info added.
:3. Broad in coverage?: It's a short article on a short topic. Should be ok. Most improvements suggested below implemented.
:4. Neutral point of view?: Passed before.
:5. Stability?: Passed before.
:6. Images?: Passed before.
--Kghusker 10:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Nomination

message: This article has been failed due to a complete lack of citations, which are generally required for GA status. Please do resubmit once some citations have been added. MLilburne 09:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First Nomination

message: Unfortunately, the article is still not broad enough in coverage.  As Nehrams has explained previously:
:To be broad in coverage, the article needs to have more information about the topic. I would recommend expanding the article (with sources) further before nominating again. Possibly talk about similar types of flags used in other countries, other flags/ribbons used for the same purpose, update for current war, fabric/measurements (alright, I'm pushing it a bit), etc. Anything else you think can be added to the article, do it. 
Sources like this should be of particular relevance when expanding the article. 
Please consider re-submitting the article after improvements are made. --  
Johnfos 07:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA nomination 

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Please drop me a line if you wind up using the latter. bahamut0013♠♣ 03:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  userboxes 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Information in this older version of Gold Star Mothers (disambiguation) may be useful for the article Service flag. Cnilep (talk) 04:48, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gold Star Mothers 

message: It seems that, historically at least, not only families had flags? Or perhaps these quotes I found on Google Books refer to figurative rather than literal flags:
* "The municipal building's service flag has 393 stars and the flag of the American Tobacco Company 325." (Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Bell Telephone News, Volume 7 p. 20, 1917)
* "At the present time there are 373 of our male presonnel in the forces, and our service flag has 5 gold stars." (Secret Service, 15 Jan 1945; Treasury Department Appropriation Bill for 1946: Hearings p. 123)
jnestorius(talk) 23:12, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "From a small town in northern Illinois, this World War I service flag consists of 133 stars."  jnestorius(talk) 08:38, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporate flags