Talk:Coat of arms of Finland

message: The flag is blue and white, no coat of arms.
:That's the national flag, coat of arms appears in the state flag, as is correctly stated in the article. SGJ 10:01, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Coat of Arms is not in the flag 

message: The image in the article is not quite appropriate. It is only a part of the Grand Duchy's coat of arms. I will later upload both the photograph of the old coat of arms from the book of Alexander Lakier, founder of Russian heraldry. It must have the typical Imperial Russian eagle, and on the shield - a coat of arms with lion, but slightly different. You may see it here: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Изображение:Финляндия_герб_1809-1917.png
ISasha 12:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Coat of Arms of the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]]

message: English version differs greatly with the finnish version at some points.
Im talking about the facts here, the english version states that:
"Official only since 1978, the coat of arms was originally created around the year 1580"
Finnish version says clearly that the Coat of arms has been a sign of independent Finland since 1917
There seems to be some laws ruled around 1978 about the use and official appearance of the coat of arms, but as I have understood it has been clear enough sign for independent finland since 1917, and has virtually remained unchanced.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.128.253.184 (talk) 10:43, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you are correct. The Finnish coat of arms was in wide-spread governmental use since the 19th century, and its design has remained constant since early 1920's, but there was no written law about the arms. Such lack of written law was by no means remarkable, as the Finnish administrative procedures were largely uncodified or codified only as government decrees or intra-agency orders in the 19th century and acts of parliament replaced the lower-level decrees only gradually, starting in the 1920's and ending only in the 1990's. The codification of the Finnish coat of arms on the act of parliament -level took place in 1978, as a part of overall modernization process of the Finnish legislation. --MPorciusCato (talk) 12:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm sorry but 

message: With a lack of sufficient references and inline citations (only 4), I believe this article is not B class, as it fails one of the six B class criteria, namely criterion 1: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of citation templates such as cite web is not required, but the use of ref tags is encouraged.
This is easily changed, but unless someone justifies this or corrects it I think it may be necessary to lower it to C class, which it definitely does fulfil. It'd be easier if someone found references though. Jarry1250 (talk) 08:52, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  B Rating 

message: I changed the blazon to proper heraldic language instead of everyday English.130.233.33.59 (talk) 13:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proper heraldic language