Talk:International Federation of Vexillological Associations

message: The knot displayed on the flag is what I recall from Boy Scouts as a sheet bend. Is there any significance in that?
:See http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/vex-fiav.html. But as for the 2007 meeting in Berlin, we do have a website, but I need to dig it out. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 18:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag of the Federation 

message: The dispute over rendering the page name in English or French has apparently been resolved by the FIAV General Assembly, which voted at the ICV in London to remove the alternative translations of its name; according to the group's constitution, "The name of this association is the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques, which is abbreviated as 'FIAV.'" http://fiav.org/constitution/ Georgepreble (talk) 21:59, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it was resolved above. This is an English website, so unless the English language adopts the French name, the name should be  in English. Official names have no absolute hold over naming the article under WP:COMMONNAME. Spshu (talk) 15:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you have mischaracterized the policy. It is not that "[o]fficial names have no absolute hold over naming the article." Rather, the policy you cite states that "Wikipedia does not *necessarily* use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers to use the name that is *most frequently* used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources." The name *most frequently* used to refer to the organization is "Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques" and that is its only name. There are no longer multiple names for the organization, which is one of the reasons cited above for using the English translation. Other than Wikipedia and sites that basically "reprint" the wikipedia entry, no one in the field uses "International Federation of Vexillological Associations". Circumstances change, and Wikipedia needs to recognize that. Thank you. Georgepreble (talk) 16:47, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I have not "mischaracterized the policy." You just did get my explanation as you just repeated that official name are not the only (absolute) option for the name of the article. Given that the English translation was official recognized as the official English name of the organization and there for used more in English (WP:UE). Thus removing an official English name doesn't stop the common name from being the English translation. Spshu (talk) 20:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need for page move: change of organizational name" 

message: Should mention be made of this de-facto standard? Arlo James Barnes 09:17, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:file:paleta final Taller.svg|FIAV colour codes]] 

message: I propose that the section about International Congress of Vexillology be split into a separate page called International Congress of Vexillology.this section is large and well-sourced enough to make its own page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.FLOCK (talk • contribs) 11:43, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting proposal