re a little left out sorry i guess the tag requesting that no ne edit the article whilst the flags were being added grabbed mine attention i had not realised that others had started the work priorly unto the extent that you contributed to the work of adding the flags then you are entitled unto a just proportion of the credit therefor if you would like a barnstar as an explicit acknowledgement of the work you put into the metropolis article then i would gladly give you one and would not begrudge the request it would be indefensibly inconsistent of me not to grant such a request