This is a place for the study of flags, including current, historical, fictional or self-made flags, and flag news. Do not post photos or articles which are only indirectly related to flags (e.g. coats of arms and logos). Avoid getting derailed into discussions that are significantly off-topic.
People are interested in flags for all kinds of different political, historical, aesthetic or personal reasons; vexillology attracts people from all walks of life. You may see flags and opinions that you strongly disagree with, and others may strongly disagree with you. Remember that we are here first and foremost to learn and discuss about flags, not to tear each other apart. Keep it civil and respect one another. Hate on the basis of identity or vulnerability can never be civil and is banned.
Including memes, karma trains, and other fluff content.
Posting r/vexillology threads on meta, drama and/or politically oriented subs attracts unwanted attention to our community and exacerbates existing drama.
Your post title should be brief and describe exactly what it is. You are welcome to share your opinions on the flag in the comments! Posts with titles that are editorialized, vague, politicized, or excessively wordy, will be removed. You can be as verbose as you want in the comments!
The sub is not just a gallery of flag images. You must add at least one comment with context or an explanation about your submission. Posts that do not have a top level comment from the person submitting the post will be removed. r/vexillology is a discussion-based sub, and so providing context helps promote and seed discussion about your post. Report this mod comment after context has been added and we will remove this and restore your post.
Mashup flags — often with titles such as "X in the style of Y" or "X but Y"— may only be posted on Mondays UTC, and will be removed if posted on other days.
To help foster vibrant discussion, sufficiently low-effort may be removed. Examples of things that might be removed for this reason include:
Memes
Fluff submissions
Intentionally terrible flags
Inappropriate content to the subreddit
You might check out r/vexillologycirclejerk as an alternative, which is more open to many of these! If you put in effort but are just starting out as a flag designer then unpolished posts are okay as long as you’ve tried!
Posts that have been recently submitted to r/vexillology should be avoided and may be removed. You may search the post history before posting, we generally define recent as within the last 6 months.
Remember to add suitable flair to your posts. This makes it easier for people that might be interested in your flag to find it, and to know what kind of flag it is.
Some countries restrict or ban the use of certain symbols for political or historical reasons. Please respect this by marking submissions containing these symbols as NSFW ("Not Safe For Work"). These symbols include but are not limited to: swastikas , hammers and sickles, and symbols associated with Imperial Japan, Apartheid South Africa, and the Confederate States of America.
r/vexillology is a place to learn about flags and flag design, and all sincere questions wanting to learn more about flags are welcome. If, in the discretion of the mod team, a post with Identify link flair is not created with sincere intent to learn, then it may be removed.
Public domain content is always welcome. If you are submitting content that another creator has made, be sure to attribute it to the designer in the comments. Posts with designs that aren’t attributed will be removed.
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