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What about the Pan-slavic flag, which represents the slavic people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hydragirium ( talk • contribs) 02:01, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Keraunos, you seem to have misread a very quickly written post on a discussion page. The phrase "criollo flag" in "And there is a proposal for a new Bolivian flag. It won't be accepted at the end, but I like it mixing the former Inca banner with the traditional criollo flag." doesn't mean that there is a "Criollo" flag, that is a flag that represents Criollos everywhere, but rather, Kratak was saying that the Bolivian flag was designed by Bolivian Criollos, and that the new addition was meant to represent the Indigenous population of the country. Apart from the not-very-used (and ultimately inclusive of all Hispanics/Latinos) Bandera de la Raza I have never heard of a "Criollo" flag. It seems this needs more research. TriniMuñoz ( talk) 00:56, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The major editor of this article has fallaciously equated the opposite of "non-White" people with Nazi terminology. I don't fly a Swastika and I'm of both Hebrew and Hellenic (e.g. Christian & Roman) background, not Iran in particular--although that as an element of ancestry cannot be substantiated with any verifiable data, for either determination (per Alexander the Great). In any case, it was inappropriate to put flags under that heading, knowing the White Nationalist attraction to quasi-supremacist symbolism. I do not object to Iranian ethnic flags under the heading of "Aryan", nor would most people. Remember, this is about consensus. Sceptik ( talk) 04:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Aryan is not a racist term when used to mean "the early speakers of Indo-European and their descendents" (although some regard this usage as politically incorrect). This is the original meaning of the term in English. [1] The term has been used this way by many prominent authors such as H.G. Wells and Poul Anderson and also by well-known contemporary scientists such as Colin Renfrew. Aryan is only a racist term when it is used as a synonym for Teutonics only (as used by the Nazis) or as a synonym for the Western or European branch of the Indo-European peoples only (as used by the Neo-Nazis) while excluding other Indo-Europeans. Keraunos ( talk) 07:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
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The Kumyk and the Nogai are Turkic people and therefore their ethnic flags should be moved from the Caucasic section to the Turkic section.
Thank you for pointing out my error. I just moved the Kumyk and Nogai ethnic flags from the Caucasic section to the Turkic section. Keraunos ( talk) 00:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
The six stars on the flag of Kosovo represent the six main ethnic entities of the region and therefore it can't represent just one ethnic entity — it is not an ethnic flag. Maybe flag of Dardania represents the local Albanian community, but not the official flag of the republican administration. — Hellerick ( talk) 14:57, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Just created an article for this Franco-Canadian flag out of a larger article, but how do I get it into the format used by the other flags?
MatthewVanitas ( talk) 05:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
I have partly undone several changes made repeatedly by MessiniaGreece ( talk · contribs). Reasons are explained in edit summaries. I expect that M.G. or anybody else who wishes to reinstate these will first answer here on talk: (a) what makes you think Mount Athos belongs in a list of "ethnic groups"? (b) what, besides your political dislike of that group, justifies the removal of the ethnic Macedonian entry? (Note that the existence of self-identifying Macedonians in Greece and Bulgaria is a lot better documented than that of, say, Greeks in the Republic of M.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:17, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
The concept of an ethnic flag is flawed. For instance, though the Albanian flag may be used to represent the ethnic Albanian minority in the FY/ROM, in Albania itself it is not an ethnic flag but the flag of all its citizens. Likewise, the Greek flag, it stands for all Greek citizens in Greece but only for the ethnic Greek Cypriot community in Cyprus. I suggest we change the title to 'ethnic-based flags' or something. Politis ( talk) 17:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
The 'ethnic' Greek flag in Cyprus is not the one shown in the article (a Greek cross against blue background), the flag they use in Cyprus is the Greek cross in the Canton (the upper left quarter) with the stripes. Politis ( talk) 17:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
There is no evidence that flag with the caption "the Macedonians (Republic of Macedonia)" is the flag of the ethnic/Slav Macedonians in Greece. Please provide evidence if not we can safely delete the Greek reference. There is also no evidence that it is used in the Republic itself, at least officially. It is only used in Bulgaria and Albania. Politis ( talk) 17:35, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
I've reverted three recent changes by MessiniaGreece, again:
Hi, in my contribution, dated 13th September, I added, in the italic section, the flag of Duosicilian people. Future Perfect at Sunrise ( talk · contribs) removed the flag and justified the removal saying that "it is the flag of an historical state, not an ethnic flag". However, for common history, culture and language, the people who inhabits the southern part of the italic peninsula can be considered a separate group, as Sicilians, and, with Sicilians, it forms a Nation whose identity has been formed over centuries, since 1130 (date of birth of first Kingdom of Sicily). Nowadays different cultural associations, whom support culture and identity of Duosicilian people, use the ancient flag of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies as National symbol of this People. So, I propose you to relocate the flag of Duosicilian people. I would like to know your opinion about my thesis.
Moreover, the use of the flag of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) to represent ethnic Italians seems wrong. In particular, that flag, which shows the coat of arms of the House of Savoy, has a negative connotation in Italy, because it is associated with the fascist era. So, I propose to change it with the modern italian national flag. -- The White Lion ( talk) 21:30, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
At least one group uses and proposes the Vergina Sun as an ethnic flag, see [1]. Not sure what to make of it since I find the whole concept of ethnic flags and this article quite nauseous, but here it is for anyone's ponderance. Politis ( talk) 15:51, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
why is Type O Negative's Vinland flag used for "Euro-Anglo" (whatever that is) people? Just because some (few at that) white supremacists skinheads use it dose not make it a pan-ethnic flag for white people in America, I find the very notion funny since "white people" in America are anything but ethnically homogeneous. Zantorzi ( talk) 03:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Don you think that Muslims aren't an ethnic group but a religious one? That is mean that this section must be moved to the "Islamic flags" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Indymediacentral ( talk • contribs) 11:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
MacedonianBoy, are you serious? 123independenceday.com and historyofmacedonia.org won't qualify as WP:RS however wide you stretch the definition. Extraordinary claims require extraordinarily reputable sources which don't include amateur websites.-- Ptolion ( talk) 15:02, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
An admin's reversion means nothing, he has not seen your dubious sources.-- Ptolion ( talk) 15:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
This article erroneously shows the old Reichsflagge as a ethnic flag for "all Germans". This is completely nonsensical. The Black, White and Red was the merging of Prussian black and white with white and red of the Hanseatic League. This flag became the national flag of the Prussian created "second Reich" in the late 19th century. But itnever stood for all German speaking people - very definitely not those in Austria and Switzerland, and it was also not too popular in southern parts of Germany and the Rhineland, where the Prussian dominated Second Reich was considered a mixed blessing (to put it politely). Today, this flag is nearly exclusively used as a place holder by neo nazi groups who are forbidden to use "real" nazi symbols.
Unless serious objections are raised, I will remove the flag from this article. Wefa ( talk) 19:05, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
This article is still in a deplorable state, and the recent editing has not been making things better.
I'm considering stubbing this article back radically. I am going to remove each and every flag entry that doesn't come with an explicit reliable independent source stating unambiguously that the flag is used and that what the thing it denotes is in fact an ethnic group (and not a state, a region, a political movement, or whatever). I will also remove each and every heading that doesn't come with an explicit reliable source stating unambiguously that the grouping it represents constitutes an ethnic, rather than just linguistic, unity.
This will probably mean removing 95% of the content of this page. I don't care.
People interested in maintaining this page should seriously start getting their act together and source its contents, rather than just edit-warring over it. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Fut.Perf., I know your efforts to verify the reliability of what is written in wikipedia and to improve the contents of this article, but I have to say that your latest works on this page made it "more terrible". First, I express my disappointment at the lack of care that you gave to the layout: now, the article is unwatchable. Second, I can share the removal of flags of recognised states, but in the case of regional flags, I can not understand the criterion used to distinguish purely regional flags from "regional ethnic flags" Let me explain. I suppose you removed the Aragonese flag because it is a flag of an Autonomous Community, then, in your opinion, a regional flag. Conversely, you did not remove Valencian flag which is, equally, the flag of an Autonomous Community. Similarly, the Sardinian flag is still displayed, but not the Sicilian one. So, the cases are two: or this distinction is arbitrary, or I can't see the obvious.
Therefore, this article looks like Barney Gumble after a night at Moe's. It can not remain in this horrible state. Here's some alternatives.
I believe the third point is the best solution.
Here's what I'm going to do:
Please your remarks-- The White Lion ( talk) 23:12, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
The white-blue-red flag was only used for a very short time as a flag of Russia, from 1883 to 1914 as an alternative to the national flag of Russia (black-yellow-white). It was previously the merchant ensign like the Red Ensign is to Britain. It was adopted as the flag of the Russian Federation in 1993, as the flag of the Russians were various flags that stemmed from the flag of the Soviet Union. Russians were identified with the Soviet flag, and are still identified with it in Western minds. The Russians can claim several flags as their ethnic ones, but no one predominates over the other. Before 1858, the national flag of Russia was the Tsar's Imperial Standard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.120.47 ( talk) 21:04, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
White Lion, can you please not remove those "citation needed" tags I put in, without in fact providing citations? I really meant it when I said we need to have explicit references for these things, and this means for both aspects of it: for the use of the flag, and for the contention that the thing the flag stands for is an ethnic group. We need this for every single flag in this page. Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Mongolians from China and Mongolians from Mongolia are the same ethnic group as are Chinese today and Chinese during the Qing Dynasty the flags should be removed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.122.206 ( talk) 20:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Re: the flag in the article with a symbol resembling the Vergina star and with the caption: "Macedonians [26] (Republic of Macedonia)". The Danforth reference says, "... both Greek and Macedonian nationalists, particularly those in the diaspora, eagely seized on the sun or star of Vergina... both Macedonian and Greek diaspora organizations carried flags...". The text is quite explicit about the flag as an ethnic symbol of the Macedonians in the Greek disapora. Therefore we have at least one source for including the Macedonian Greek flag as well: yellow star/sun against blue background. Politis ( talk) 09:30, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
It pays to discuss things... I agree that the Greek Macedonian flag has no place here, it would be like having the flag of Hydra or Corfu. Politis ( talk) 23:38, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
The flags that purport to represent Tibetans and Uyghurs should be removed, because they don't represent those ethnic groups: they represent states that were (or could possibly be) dominated by those ethnic groups. The Kokbayraq flag (blue star and crescent) is a flag sometimes used in the East Turkestan independence movement, and "East Turkestan" is a very multi-ethnic place, as have been the past East Turkestan republics. It most definitely does not represent just Uyghurs. The flag of Tibet, with the exception of Tibet being a more ethnically homogeneous place, likewise represented (represents?) a state (actually it was the flag of the army of Tibet) and not a people. Splittist ( talk) 04:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
The flag of the Albanian community who moved in Italy in Medival times — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecad93 ( talk • contribs) 22:01, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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What about the Pan-slavic flag, which represents the slavic people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hydragirium ( talk • contribs) 02:01, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Keraunos, you seem to have misread a very quickly written post on a discussion page. The phrase "criollo flag" in "And there is a proposal for a new Bolivian flag. It won't be accepted at the end, but I like it mixing the former Inca banner with the traditional criollo flag." doesn't mean that there is a "Criollo" flag, that is a flag that represents Criollos everywhere, but rather, Kratak was saying that the Bolivian flag was designed by Bolivian Criollos, and that the new addition was meant to represent the Indigenous population of the country. Apart from the not-very-used (and ultimately inclusive of all Hispanics/Latinos) Bandera de la Raza I have never heard of a "Criollo" flag. It seems this needs more research. TriniMuñoz ( talk) 00:56, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The major editor of this article has fallaciously equated the opposite of "non-White" people with Nazi terminology. I don't fly a Swastika and I'm of both Hebrew and Hellenic (e.g. Christian & Roman) background, not Iran in particular--although that as an element of ancestry cannot be substantiated with any verifiable data, for either determination (per Alexander the Great). In any case, it was inappropriate to put flags under that heading, knowing the White Nationalist attraction to quasi-supremacist symbolism. I do not object to Iranian ethnic flags under the heading of "Aryan", nor would most people. Remember, this is about consensus. Sceptik ( talk) 04:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Aryan is not a racist term when used to mean "the early speakers of Indo-European and their descendents" (although some regard this usage as politically incorrect). This is the original meaning of the term in English. [1] The term has been used this way by many prominent authors such as H.G. Wells and Poul Anderson and also by well-known contemporary scientists such as Colin Renfrew. Aryan is only a racist term when it is used as a synonym for Teutonics only (as used by the Nazis) or as a synonym for the Western or European branch of the Indo-European peoples only (as used by the Neo-Nazis) while excluding other Indo-Europeans. Keraunos ( talk) 07:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
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The Kumyk and the Nogai are Turkic people and therefore their ethnic flags should be moved from the Caucasic section to the Turkic section.
Thank you for pointing out my error. I just moved the Kumyk and Nogai ethnic flags from the Caucasic section to the Turkic section. Keraunos ( talk) 00:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
The six stars on the flag of Kosovo represent the six main ethnic entities of the region and therefore it can't represent just one ethnic entity — it is not an ethnic flag. Maybe flag of Dardania represents the local Albanian community, but not the official flag of the republican administration. — Hellerick ( talk) 14:57, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Just created an article for this Franco-Canadian flag out of a larger article, but how do I get it into the format used by the other flags?
MatthewVanitas ( talk) 05:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
I have partly undone several changes made repeatedly by MessiniaGreece ( talk · contribs). Reasons are explained in edit summaries. I expect that M.G. or anybody else who wishes to reinstate these will first answer here on talk: (a) what makes you think Mount Athos belongs in a list of "ethnic groups"? (b) what, besides your political dislike of that group, justifies the removal of the ethnic Macedonian entry? (Note that the existence of self-identifying Macedonians in Greece and Bulgaria is a lot better documented than that of, say, Greeks in the Republic of M.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:17, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
The concept of an ethnic flag is flawed. For instance, though the Albanian flag may be used to represent the ethnic Albanian minority in the FY/ROM, in Albania itself it is not an ethnic flag but the flag of all its citizens. Likewise, the Greek flag, it stands for all Greek citizens in Greece but only for the ethnic Greek Cypriot community in Cyprus. I suggest we change the title to 'ethnic-based flags' or something. Politis ( talk) 17:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
The 'ethnic' Greek flag in Cyprus is not the one shown in the article (a Greek cross against blue background), the flag they use in Cyprus is the Greek cross in the Canton (the upper left quarter) with the stripes. Politis ( talk) 17:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
There is no evidence that flag with the caption "the Macedonians (Republic of Macedonia)" is the flag of the ethnic/Slav Macedonians in Greece. Please provide evidence if not we can safely delete the Greek reference. There is also no evidence that it is used in the Republic itself, at least officially. It is only used in Bulgaria and Albania. Politis ( talk) 17:35, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
I've reverted three recent changes by MessiniaGreece, again:
Hi, in my contribution, dated 13th September, I added, in the italic section, the flag of Duosicilian people. Future Perfect at Sunrise ( talk · contribs) removed the flag and justified the removal saying that "it is the flag of an historical state, not an ethnic flag". However, for common history, culture and language, the people who inhabits the southern part of the italic peninsula can be considered a separate group, as Sicilians, and, with Sicilians, it forms a Nation whose identity has been formed over centuries, since 1130 (date of birth of first Kingdom of Sicily). Nowadays different cultural associations, whom support culture and identity of Duosicilian people, use the ancient flag of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies as National symbol of this People. So, I propose you to relocate the flag of Duosicilian people. I would like to know your opinion about my thesis.
Moreover, the use of the flag of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) to represent ethnic Italians seems wrong. In particular, that flag, which shows the coat of arms of the House of Savoy, has a negative connotation in Italy, because it is associated with the fascist era. So, I propose to change it with the modern italian national flag. -- The White Lion ( talk) 21:30, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
At least one group uses and proposes the Vergina Sun as an ethnic flag, see [1]. Not sure what to make of it since I find the whole concept of ethnic flags and this article quite nauseous, but here it is for anyone's ponderance. Politis ( talk) 15:51, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
why is Type O Negative's Vinland flag used for "Euro-Anglo" (whatever that is) people? Just because some (few at that) white supremacists skinheads use it dose not make it a pan-ethnic flag for white people in America, I find the very notion funny since "white people" in America are anything but ethnically homogeneous. Zantorzi ( talk) 03:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Don you think that Muslims aren't an ethnic group but a religious one? That is mean that this section must be moved to the "Islamic flags" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Indymediacentral ( talk • contribs) 11:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
MacedonianBoy, are you serious? 123independenceday.com and historyofmacedonia.org won't qualify as WP:RS however wide you stretch the definition. Extraordinary claims require extraordinarily reputable sources which don't include amateur websites.-- Ptolion ( talk) 15:02, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
An admin's reversion means nothing, he has not seen your dubious sources.-- Ptolion ( talk) 15:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
This article erroneously shows the old Reichsflagge as a ethnic flag for "all Germans". This is completely nonsensical. The Black, White and Red was the merging of Prussian black and white with white and red of the Hanseatic League. This flag became the national flag of the Prussian created "second Reich" in the late 19th century. But itnever stood for all German speaking people - very definitely not those in Austria and Switzerland, and it was also not too popular in southern parts of Germany and the Rhineland, where the Prussian dominated Second Reich was considered a mixed blessing (to put it politely). Today, this flag is nearly exclusively used as a place holder by neo nazi groups who are forbidden to use "real" nazi symbols.
Unless serious objections are raised, I will remove the flag from this article. Wefa ( talk) 19:05, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
This article is still in a deplorable state, and the recent editing has not been making things better.
I'm considering stubbing this article back radically. I am going to remove each and every flag entry that doesn't come with an explicit reliable independent source stating unambiguously that the flag is used and that what the thing it denotes is in fact an ethnic group (and not a state, a region, a political movement, or whatever). I will also remove each and every heading that doesn't come with an explicit reliable source stating unambiguously that the grouping it represents constitutes an ethnic, rather than just linguistic, unity.
This will probably mean removing 95% of the content of this page. I don't care.
People interested in maintaining this page should seriously start getting their act together and source its contents, rather than just edit-warring over it. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Fut.Perf., I know your efforts to verify the reliability of what is written in wikipedia and to improve the contents of this article, but I have to say that your latest works on this page made it "more terrible". First, I express my disappointment at the lack of care that you gave to the layout: now, the article is unwatchable. Second, I can share the removal of flags of recognised states, but in the case of regional flags, I can not understand the criterion used to distinguish purely regional flags from "regional ethnic flags" Let me explain. I suppose you removed the Aragonese flag because it is a flag of an Autonomous Community, then, in your opinion, a regional flag. Conversely, you did not remove Valencian flag which is, equally, the flag of an Autonomous Community. Similarly, the Sardinian flag is still displayed, but not the Sicilian one. So, the cases are two: or this distinction is arbitrary, or I can't see the obvious.
Therefore, this article looks like Barney Gumble after a night at Moe's. It can not remain in this horrible state. Here's some alternatives.
I believe the third point is the best solution.
Here's what I'm going to do:
Please your remarks-- The White Lion ( talk) 23:12, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
The white-blue-red flag was only used for a very short time as a flag of Russia, from 1883 to 1914 as an alternative to the national flag of Russia (black-yellow-white). It was previously the merchant ensign like the Red Ensign is to Britain. It was adopted as the flag of the Russian Federation in 1993, as the flag of the Russians were various flags that stemmed from the flag of the Soviet Union. Russians were identified with the Soviet flag, and are still identified with it in Western minds. The Russians can claim several flags as their ethnic ones, but no one predominates over the other. Before 1858, the national flag of Russia was the Tsar's Imperial Standard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.120.47 ( talk) 21:04, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
White Lion, can you please not remove those "citation needed" tags I put in, without in fact providing citations? I really meant it when I said we need to have explicit references for these things, and this means for both aspects of it: for the use of the flag, and for the contention that the thing the flag stands for is an ethnic group. We need this for every single flag in this page. Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Mongolians from China and Mongolians from Mongolia are the same ethnic group as are Chinese today and Chinese during the Qing Dynasty the flags should be removed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.122.206 ( talk) 20:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Re: the flag in the article with a symbol resembling the Vergina star and with the caption: "Macedonians [26] (Republic of Macedonia)". The Danforth reference says, "... both Greek and Macedonian nationalists, particularly those in the diaspora, eagely seized on the sun or star of Vergina... both Macedonian and Greek diaspora organizations carried flags...". The text is quite explicit about the flag as an ethnic symbol of the Macedonians in the Greek disapora. Therefore we have at least one source for including the Macedonian Greek flag as well: yellow star/sun against blue background. Politis ( talk) 09:30, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
It pays to discuss things... I agree that the Greek Macedonian flag has no place here, it would be like having the flag of Hydra or Corfu. Politis ( talk) 23:38, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
The flags that purport to represent Tibetans and Uyghurs should be removed, because they don't represent those ethnic groups: they represent states that were (or could possibly be) dominated by those ethnic groups. The Kokbayraq flag (blue star and crescent) is a flag sometimes used in the East Turkestan independence movement, and "East Turkestan" is a very multi-ethnic place, as have been the past East Turkestan republics. It most definitely does not represent just Uyghurs. The flag of Tibet, with the exception of Tibet being a more ethnically homogeneous place, likewise represented (represents?) a state (actually it was the flag of the army of Tibet) and not a people. Splittist ( talk) 04:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
The flag of the Albanian community who moved in Italy in Medival times — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecad93 ( talk • contribs) 22:01, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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The Australian Aboriginal flag isn't an ethnic flag since Australian Aboriginal isn't an ethnicity but a racial group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.179.77.139 ( talk) 10:58, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
Notifying all members of WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology ( more info · opt out): I have converted this article from a redirect to a draft. Please help me expand it. Arlo James Barnes 23:26, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Seriously? Oklahomans? An "ethnic group"? Greyspeir ( talk) 14:59, 5 March 2024 (UTC)