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Should that not be "because of the resemblance with the flag of Germany"??
The colours show no resemblance to those of the Netherlands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.165.149.160 ( talk) 13:53, 16 February 2007
There are several mentions that the official proportion of the flag, an unusual 13:15, is of unknown origin. I am a Brusseler and it is often said in my city that the original proportion is due to the very first flag of Belgium: it was hastily made out of curtains by a woman in a shop near the Brussels Grand-Place, à la Betsy Ross if you want. Since this first flag was made out of whatever fabric they could find, it had weird proportions. However, as a tribute to this first flag, the authors of the Belgian constitution decided to write its exact dimensions as the official ones.
Now the problem is, I have no written sources to support that. All I can say is, this is the story we tell in Brussels. And let me tell you that, contrarily to what is written in this article, the flag is very often flown in Belgium in its unusual proportions, and it is very familiar to Belgian people. It even goes farther than this: on the Brussels City Hall, the European flag is flown next to the Belgian flag, and both are of 13:15 proportion! 94.109.73.178 ( talk) 08:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I removed references to the 2:3 sized flag being in more common use, as it is not supported by the source given. Gerard von Hebel ( talk) 20:15, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
I by myself can see the Belgian flag as blue-yellow-red. Naming a colour black is typical error the men working in informatics.
Are the RGB and hex triplet lines in the color table original research? They are not sourced to a reliable source. If they are just the creations or conversions of a WP editor, we should remove them. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 13:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I live in Belgium and I've seen that the 2:3 standard is commonly displayed on town halls and other government buildings see below:
If the common 2:3 ratio flag is widespread on governmental buildings then that means the 2:3 flag is an official flag, so the text should change. Tomaatje12 ( talk) 15:34, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
"A civil flag is a version of the national flag that is flown by civilians on nongovernmental installations or craft. The use of civil flags was more common in the past to denote buildings or ships not manned by the military." [1]
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@ Jonesey95 Due to the descriptiveness of this title, I think that the article should not be bold. If it is made bold, the lead has to include the name of Belgium and national flag twice if it wants to link them (I think the article should). Based on MOS:REDUNDANCY, this is the way to go. It seems that you disagree, so in case you still do I'm going to request a WP:THIRD. In case any other editor is reading this, my version looks like this PhotographyEdits ( talk) 20:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
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Should that not be "because of the resemblance with the flag of Germany"??
The colours show no resemblance to those of the Netherlands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.165.149.160 ( talk) 13:53, 16 February 2007
There are several mentions that the official proportion of the flag, an unusual 13:15, is of unknown origin. I am a Brusseler and it is often said in my city that the original proportion is due to the very first flag of Belgium: it was hastily made out of curtains by a woman in a shop near the Brussels Grand-Place, à la Betsy Ross if you want. Since this first flag was made out of whatever fabric they could find, it had weird proportions. However, as a tribute to this first flag, the authors of the Belgian constitution decided to write its exact dimensions as the official ones.
Now the problem is, I have no written sources to support that. All I can say is, this is the story we tell in Brussels. And let me tell you that, contrarily to what is written in this article, the flag is very often flown in Belgium in its unusual proportions, and it is very familiar to Belgian people. It even goes farther than this: on the Brussels City Hall, the European flag is flown next to the Belgian flag, and both are of 13:15 proportion! 94.109.73.178 ( talk) 08:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I removed references to the 2:3 sized flag being in more common use, as it is not supported by the source given. Gerard von Hebel ( talk) 20:15, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
I by myself can see the Belgian flag as blue-yellow-red. Naming a colour black is typical error the men working in informatics.
Are the RGB and hex triplet lines in the color table original research? They are not sourced to a reliable source. If they are just the creations or conversions of a WP editor, we should remove them. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 13:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I live in Belgium and I've seen that the 2:3 standard is commonly displayed on town halls and other government buildings see below:
If the common 2:3 ratio flag is widespread on governmental buildings then that means the 2:3 flag is an official flag, so the text should change. Tomaatje12 ( talk) 15:34, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
"A civil flag is a version of the national flag that is flown by civilians on nongovernmental installations or craft. The use of civil flags was more common in the past to denote buildings or ships not manned by the military." [1]
References
@ Jonesey95 Due to the descriptiveness of this title, I think that the article should not be bold. If it is made bold, the lead has to include the name of Belgium and national flag twice if it wants to link them (I think the article should). Based on MOS:REDUNDANCY, this is the way to go. It seems that you disagree, so in case you still do I'm going to request a WP:THIRD. In case any other editor is reading this, my version looks like this PhotographyEdits ( talk) 20:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)