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About the wiki[]

Vexillology Wiki collects flag proposals, with a focus on new flags for countries, groups and their subdivisions.

Things you can do:

Submit flag designs (either your own or someone else's) by joining the wiki. If you are submitting someone else's design, make sure you have the right to do so, and remember to give due credit. See some guidelines at Vexillology Wiki:Images.
Create new articles, or expand existing articles, with information on current and historical flags. You can use content from Wikipedia if you credit the Wikipedia authors using {{Wikipedia}}.
Comment on flag proposals or on pages using the form at the bottom of each article, or the page's talk page for non-article pages. Either is linked next to the "Edit" button at the top of the page. Some articles have subpages for discussing proposals.

You do not need a Fandom account to edit the wiki, but your IP address will be revealed if you are not logged in, and unregistered users cannot upload files.

See the Community Portal for links to pages that provide help with editing, as well as a list of some useful special pages. Post general questions, ideas and comments about the wiki at either Vexillology Wiki talk:Community Portal or the forum.

What does "vexillology" mean?[]

"Study of flags", literally. Whitney Smith, co-founder of "scientific" study of flags, created this word in 1957. It comprises the term vexillum, the name of banners carried by Roman soldiers, and logos, which means "knowledge" or "science" in Greek.

More specifically, this wiki concerns itself with vexillography (from gráphō, to write or draw), the design of new flags.