Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.svg
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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.
Zero citation, unclear reality. Assumed "flag" is a graphic from a Tweet mentioning nothing about a flag. Until literally anything suggests this is actually the flag of the Islamic Emirate besides cyclically-citing second and third-hand media sources, this flag should be removed from Wikipedia to hamper further confusion. Horizons 1 (talk) 16:04, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Though I agree with the nom's rationale, I don't know that it fits the deletion criteria. I think it ought to be renamed to something other than "Flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" for now, and I think editors should not use this flag on Wikipedia unless/until we get confirmation that this is the flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It could be for all we know, but the tweet that originated it said nothing about it. We don't know if or how this flag is used. Maybe it will be the national flag and it just needs time to be manufactured and raised from the flagpoles, but we don't know if that's even the plan. All we know is that the Taliban flag is used, so we should continue to use the Taliban flag absent any reason to believe that a different flag is used. So I suppose this is a support rationale,
but oppose deletion!vote. Or a rename !vote. Vanilla Wizard (talk) 18:24, 19 August 2021 (UTC)- Yeah I can agree to this. Just needs to be clear that there's no indication that this is Afghanistan's flag according to the Taliban until the Taliban actually says so. Horizons 1 (talk) 01:11, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- Just to note that the filename in question has been in use for a long time judging from the version history of ar:قالب:منظمة_التعاون_الإسلامي (the template includes a file with this name since 2015. — kashmīrī 19:20, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Delete I doubt Taliban would agree to release this flag under any free licenses. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:07, 20 August 2021 (UTC)- Delete At least this image should be renamed and removed from articles to avoid confusion. If it isn't actually a flag and isn't used beyond some social media posts, then its justification for inclusion under COM:EDUSE would be tenuous at best. – Minh Nguyễn 💬 05:53, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- Currently the file is being used all over some Wikipedias on anything remotely related to Afghanistan, such as COVID case count tables from 2020 on the Arabic Wikipedia. Even if this image is worth keeping as an unofficial flag, an unofficial flag has no business being used in those contexts. – Minh Nguyễn 💬 18:44, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- This page on Arabic Wikipedia appears to be the template responsible for most of the Arabic Wikipedia appearances of the "flag". I cannot edit semi-protected pages on Arabic Wikipedia, but if someone can, they just need to swap out this .svg with "Flag of Taliban.svg" Horizons 1 (talk) 01:11, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- Delete I support the deletion of this file. This "flag" was based on an erroneous report of the Taliban adopting a new flag after the declaration of the Islamic Emirate on August 19th. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. - User:Dekodrak (talk) 09:56, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
- Delete (with the option to speedy delete, given uploader's consent to deletion expressed immediately above?) as a damaging misrepresentation; its current use means it is functioning as a de facto hoax. GPinkerton (talk) 21:05, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
- Delete Struck parts of my initial comment. After giving it some thought, I don't see the potential use case of this file beyond spreading misinfo. Vanilla Wizard (talk) 23:08, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
- Comment: This image is just File:Arms of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.svg with an script of the name of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in script. I doubt this is actually a flag as reported by some sources. No actual usage of this imagery as a file was reported. Note that this image came from a Tweet which some media sources erroneously interpreted to be a declaration of a Islamic Emirate, rather than a declaration by the Islamic Emirate in commemoration of Afghan independence.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 03:13, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
- I would say that that "arms" would also be doubtful on the copyright level, nominate it too? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 05:03, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Deleted: per discussion. --P 1 9 9 ✉ 13:42, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
