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I don't know nothing about this flag. What is this flag for? Wshun
This page is out of date. There is now a new flag. Can somebody with knowledge update this page? -- Zoe
{ It has been done. Bubba73 (talk) 02:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
The oldest flag shown is that used from 1920 to 1956. What was or were Georgia's flag(s) before 1920? -- Angr/ comhrá 07:55, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Can we get more details on the symbol in the upper-left? Looking at the image, I can make out some, but not all, of the text, and can't tell who the person is supposed to represent.
Clarkefreak ∞ 02:12, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
I heard somewhere that the '01 flag was abandoned because it included an illegal display of the US flag on/in another flag, which is somewhere prohibited. I glanced through the flag code on wikisource, which is where I expected it to be, and came up empty. Does anyone know specifics about this? Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about? Clarkefreak ∞ 03:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
As I recall, in 2001 the flag was changed overnight behind closed doors with little or no civic votes input. It really pissed off a lot of people. -Adam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.3.9.68 ( talk) 14:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
If someone feels inspired (sorry, I don't), they can use this information from the Georgia state website to add more information, and previous flags: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/museum/html/georgia_flag_history.html Clarkefreak ∞ 03:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm tempted to omit the part about the 13 stars in the last paragraph. All other references I looked at say that the 13 stars reoresent the 13 colonies or the original 13 states of the US. Bubba73 (talk) 03:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
I think this issue needs to be re-examined. I am interested in reading the law being referenced by Bubba73, but the link provided is not working for me. Here is at least one reference from a Georgia government affiliated site stating that the 13 stars carry over from the nearly identical first national flag of the Confederacy, whose 13 stars represent its member states: [1] (see section "Yet Another New Flag"). The argument that the stars must refer to the original colonies because the figure on the Georgia seal is dressed as a Revolutionary War soldier is necessary problematic, as every other part of the flag besides the state seal came directly from the first national Confederate flag. Michellecornelison ( talk) 15:40, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
I understand the changes starting in 1956, but does anyone know why they changed it so many times before then? 207.203.80.14 21:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
This is a major shortcoming of the article but I don't know enough to fix it. GoodWikian ( talk) 19:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
From what I can remember of what I've read, the changes weren't all entirely official, but rather a consequence of unclear language in the official legal description of the flag. McGehee ( talk) 23:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
I think it's absurd to include the survey by the North American Vexillological Association and it's mention should be struck from the article. This so-called survey asked for the personal opinions was of a small and highly biased group of flag fanatics, and it by no means represents the opinions of the wider public. It's like including a survey of the Zombie Movie Experts Association of America in the article on Night of the Living Dead. Perhaps they'd call Night of the Living Dead the greatest American film of all time. But that doesn't make it so. It's still just an opinion of a small and highly biased group of people... Take a look at the survey comment in this article and add your thoughts here. ask123 ( talk) 20:25, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
South Park made a spoof of flag change in 2001. With the controversy whether to change it due to racial issues or to keep it do to historical traditions. This should be included —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.39.149.133 ( talk) 02:48, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Removed the "Roy's Rag" reference. First off, it was weasely, stating "called by some" and never citing who the "some" might include. Second, it comes close to sounding like it's trying to advance the POV of the confederate flag supporters. It didn't add anything, it wasn't the proper tone...and I lived in Georgia at that time, followed the flag issue very, very closely, was well aware of the bad feelings confederate apologists had toward Barnes, and never once heard the term used at the time. PurpleChez ( talk) 00:04, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Please explain how ‘The current flag of the U.S. state of Georgia’ is not an acceptable intro. The fact that the URL is .... Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) is not good enough, we’re talking about the content itself. Zarcadia ( talk) 00:50, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
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I removed the clause "…and [Georgia] is the only one with a direct copy of a flag once flown by the Confederate States of America." The meaning of "direct copy" is vague and unsupported by the cited references. The flag is a new design that did not exist prior to 2003, so the claim is not that it is an "exact" copy of a Confederate flag. Whatever the editor was trying to say, it cannot have been a statement that belongs in an encyclopedia, especially in the lede of an article. — ℜob C. alias ALAROB 15:34, 4 November 2021 (UTC)