Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of North West England.svg

I think this is a fantasy flag that has become confused with a serious proposal, like those Flags of Svalbard that appear from time to time GPinkerton (talk) 18:35, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw. Apparently does have independent existence. Potentially excessive use of a historically proposed but un-adopted flag to be mooted elsewhere ... GPinkerton (talk) 18:28, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep Reluctantly, because I live here and I've never seen it, but (a) it has a disclaimer and (b) COM:INUSE. Rodhullandemu (talk) 18:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rodhullandemu Disclaimers do not work, evidently! I suggest it can be replaced with a standard flag of England in most instances where it's needed at all. GPinkerton (talk) 19:20, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Once that's done, it can be deleted. Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep - Not a valid reason for deletion. The file page already has {{Fictitious flag/svg}} template on it. We can add {{Factual accuracy}} as well, but still not a reason to delete. --Sreejith K (talk) 22:28, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sreejithk2000 How does this meet the criteria of Commons:What_Commons_is_not#Wikimedia_Commons_is_not_your_personal_free_web_host and Commons:Project_scope#File_not_legitimately_in_use, especially the bit about how it "must be realistically useful for an educational purpose". There is no way this can be useful for an educational purpose. Just the opposite. GPinkerton (talk) 22:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Its used heavily though, so it is useful. --Sreejith K (talk) 22:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sreejithk2000 "useful" is not sufficient. "Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose" is not the same as "must be useful". See again Commons:Project_scope#File_not_legitimately_in_use. "Useful for misinformation" is not a good reason to keep. GPinkerton (talk) 22:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep If you invent this, it's "fictional" and can be deleted. Likewise if I do it. But if Peter Saville does it (especially for something involving NW England), that's significant, probably to the point of WP:N, and certainly past COM:SCOPE. Andy Dingley (talk) 01:29, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Dingley Are you suggesting that Peter Saville was in some way involved in the design of this file? This is not suggested by the "author" field of the file description at present. If it's been proposed independently off-Wiki I'll withdraw. GPinkerton (talk) 02:34, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• If only there was some sort of on-line encyclopedia where we might find specific articles on this flag in particular. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:01, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Dingley all right, withdrawn, thanks. GPinkerton (talk) 18:28, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: per comments. --Ahmad^talk 22:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]