[GH-ISSUE #215] Missing flag : Tibet #144

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opened 2026-03-03 14:34:53 +03:00 by kerem · 21 comments
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Originally created by @PoGo606 on GitHub (Mar 30, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/215

Hello,

Could you add the flag for Tibet ?

Thanks in advance !

Originally created by @PoGo606 on GitHub (Mar 30, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/215 Hello, Could you add the flag for Tibet ? Thanks in advance !
kerem 2026-03-03 14:34:53 +03:00
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@lipis commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2016):

what would be the 2 character code.. any reliable source for the most favorable suggestion?

<!-- gh-comment-id:204556209 --> @lipis commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2016): what would be the 2 character code.. any reliable source for the most favorable suggestion?
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@PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2016):

According to the ISO Online Browsing Plarform the code TB is currently Unassigned.
But looking at this page : https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1, Tibet is referenced as TB

Maybe this code would be fine to use.

<!-- gh-comment-id:204675468 --> @PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2016): According to the ISO Online Browsing Plarform the code `TB` is currently Unassigned. But looking at this page : [https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1](https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1), Tibet is referenced as `TB` Maybe this code would be fine to use.
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@okzhu commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

@PoGo606 lol... check this。。。
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=63546
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http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/subdivisions.html ,
no Tibet in ISO_3166-1 ,you are liar,

顺便说一句。悄悄的在wiki上面夹带一些假消息,然后大肆宣扬,有意义吗?或者说这样的钱,你赚得不亏心吗?

<!-- gh-comment-id:214197143 --> @okzhu commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): @PoGo606 lol... check this。。。 http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=63546 or http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/subdivisions.html , no Tibet in ISO_3166-1 ,you are liar, 顺便说一句。悄悄的在wiki上面夹带一些假消息,然后大肆宣扬,有意义吗?或者说这样的钱,你赚得不亏心吗?
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@PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

@okzhu
The wikipedia page I'm quoting is saying otherwise.
It appears that the TB is referenced in ISO_3166-1 but not in ISO_3166-2, strange...

@lipis Do you have any concerns about using the TB for the Tibet flag ? Or shall we use another code ?

<!-- gh-comment-id:214201064 --> @PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): @okzhu The wikipedia page I'm quoting is saying otherwise. It appears that the `TB` is referenced in ISO_3166-1 but not in ISO_3166-2, strange... @lipis Do you have any concerns about using the `TB` for the Tibet flag ? Or shall we use another code ?
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@okzhu commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

@PoGo606 what?check this。。。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
ISO_3166-1 has 3 alpha version,tell me。。 which version。
in your last post it says come from alpha 2,but i checked 。。no。。。。no tb in alpha-2 ,
your are error。 wikipedia。。don't trust it。。。。

<!-- gh-comment-id:214209797 --> @okzhu commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): @PoGo606 what?check this。。。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 ISO_3166-1 has 3 alpha version,tell me。。 which version。 in your last post it says come from alpha 2,but i checked 。。no。。。。no tb in alpha-2 , your are error。 wikipedia。。don't trust it。。。。
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@PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

@okzhu Look, I'm not trying to have a debate whether the TB is official or not.
All we need here is a suitable code to use for the Tibet flag in the library :)
Do you have any recommendation on this matter ?

<!-- gh-comment-id:214211215 --> @PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): @okzhu Look, I'm not trying to have a debate whether the `TB` is official or not. All we need here is a suitable code to use for the Tibet flag in the library :) Do you have any recommendation on this matter ?
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@okzhu commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

@PoGo606 no。i don‘t want debat。i just tell you what ever in ISO_3166-1 or ISO_3166-2 ,no tb。wikipedia has a lot error message。
if you want tb in this lib。。
i don't care ..do ever you want。this your chose。

but you shud more strict。。

<!-- gh-comment-id:214214185 --> @okzhu commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): @PoGo606 no。i don‘t want debat。i just tell you what ever in ISO_3166-1 or ISO_3166-2 ,no tb。wikipedia has a lot error message。 if you want tb in this lib。。 i don't care ..do ever you want。this your chose。 but you shud more strict。。
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@lipis commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

pass on this one until further notice :)

<!-- gh-comment-id:214216969 --> @lipis commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): pass on this one until further notice :)
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@PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016):

Great.

<!-- gh-comment-id:214224190 --> @PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2016): Great.
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@MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2016):

'bo' is the 2 character language code for Tibetan, but that is Bolivia in the country code..
So, the actual value is CN-54 (as Tibet is now a region of China). cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:ISO_3166_code_China_Tibet

<!-- gh-comment-id:215052681 --> @MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2016): 'bo' is the 2 character language code for Tibetan, but that is Bolivia in the country code.. So, the actual value is CN-54 (as Tibet is now a region of China). cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:ISO_3166_code_China_Tibet
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@mattab commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2017):

Hi @lipis

Good to see you here!

We're considering using your nice flags icons in Piwik core :-)

FYI In @Piwik we're adding Tibet with country code ti and this flag: https://github.com/piwik/piwik/pull/11272/commits/50ae36c17078a3e1079e126229b8736dd4553239

<!-- gh-comment-id:281027199 --> @mattab commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2017): Hi @lipis Good to see you here! We're considering using your nice flags icons in Piwik core :-) FYI In @Piwik we're adding Tibet with country code `ti` and this flag: https://github.com/piwik/piwik/pull/11272/commits/50ae36c17078a3e1079e126229b8736dd4553239
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@lipis commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2017):

@mattab Thank you. That would be great :) I need to something in order to start adding more of those.. but I don't want people to start thinking that we will add all of them :) But for now I'll reopen this one..

<!-- gh-comment-id:281029269 --> @lipis commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2017): @mattab Thank you. That would be great :) I need to something in order to start adding more of those.. but I don't want people to start thinking that we will add _all_ of them :) But for now I'll reopen this one..
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@MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2017):

Flags are political. There will be some (such as okzhu above) who object to the idea of depicting the Tibetan flag as it is considered (by the Chinese Communist Party) representative of the Tibetan Freedom movement.

However, the Tibetan flag serves many purposes - it's very much a symbol that represents the Tibetan culture and community both within and outside Tibet - without any furtherance of a political agenda. Needless to say, as the current government of China has decided to denigrate the Tibetan flag, they would not consider it as representative of the Tibetan Autonomous Region as marked by the region code CN-54.

Am I personally in favour of adding the Tibetan flag? Definitely so. Will you get stick from China if you do? Most likely.

<!-- gh-comment-id:281643890 --> @MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2017): Flags are political. There will be some (such as okzhu above) who object to the idea of depicting the Tibetan flag as it is considered (by the Chinese Communist Party) representative of the Tibetan Freedom movement. However, the Tibetan flag serves many purposes - it's very much a symbol that represents the Tibetan culture and community both within and outside Tibet - without any furtherance of a political agenda. Needless to say, as the current government of China has decided to denigrate the Tibetan flag, they would not consider it as representative of the Tibetan Autonomous Region as marked by the region code CN-54. Am I personally in favour of adding the Tibetan flag? Definitely so. Will you get stick from China if you do? Most likely.
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@MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2017):

I would like to add that as soon as you added Northern Ireland, you extended the set to include regional flags. The official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Flag, (popularly known as the Union Jack) which is the same as the GB flag. Bearing that in mind, the use of a flag for Tibet would be acceptable within your current boundaries.

<!-- gh-comment-id:281645682 --> @MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2017): I would like to add that as soon as you added Northern Ireland, you extended the set to include regional flags. The official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Flag, (popularly known as the Union Jack) which is the same as the GB flag. Bearing that in mind, the use of a flag for Tibet would be acceptable within your current boundaries.
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@ruoru commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2018):

I come from China. I do not think politics should be included in any code. Tibet is a part of China. The Tibet flag is a national flag. If you have time to look at the history of Tibet and go to Tibet, it is a beautiful place, welcome to China.
wiki Tibet flag and please close this issue.

<!-- gh-comment-id:367882268 --> @ruoru commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2018): I come from China. I do not think politics should be included in any code. Tibet is a part of China. The Tibet flag is a national flag. If you have time to look at the history of Tibet and go to Tibet, it is a beautiful place, welcome to China. [wiki Tibet flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Tibet) and please close this issue.
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@okzhu commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2018):

@ruoru 妈的。贼。他妈的恶心。上面还说什么流行。。我还说 is 的旗 也流行啊。作者其实已经关闭了。并且已经说明了 这个lib 依据的是 ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 这个。莫名其妙的要一些其他的旗子。其实放不放上去。根本就是政治问题。和自己的身份认同的问题。既然作者说了是 ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 那有个屁的好说的。要么叫作者改描述。然后作者想加什么旗子就加什么旗子。这群家伙在这里bb的没完。

<!-- gh-comment-id:371695244 --> @okzhu commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2018): @ruoru 妈的。贼。他妈的恶心。上面还说什么流行。。我还说 is 的旗 也流行啊。作者其实已经关闭了。并且已经说明了 这个lib 依据的是 ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 这个。莫名其妙的要一些其他的旗子。其实放不放上去。根本就是政治问题。和自己的身份认同的问题。既然作者说了是 ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 那有个屁的好说的。要么叫作者改描述。然后作者想加什么旗子就加什么旗子。这群家伙在这里bb的没完。
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@MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2018):

@okzhu - please keep a civil tongue, regardless of your language. 說話彬彬有禮

<!-- gh-comment-id:371780299 --> @MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2018): @okzhu - please keep a civil tongue, regardless of your language. 說話彬彬有禮
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@ruoru commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2018):

@okzhu

ipis reopened this Feb 20, 2017

你能看到这个issue的状态是open的状态,因为这个旗子是跟国旗放在一起的,当然不行了~

@MrBenGriffin

China is different from Northern Ireland, and i do not argument some politics in code.

<!-- gh-comment-id:371784173 --> @ruoru commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2018): @okzhu >ipis reopened this Feb 20, 2017 你能看到这个issue的状态是open的状态,因为这个旗子是跟国旗放在一起的,当然不行了~ @MrBenGriffin China is different from Northern Ireland, and i do not argument some politics in code.
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@tangye1234 commented on GitHub (May 27, 2019):

Do not touch poli-tics and please honor the states that UN members recognized.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition

<!-- gh-comment-id:496102764 --> @tangye1234 commented on GitHub (May 27, 2019): Do not touch poli-tics and please honor the states that UN members recognized. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition
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@MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2021):

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cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Tibet#/media/File:Flag_of_Tibet.svg

So @lipis, do you recommend a fork for those of us who want this flag?
You didn't comment on your decision - which is, after all yours to make.

<!-- gh-comment-id:952892183 --> @MrBenGriffin commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2021): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1785064/139068456-452377e4-64ff-4224-bad2-6cc474904c86.png) cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Tibet#/media/File:Flag_of_Tibet.svg So @lipis, do you recommend a fork for those of us who want this flag? You didn't comment on your decision - which is, after all yours to make.
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@PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2021):

Well, I still miss this flag for my home project, 5 years later, I keep hoping it would be integrated into this library ;)

<!-- gh-comment-id:952953480 --> @PoGo606 commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2021): Well, I still miss this flag for my home project, 5 years later, I keep hoping it would be integrated into this library ;)
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