[GH-ISSUE #370] Create a "Won't-include-list" #230

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opened 2026-03-03 14:35:39 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-03 14:35:39 +03:00

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Originally created by @tomlutzenberger on GitHub (May 22, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/370

It would be helpful for contributors to create a document or section in the README with all the flags you don't want to include. I think of a list with the name/country of a flag and the reason for exclusion.

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You don't need to discuss any more
Contributors know WHY their request will not be accepted after you posted the link
Contributors can look up BEFORE they put some effort into the project

Cons:

Initial work

If you need a helping hand, let me know 😃

Originally created by @tomlutzenberger on GitHub (May 22, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/370 It would be helpful for contributors to create a document or section in the README with all the flags you don't want to include. I think of a list with the name/country of a flag and the reason for exclusion. **Pros:** - You don't need to discuss any more - Contributors know WHY their request will not be accepted after you posted the link - Contributors can look up BEFORE they put some effort into the project **Cons:** - Initial work If you need a helping hand, let me know 😃

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kerem commented

2026-03-03 14:35:40 +03:00

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@sustained commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017):

Why would you not want to include some flags? Seems ridiculous.

Should rename this project to "only-some-flags-icon-css" in that case.

@sustained commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017): Why would you not want to include some flags? Seems ridiculous. Should rename this project to "only-some-flags-icon-css" in that case.

kerem commented

2026-03-03 14:35:40 +03:00

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@tomlutzenberger commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017):

Because it's necessary. @lipis mentioned about a thousand times, that he will only include official flags of countries which are in ISO 3166-1-alpha-2.
Otherwise people will come up with some flag only he/she might need once in a lifetime and the project will end with a million flags including every karate club flag in south-east-asia and every.

That would be ridiculous.

@tomlutzenberger commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017): Because it's necessary. @lipis mentioned about a thousand times, that he will only include official flags of countries which are in [ISO 3166-1-alpha-2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/). Otherwise people will come up with some flag only he/she might need once in a lifetime and the project will end with a million flags including every karate club flag in south-east-asia and every. **That** would be ridiculous.

kerem commented

2026-03-03 14:35:40 +03:00

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@sustained commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017):

Oh, right, of course, I thought that would be obvious to people.

I was under the impression that only a subset of ISO flags were being included, or something. 👅

@sustained commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2017): Oh, right, of course, I thought that would be obvious to people. I was under the impression that only a subset of ISO flags were being included, or something. :tongue:

kerem commented

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@lipis commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2018):

As there is no a general rule I will close this issue... In the beginning I was only including the ISO 3166, but there were strong arguments (World Cup, Euro Cup, etc) for including some more flags..

@lipis commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2018): As there is no a general rule I will close this issue... In the beginning I was only including the ISO 3166, but there were strong arguments (World Cup, Euro Cup, etc) for including some more flags..