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#1 User is offline   Adriaantje 

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Posted 2019-January-26, 09:10

Hi there! Am I able to request a flag? I recently moved to Ghana and wanted to change the flag on my BBO profile, but Ghana is not in the list (the drop-down menu out of which you can select your country of residence). Can it be added in some way? Thanks!
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Posted 2019-January-27, 03:02

Northern Ireland / Ulster needs one too. None of the countries listed cover this little spot.
Great Britain only covers England, Scotland and Wales. United Kingdom, which does, is not available in the list, and has a political resonance some may prefer to avoid. Ulster is actually an area covering all of Northern Ireland but also some of Ireland.
But it would be nice to renounce my citizenship of Kyrgyzstan so it would.
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Posted 2019-January-27, 07:40

I would suggest you address your requests to Uday the owner of BBO and see what he says about this.
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Posted 2019-January-27, 08:12

View Postjdromore, on 2019-January-27, 03:02, said:

Northern Ireland / Ulster needs one too. None of the countries listed cover this little spot.
Great Britain only covers England, Scotland and Wales. United Kingdom, which does, is not available in the list, and has a political resonance some may prefer to avoid. Ulster is actually an area covering all of Northern Ireland but also some of Ireland.
But it would be nice to renounce my citizenship of Kyrgyzstan so it would.

It's interesting to note that the options at Funbridge include Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, but not separate flags for England, Scotland or Wales, although that is how they are represented in international competition. Since Ireland is represented as a whole, it's perhaps less surprising that there isn't one for Northern Ireland.
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Posted 2019-January-27, 15:45

View PostPhilG007, on 2019-January-27, 07:40, said:

I would suggest you address your requests to Uday the owner of BBO and see what he says about this.

Thanks, I'll forward it to him.
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Posted 2019-January-28, 02:25

BBO's policy for adding a flag was posted here:

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1) A person who lives in that "region" must ask for us to add the flag.

2) Either that region must be defined as a "country" by the United Nations or be recognized by the World Bridge Federation (WBF). WBF recognition is defined as participation in a recent World Teams Olympiad.

Northern Ireland is not an independent member of the United Nations, it's part of the United Kingdom. That flag is listed as Great Britain in our country list.

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Posted 2019-January-28, 14:32

View Postbarmar, on 2019-January-28, 02:25, said:

Northern Ireland is not an independent member of the United Nations, it's part of the United Kingdom. That flag is listed as Great Britain in our country list.

If UK is recognised by the UN then it sounds like BBO have their answer.
I think the flag is called Union Jack :)
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Posted 2019-January-29, 09:01

View Postpescetom, on 2019-January-28, 14:32, said:

If UK is recognised by the UN then it sounds like BBO have their answer.
I think the flag is called Union Jack :)

BBO flag for Great Britain:

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Wikipedia flag for United Kingdon:

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What's the difference?

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Posted 2019-January-29, 11:21

View Postbarmar, on 2019-January-29, 09:01, said:

What's the difference?


The difference is that BBO wrongly designates the flag (and the nation) as Great Britain rather than United Kingdom.

The flag of Great Britain was an earlier version of the Union Jack, abandoned long before bridge was born:
Flag of Great Britain
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Posted 2019-January-29, 12:12

View Postpescetom, on 2019-January-29, 11:21, said:

The difference is that BBO wrongly designates the flag (and the nation) as Great Britain rather than United Kingdom.

The flag of Great Britain was an earlier version of the Union Jack, abandoned long before bridge was born:
Flag of Great Britain

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Posted 2019-January-30, 11:14

View Postpescetom, on 2019-January-29, 11:21, said:

The difference is that BBO wrongly designates the flag (and the nation) as Great Britain rather than United Kingdom.

The flag of Great Britain was an earlier version of the Union Jack, abandoned long before bridge was born:
Flag of Great Britain

I don't think we ever show country names anywhere, just flags, except in the menu where you select it. I doubt anyone is really confused enough by the difference that this fix should get high priority.

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Posted 2019-January-30, 14:39

View Postbarmar, on 2019-January-30, 11:14, said:

I don't think we ever show country names anywhere, just flags, except in the menu where you select it. I doubt anyone is really confused enough by the difference that this fix should get high priority.

I can imagine that some Northern Irelanders may take exception to this. And doesn't it look more professionally to name countries correctly? It's a bit like all those who said "Russia" back in the days when they were referring to USSR. Or "Holland" instead of The Netherlands.
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