Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino

Flag removed from Infobox

I removed the Italian Republic flag (of 1946) icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),

• Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many....
• Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity. [Avellino was for many centuries part of the Papal States, but was at one time part of the separate duchy of Benevento, and sometimes part of the Lombard Kingdom, of the German Empire, of the Kingdom of Sicily, of the Kingdom of Naples, etc., and under the domination of the French, the Spanish, and the Piedmontese]....
• Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag.

--Vicedomino (talk) 06:12, 11 January 2018 (UTC)