Talk:Flag of Mato Grosso do Sul

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Did you know... that the Brazilian military government changed the ochre on the proposed flag of Mato Grosso do Sul to blue so as to match the colors of the national flag?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:05, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The proposed state flag of Mato Grosso do Sul used ochre instead of blue.

... that the ochre on the proposed flag for the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul was changed by the dictatorship-era government to blue to match the colors of the national flag? Source: https://www12.senado.leg.br/tv/programas/essa-bandeira-tem-historia/2022/12/bandeira-de-mato-grosso-do-sul-e-simbolo-de-equilibrio-firmeza-e-serenidade
- ALT1: ... that the ochre on the proposed flag for the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul that represented the earth was changed to blue on the official flag to represent the sky? Source: https://www.campograndenews.com.br/lado-b/artes-23-08-2011-08/bandeira-de-ms-e-azul-mas-para-os-criadores-deveria-ter-sido-ocre https://www12.senado.leg.br/tv/programas/essa-bandeira-tem-historia/2022/12/bandeira-de-mato-grosso-do-sul-e-simbolo-de-equilibrio-firmeza-e-serenidade
- ALT2: ... that the flag for the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul was only chosen after the prefered flag was disqualified for being too similar to the national flags of North Vietnam and Somalia? Source: https://correiodoestado.com.br/correio-b/voce-sabia-bandeira-do-mato-grosso-do-sul-veio-de-concurso-marcado-po/374106/
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- Comment: All my sources are in Portuguese but I can provided translations for my sources if desired. Also, this is my first DYK submission so I haven't reviewed any other DYKs

Moved to mainspace by BaduFerreira (talk). Self-nominated at 13:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Flag of Mato Grosso do Sul; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The first sentence is a tautology, please rewrite not to be redundant – you don't have to force the article title into bold. Flags of the World is not a reliable source and it should be removed as an EL. Can you possibly add any newer information about the flag's usage since it was adopted?

Hi! What is redundant about the first sentence? I said "Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul" because I wasn't sure if en wiki readers would be familiar with Brazilian states. Do you think something like "... that the ochre on the proposed state flag of Mato Grosso do Sul was changed by the dictatorship-era government to blue to match the colors of the national flag?" works better? The flag hasn't changed since 1979 so I haven't found any note-worthy sourced material since then about the flag. Additionally, I'll go ahead and remove the External links section. BaduFerreira (talk) 15:02, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- This is also my first DYK so I don't believe I have to do a QPQ. BaduFerreira (talk) 15:03, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- No I meant the first sentence of the article. The hook was fine. Reywas92^Talk 16:01, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oh okay, makes sense. I've gone ahead and modified the header a bit. BaduFerreira (talk) 16:29, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's better. I pass ALT0 for DYK, though I'd encourage you to find further coverage beyond the adoption. Reywas92^Talk 18:41, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]