Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26661818-20160407205700/@comment-258494-20160407220638

CGT dk, your comment above sounds out of line.

Wikipedia policy is to "not allow flags at all". Why is that? Because where someone is born or dies is not necessarily the same as their "nationality". Now, we don't have to follow Wikipedia policy here, but it has been stated that the Gerontology Wiki is an "encyclopedia", oriented towards science and education, not a "fansite".

Not only that, it can be quite confusing to many who may not know which the flags of many different nations all jumbled together in one big list.

Yes, I am allowing (tolerating) the flag icons, but let me be clear: the focus should be on the DATA, NOT THE FLAG.

Ryoung122 (talk) 22:06, April 7, 2016 (UTC)