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Good articleRed Ensign of Singapore has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 21, 2008.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that masters of Singapore-registered ships are subject to a fine of S$1,000 if they do not hoist the Red Ensign (pictured) before entering or leaving port?

"Over design"?

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Hi, Zscout370, good job creating this article (and, yes, I guess it deserves a "B" rating!). I note that the lead states: "The over design of the ensign is a modification of the national flag ..." What is an "over design"? Is this a special vexillological term? If not, I think it needs rephrasing because it doesn't make much sense in ordinary English. — Cheers, JackLee talk 19:55, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was typing this very late in the evening (maybe 1 or 2 am), and I was supposed to say "overall." User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 21:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! :-) — Cheers, JackLee talk 05:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image of ensign in use

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Have found a great photograph of the Red Ensign in use at Flickr. Hopefully the uploader will license it to us. — Cheers, JackLee talk 09:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I been also trying to find out if I can purchase an ensign to take photos. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 03:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are pretty hardcore, aren't you? ;-) Regarding the photograph, the Flickr uploader retagged it with a "non-commercial" tag, so I've just sent an e-mail explaining to him why it needs to be tagged with either CC-BY-2.0 or CC-BY-SA-2.0. I hope he agrees! At some stage I will have to pop down to the National University of Singapore to do some extra research about the legislation relating to the ensign. — Cheers, JackLee talk 04:15, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gives me something else to put in the collection lah. Plus, I want to measure the flag itself, since I notice in the photo that flag seems to be more of a 2:3 ratio, even with the tears at the fly. I tried to email the flag makers, but the guys won't respond. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:23, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I noticed the difference in ratio too. But I wouldn't place too much weight on a single case. — Cheers, JackLee talk 05:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

True, but would improve better on what I previously had. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:41, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, accidentally overwrote your cropped version of the photograph with a higher-quality version of the original one provided by the Flickr uploader. I've created a separate file called "RedEnsignofSingapore-20051226-cropped.jpg"; feel free to recrop the higher-quality image and upload it over "RedEnsignofSingapore-20051226-cropped.jpg". — Cheers, JackLee talk 15:42, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me, I am using the cropped version of the photo in the article now. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 02:12, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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