Talk:Seal of Rhode Island

Fair use rationale for Image:State seal of Rhode Island.png

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BetacommandBot 05:01, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling error

There's a spelling error in the picture, it should be "plantations" and not "planations". --Kräuter-Oliven (talk) 18:41, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. In the future consider messaging the author of the image directly, as they might not be monitoring the talk pages of the articles. I only found out about the mistake because someone left a message saying they saw the error on The Colbert Report, and they traced the image back to me. Cheers! --Svgalbertian (talk) 15:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is the starburst current?

Hi there- I'm trying to figure out where in the current code it says the state seal should have a starburst. Besides this example on Wikipedia, I've found this entry from 1913 and this government page, both of which seem to indicate that the current seal is simply surrounded by a circle and that the 46-pointed star (which is 47 points in the original 1892 version?) does not presently exist as a standard. Can someone point me to a source not relying on this Wikipedia rendition, that shows this? It's tough to tell because many people have duplicated this portrayal of the seal, but I am not seeing any other versions that appear official or backed by the law describing its appearance Many thanks, --Simtropolitan (talk) 15:24, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have a feeling the starburst is simply an artifact of the gold foil stock commonly used for a variety of embossed seals, and has nothing to do with any officially intended appearance of the seal itself. In addition to simple foil rounds, blanks were often die cut with the starburst/pinked edge design. You'll find many examples of seals which exist on both types of stock over extended periods of time depending on the source. Marcberm (talk) 16:49, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]