File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg

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Summary

Description

Alemannisch: Flagge vo Mauretanie (1959–2017)

العربية: (1959–2017) علم موريتانيا

Français : Drapeau de la Mauritanie (1959–2017)

English: Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017)

Esperanto: Flago de Maŭritanio (1959–2017)

Slovenščina: Državna zastava Mavretanije (1959–2017)

Date

between 1959 and 2017

Source

Based on File:Photo_Flag_Mauritania.JPG

Author

See File history for details.

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This image of simple geometry is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

Heptagon

This work was first published in Mauritania and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Loi n° 57-298 du 11 mars 1957 sur la propriété littéraire et artistique. of France, which is used in Mauritania (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is a pseudonymous, collective or posthumous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication (or creation, whatever date is the latest)
It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)

This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Other versions

Alternative version most commonly used on Wikipedia as Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017)
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SVG development

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Colours scheme	R	G	B	Hex	Preview
Green	0	98	51	#006233
Yellow	255	196	0	#FFC400

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:25, 18 December 2020	900 × 600 (669 bytes)	NDV135	Reverted to version as of 00:12, 22 January 2019 (UTC) It would seem that similar changes have been reverted on this image in the past. Image was changed to colours of new flag, but as people seem to have been saying before, that does not mean that the old flag has changed
	01:22, 17 December 2020	900 × 600 (669 bytes)	Flaspec	Same shade of green as File:Photo_Flag_Mauritania.JPG (and File:Flag_of_Mauritania.svg).
	00:12, 22 January 2019	900 × 600 (669 bytes)	Vanilla Wizard	Reverted to version as of 04:56, 29 December 2018 (UTC) The user responsible for the original flag being modified to look more like the new version of the flag was a sockpuppet that has been blocked indefinitely. User:Ibentiris. The user that introduced the current file for the current flag (2017-present) has openly acknowledged that the colors displayed are incorrect, but uses them for the current file based on what little information he had available. User:Zscout370. The original fl...
	19:51, 21 January 2019	900 × 600 (724 bytes)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 23:12, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reverted to version closer to photos of actual flag, i hope this is uncontroversial
	22:02, 18 January 2019	900 × 600 (840 bytes)	RainbowSilver2ndBackup	We should probably merge with this file.
	12:07, 2 January 2019	900 × 600 (669 bytes)	Tcfc2349	Reverted to version as of 04:56, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
	03:59, 2 January 2019	1,417 × 850 (1 KB)	ابن تيرس	ضبط
	04:56, 29 December 2018	900 × 600 (669 bytes)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 13:21, 22 December 2013 (UTC) The changes to the dimensions of the star and crescent are unsourced, and are inconsistent with photos.
	23:12, 28 December 2018	900 × 600 (724 bytes)	Tcfc2349	Reverted to version as of 05:29, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
	14:23, 28 December 2018	1,280 × 854 (12 KB)	QuantumOfSilence	Changed to the new flag, except the red bands are just painted out.