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Shade of blue on the cuba flag

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I have read the article on the Cuban flag on Wikipedia, the Britannica article on the Cuban flag, and a website called Cuban flags.com none of which mention a Sky blue variant of the Cuban flag they all say that the same flag has been used since 1902. but when I tried to replace that flag with the regular Cuban flag my edit was reversed is there something I'm missing? Flags200 (talk) 11:49, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore the misspellings Flags200 (talk) 17:41, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The file itself has these sources:
http://www.nacion.cult.cu/en/sobrebandera.htm
and "cubaflags.com" (which you talked about?) also mention the same change.
https://www.cubaflags.com/
Here is also a vintage 1940 flag https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0216/05/cuban-flag-vintage-1940-pre_1_af5fe2b808af826e82e1e3de3c40ba4a.jpg --Havsjö (talk) 17:50, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just adding more to this since there is still some discussion about what shade of blue. I am unconviced at this stage that the sky blue variant associated with Cuba before the Communist Revolution was ever used in an offical capacity. The only sources provided are two websites that don't cite their sources, and a flag that could be potentially a misprint or faded from use.
This is because the standard appearance and design of the flag are laid out clearly in the Cuban "1906 Presidential Decree of April 24". It also does the same for the coat of arms and shows the blue being that of a dark turqoise. I also went through flag books from the period before the Batista Government was overthrow. While these books aren't always 100% right with their depictions, these references show Cuban flag with the darker turqoise blue as shown in the decree. These can be seen here
Considering as well that the publishers of these books were the admiralty of various nations, universities and well respected scientific and educational institutions, I think these provide enough evidence that the sky blue variant wasn't used offically.
If someone has sources showing that a lighter blue was used at some stage, that would be much appreciated as my search hasn't found anything bar a few references in a few articles. Blackfalcon501 (talk) 07:02, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also a note: this might also be not a "real change", i.e. an "adjustment" which is not really written anywhere as part of a redesign. But newer flags maybe just were made what people thought were darker blue, for example. This sometimes happens with flag "changes" with regards to small details like colour shades. --Havsjö (talk) 17:53, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Issues with article

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This article compiles info about multiple different governments in Cuba from 1902-1959 and compiles it under the title of one government the "Republic of Cuba". Should we have the article be renamed to reflect how this is a period of history not a single government. Should the info on the separate governments be split into different articles?Mangokeylime (talk) 18:03, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriel Alexander Solorzano banda 2806:107E:20:3238:FCEA:1A9D:BA67:2BE5 (talk) 10:27, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]