@President Anwar, Nice choice for your homeland, but, alas! Its already been taken. Your submitted flag already exists and was founded in 2001 by a group of people claiming South West Somalia. Evidence: http://www.worldstat esmen.org/Somalia.ht ml (Scroll down the page). Originally posted by Daaradonle: THIS IS THE ONE I DRAW @Daaradonle, Great. Enlighten that blue. Make that moon smaller and use brighter green. Thanks for the flag.

@Legend of Zu, Zoro is not Mexican. He is some Spaniard wag.

Originally posted by Poker: ^^NO, I decided to do it here. Now what? BTW, why didn't you tell him instead? Tell him what? He did nothing wrong as long as I know. Anyway, don't hijack the thread, please.

Originally posted by Khayr: quote:Originally posted by Wing Wizard: @Khayr,b/b] There were no inhabitants on Venus when last checked. Oh little do you know my friend, little do you know. Infact, there a few of them on here. OMG, thats miserable and scary, dear. Kids will have a terrible nightmare indeed.

@Khayr, There were no inhabitants on Venus when last checked.

Poker, Hey, I intended this for a contest. Please don't spam here with your rage on General Duke. Attack the guy on a new thread if you want.

Originally posted by Sue: I'm nervous about welcoming you simply because I'm waiting to see what type of nomad you turn out to be, but who cares what's the worst that can happen? Hello and welcome! Sue, I am a unique, just unique and strange nomad. The legendary geel jire ever lived.

@Adam-Zayla, I am in. Thanks for the cool welcome. *Ibtisam, Thanks for the nice words, mate. @Abraar, People on SOL are the same, so you definitely need a witch for sure. A unique one... @Faarax-Brawn, Few will understand the truth that I am one of the cool crowd. Thanks for the wlc. Ramadan Mabruuk. @Legend of Zu, - Getting your name wrong: At least Zoro is some kind of ninja. Zu, as I think is one of those not-in-dictionary Chinese words. - You foresee people being banned? @Valenteenah, I am happy to see a lot of people saying welcome. Thanks.

@Daaradonle, Your image is broken. The reason is hotlinked Localhost images never show up on the real server. Use image hosting websites like Flickr. @General Duke, Nice idea, but, the federal thing strikes me. In ten years, Somalia will be another Yugoslavia, believe me, Puntland will not waste another decade. What is wanted is a flag for Republic of Puntland, not, Puntland State of Somalia. The state thing was already eliminated from the constitution. @MoonLight1, Do you want the difference: Properties of Israeli flag - Hexagon star with blue stroke and white bg. - White background. - Two horizontal light-blue stripes. Properties of my flag. - Noble Somali star (white pentagon star with no stroke at all). - Sky-blue background. - Two vertical white stripes. Still you need to learn the difference between contest and review. I didn't ask you to criticize my flag. I asked you to bring your creative skill and your own talent. @President Anwar, Please don't spam... Keep on topic instead of replaying to no-sense stuff.

@General Duke, Well, write down your idea here. Explain how yours would look like and I will give it a time to photoshop it for you.

@General Duke, You should read the first post. Instead of posting these Google images, please consider to bring yours. Guys, I didn't want your review, I just want you to bring your talent here and we will take the most reasonable flag. If you don't feel comfortable with graphics software, you can draw it with your hand and submit it to here if you are doubtful of your creativeness, please tell this to your next of kin or anyone you know. Also please learn the difference between contest & review. Keep it on topic. @JacaylPro, Someone already told me that your mind goes the opposite of your writings. http://www.somaliaon line.com/ubb/ultimat ebb.php?/topic/6/128 68#00008

Wow, loads of replays... Holy ****. @nuune, Thanks mate for the worm welcome and the good info of JacaylPro. Err.. and the code was one of those random binaries found in the old Chrono Cross books. Walk around the table, and sit down again... if you cannot unlock it yet, walk around the table again. Ramadan Kareem. @NGONGE, Just out of boredom, are you one of those Hausa speaking people from French-Anglo West Africa. You have so strange nick, mate. BTW, Nuune asked me a question before, yours got no way in the ready-queue. Don't mess with me and we will stay OK. @juxa, I am in, mate. Thanks for the cool advice. At least he is not an ogre. @JacaylPro, Thats scary. SOL will have an absolute nightmare. @Kool_Kat, Thanks for the intro. These plays looks like Hay Dhaafin baar, in the good ol' days. By the way, my dad had bunch of ayeeyos in the wild. Hope you are not one of them. @Legend of Zoro, At least my GF got that 50 pages Harry Potter cookbook written by unknown wizard. Anyway, is it common or am I just totally wrong and its the mods who are the joke?

@Jalle Liqaye, Thats your level of imagination and talent. I cannot say you have 'zero' talent because you tried to search stuff and actually come with this GettyImage illustration. Instead of using people's works, why didn't you ask your mates to teach you at least how to paint for good?

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: So what do u expect ? ,, a welcome ?/ ,, No Way At least I would never ask a 'welcome' from the rookies and nonprofessionals. A wise man already did it and thats enough.

Originally posted by Mr. Somalia: ^^^ I lost you on point number 1. But on point number 2, am gonna have to call you out on it-- because, I acutely remember listening to an NPR interview with a guy from Wikipedia just last week. In that interview, he spoke of Wikipedia changing its Editing Policy . So go on and 'edumacate' yooorseelaafi! I am not going to educate yourself. Its up to you and your sponsors. but when I was just 3, I used to draw portraits of my dad, this is what people call visual arts, not science. Anyways, lets keep on topic. What have you created so far? Show me your flag or post a written idea of how your flag would look like and I will give it time to craft it for you. Good luck

Originally posted by Mr. Somalia: To Wing Wizard: I just found out that there is a whole branch of science dedicated to the art of Flag making! It's called Vexillology I also found this site-- give it a read.... HOW TO DESIGN A GREAT FLAG Mr. Somalia, There are two things I wanted to tell you: -1- The difference between Science & Arts: SCIENCE is a professional skill, while, ARTS is a general knowledge and intellectual skill -2- Wikipedia: is an online wikized database where every 8-years-old kid has the right to edit/modify. ---- Anyways, don't hijack the topic, please. I didn't ask you an advise, here. I got loads of books at home. In the above post, I said, I don't want to eliminate the ol' Cawaale's works. If you feel my flag is not that good, please show your own version and then it depends the judges to choose the outstanding one. Please share your creative imagination and killer talent. If you feel you are short in creationism, please rate/criticize, but don't give me no-sense wiki links. Thank you in advance!

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: Sorry to disappoint you, but this one has been taken. Give it another try!

Mr. Somalia, if you look --curiously-- at the most of the flags, they contain the same colors. May be you are not good flag inspector, but let me give you some examples: Countries with much more closer flags: A. Countries with the same flags - Ivory Coast & Ireland - Italy & Mexico - Germany & Belgium - USA & Malaysia - Iran & India - Lebanon & Canada B. Slighly different but still the same feel - England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Norway... - Qatar & Bahrain - Pakistan, Tunisia & Turkey - Somalia & Morocco Google them if you want, you will impress. More than 80% of the flags in this world are the same. There is no unique flag, however, I can't judge if you are counting the Saudia flag. This is not yet another cookie-cutter, but, simply, its what experts call inspiration. The current flag of Somalia is not unique. It was inspired by the United Nations flag. Hope you will understand it.

Guys, In article 10.1 of the new Puntland constitution, Puntland will have its very own flag in the near future. A public contest will be made and all the Puntite citizens will compete to craft a new flag for our beloved Land of Punt. This has nothing to do with the Puntland officials, but, with all talented Somalis in mind, I though I could run one like this contest to check how creative we are to hand-craft a flag for the Punt. To begin with, here is my photoshopped effort: --- Just the original flag with two white stripes on the edges of both ends. First white stripe: peace, Second white stripe: bright future. --- The reason I chose the original is to honor the legendary Cawaale and the once-in-a-lifetime Greater Somalia. Now What? Share your talents and creative skills here, bring your killer flags and show us your wizardry brain. No matter if you are not savvy with graphics editing software such as Photoshop and Gimp, just draw/sketch it with your hand.

Nin-Yaaban, welcome bro and Ramadan Kareem. I am bit gutted when I read the statement: Originally posted by Nin-Yaaban: No relations to the "other" Wizard that's seen 'round here? Do you mean we had another Wizard here? Then I am going to eat my very hat* -------------------- -- * Its time to edit my display name :confused:

Yes, I was a geek even before this website was started but, I wasn't that kind of people. A forums guy, but lately, I discovered that SOL is definitely different. Back to the point, I am just a noob here. My nick is Wizard, not the witch, the computers one.