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I had captured my own copy of the lead of this article in June of 2017 (which I filter and reformat for my narrower purpose). On comparing the old lead to the current lead just now, it's much improved. Kudos to those who contributed over the past three years. — MaxEnt23:04, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the motto is right because all of the Virginia Colonial arms I've seen read "En dat Virginia Qvintam" which means Virginia gives the fifth which makes more sense because Virginia is the fifth realm not the fourth 99.197.192.186 (talk) 18:45, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The coat of arms listed for this page says its the arms after 1714, but is there any actual evidence it changed to this form? The image itself doesn't list any reference used. I seems to be based off of the British Monarch's coat of arms after 1714, but is there any evidence that the Virginia arms changed to reflect it, or is just speculation? I could not find any examples of the colonial arms after 1714, so its hard to verify it myself. Thanks Woakey (talk) 22:13, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Red Ensign used to be the flag in the infobox for this article, but was removed by @Remsense due to being a civil ensign and not directly tied to the colony itself which is reasonable. Most other infoboxes for British colonies (at least in North America) have the Red Ensign listed as the flag even though the same also applies to them. While the flag isn't specific to any colony, it is representative of the British Empire as a whole, so I'm not sure whether it should be in colony articles or not. Personally, if it should be in the articles it should be labeled "Red Ensign" or something similar than just flag to avoiding being misleading, and if it shouldn't be in the articles it should be consistently applied across all colony articles.
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