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:Thanks for the reply. I figured something along those lines was up. Also, I '''totally agree''' with your assessment of the misuse of title case in much English-speaking Orthodoxy. --[[User:Basil|Basil]] 18:14, March 13, 2006 (CST)
== Alternate flag/cross image ==
[[Image:Orthodox us.gif|thumb|left]]I am not sure exactly why, but the current image used to mark pages discussing Orthodoxy in the US, using the orthodoxyinamerica template, has always bugged me, almost to the point of offense. I think perhaps it is because the presentation is so direct, almost confrontive, and the impression to me is of a single, new flag --- a sort of Byzantine Empire of America flag --- not a flag with a cross superimposed.
I've whipped up an alternative. It's clearly inspired by your original image --- even to the point of using the original pectoral cross --- but uses a photo of a US flag flying in the wind (actually taken on Liberty Island). Since your original image is in the PD, and the image of the flag was taken from stock.xchng and has no restrictions, I've attached a CC license. --[[User:Basil|Basil]] 22:02, March 13, 2006 (CST)