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English: Flag of the city of Tampa, Florida. SVG Image created by uploader based on a photograph of the original flag at the Tampa city government web site. Note that the seal on the flag is slightly different than the modern seal found elsewhere. Released into the public domain (by the author).
Date 16 October 2008 (original upload date)
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  • 2008-10-16 14:10 Dyfsunctional 956×540 (117443 bytes) Attempted to fix black rectangle artifact.
  • 2008-10-16 13:59 Dyfsunctional 956×540 (119305 bytes) Attempted to fix black rectangle artifact.
  • 2008-10-16 13:53 Dyfsunctional 956×540 (119305 bytes) Attempted to fix black rectangle artifact.
  • 2008-10-16 13:46 Dyfsunctional 956×540 (120092 bytes) Fixed full image size.
  • 2008-10-16 13:38 Dyfsunctional 990×765 (119766 bytes) Flag of the city of [[Tampa, Florida]]. SVG Image created by uploader based on a photograph of the original flag at the Tampa city government web site. Note that the seal on the flag is slightly different than the modern seal found elsewhere.

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current23:00, 16 November 2021Thumbnail for version as of 23:00, 16 November 2021956 × 540 (116 KB)JPD (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 01:28, 5 March 2021 (UTC) As I linked in my explanation, the city itself does fly the correct version with the blue square. It seems very likely that all the other versions in use are based on the incorrect Wikipedia illustration, rather than the other way round.
10:34, 22 July 2021Thumbnail for version as of 10:34, 22 July 2021956 × 540 (115 KB)Watchduck (talk | contribs)The variant with the blue square is not generally used, so this is not a correction. Upload as separate file, if this is needed at all.
01:28, 5 March 2021Thumbnail for version as of 01:28, 5 March 2021956 × 540 (116 KB)JPD (talk | contribs)Include blue diamond around star in fly, as seen in [https://www.tampa.gov/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-flag|original photo]], [https://nava.org/digital-library/raven/Raven_v09-10_2002-2003_p342-379_T-Y.pdf|Raven article]], and [https://twitter.com/CityofTampa/status/989934618701979649/photo/2|photos of flags flown by city]]
14:53, 16 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 14:53, 16 October 2008956 × 540 (115 KB)Dyfsunctional~commonswiki (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|Flag of the city of en:Tampa, Florida. SVG Image created by uploader based on a photograph of the original flag at the Tampa city government web site. Note that the seal on the flag is slightly different than the moder

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