The flag is basically complete, aside from art and the rainbow checkerboard. Thank you to everyone who helped!

Special thanks to @veroxii@lemmy.world, @emperor@feddit.uk , and @ianbkulin@c.im who did a very large amount of the flag.

Here are most of the other people that helped. Sorry if i missed anyone, i can’t check every pixel.

@ns1@feddit.uk @flamingos@feddit.uk @olicvb@lemmy.ca @eggy_dreams@feddit.uk @Terrance@lemmy.world @caos@feddit.org @RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world @yen@feddit.uk @muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee @NorthWestWind@mastodon.art @marius851000@mastodon.mariusdavid.fr @daudix@lemmy.zip @rrconkle@lemmy.zip @fancysprinkle@lemmy.world @MoonlitChaser@mastodon.social @thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world @FireWire400@lemmy.world @cypress@lemmy.hogru.ch @hutonahill@toast.ooo @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works @fluid@aussie.zone @martinbasic@lemmy.world @Ringmasterincestuous@aussie.zone @ethan@aussie.zone @mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de @mbm@lemmings.world @Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world @thonofpy@lemmy.world @desuer@lemmynsfw.com @lokloy@lemmy.world @daudix@lemmy.zip @NorthWestWind@lemmy.world @Terrance@lemmy.world @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world

    • Nath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It always happens. People think it’s funny to destroy/troll stuff someone has painstakingly created. I remember the poor Canadians couldn’t make their maple leaf a few years ago on Place, because people kept vandalising it.

      The same trolls that are attacking the flag have messed with the Union Jack itself. I haven’t bothered with the template, so I can’t be sure how to repair it. Maybe the Brits will wake up and fix it, soon.

      Edit: Or not. The Canvas froze 4 minutes ago (12pm WST/2pm EST). We almost got it cleaned up.

      • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Yeah thanks mate. I saw you helping out. It was hectic! I wasn’t using the template either - just eyeballing stuff and trying to see what they changed to change it back. I knew it was freezing at 2pm… so knew we just had to survive. I think it ended pretty well for us considering everything they threw at us in the last 3 hours.

        Feels like it was the emu wars all over again!

        • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          I just saw the “finished” canvas and to be honest, it’s not that bad; it’s mostly the shading they screwed up but from afar, it looks ok.

    • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I wish there was a real report system for these purposes; I’ve reported 3 or so users who were vandalising to grant over in the canvas community but haven’t heard back from them.

      The flag looked so perfect when I went to bed… Oh well

  • Fluid@aussie.zoneMEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Took a lot of patience, team work, and negotiation. Biggest thanks goes to you eatham for driving the whole thing!

  • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s been fun. Shout out to my 10 year old daughter who spent most of Sunday with me filling in the flag. :-)

    • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      5 months ago

      PS: she said we should do a proper Bluey and Bingo one next year with the flag too.

      • eatham 🇭🇲@aussie.zoneOPMEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Next canvas we will. After this canvas I will make a post asking for suggestions on what other things to add to the flag, and for people to draw said other things :)

  • MHLoppy@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    Would be nice to get some Australian fedi instances (e.g. aussie.zone ) written in either the red or blue sections (I think red might be better?) using pixels that are one shade lighter or darker.

  • Nath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I have been sick all weekend, so haven’t been a part of the main event. I just looked at what it’d take to put a simple Bluey on the right of the flag (I killed one of the amongus thingys).

    Err, no. I don’t have that much time/energy. 😂

  • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    People now attacking the flag in the last few hours before the end. Please come help clean up if anyone’s available.

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s not over yet, though, and some users (at least two) have been constantly trying to vandalise the flag for a bit now…

    Apart from that; it’s been a lot of fun. I hope I didn’t cross anyone with my pixel placement, I tried joining the Matrix room but it didn’t really work