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By Aerin, history, 2 months ago, In English

After my previous post about the incorrect flag of Lesotho (btw, the problem wasn't fixed), I discovered another problem, and it's much worse.

Flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo are swapped.

Proof from Wikipedia:

Actual flag of the Republic of the Congo

Actual flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

And I know their flags are swapped and not their names because Brazzavile (the capital of the Republic of the Congo) is listed correctly as one of the cities of the Republic of the Congo. See it for yourself:

Though I found something even worse.

The name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is "Заир" (Zaire) in russian. Zaire is a name which haven't been used since 1997. (Proof)

MikeMirzayanov, how did all of this even happen?

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By Aerin, history, 2 months ago, In English

There is one massive problem on codeforces that no one addressed yet for some reason. And that problem is the incorrect flag of Lesotho.

This is the flag of Lesotho that is used on Codeforces. Zoom in.

Notice anything strange? You're right, this flag isn't used since 2006! If you still don't see the problem, we can go on the official Wikipedia page for the flag of Lesotho to prove our point.

If you didn't believe me before, now you can see it for yourself.

Btw, the flag above is the current flag of Lesotho. Yes, they're very different. This problem is massive and should be fixed. MikeMirzayanov, what is this? I literally can't solve any problems because of the incorrect flag of Lesotho. If the flag of Lesotho was correct, I would be a legendary grandmaster by now. Please fix this.

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