1) That flag is huge. Get a dozen of those on a page, and it's going to be a lot of annoying, in-your-face pictures that I just have to scroll past.
2) Not being a history buff, I have no idea who's flag that is.
3) When reading the posts from my phone using the WAP2 mode of the forums, all images and colors are stripped from the posts, so I can't see either of the indicators you're using.
Yes, I know that those are, perhaps, my problem and not yours. But a simple [Italy] at the start of your post would remove the need for huge images, colored text, memorization of historical flags of foreign countries, and still let those of us using mobile browsing through in WAP2 mode know what country is posting. You can still use whatever colors/images you want, but a simple text tag seems pretty simple, and non-onerous.
