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- Meiriongwril
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What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
According to Wikipedia, the .an domain will start to be phased out in October 2013, and completely deleted a year later.
As we know, this means no new Netherlands Antilles flags will be collectable at that point. The question that arises is whether those of us who have AN flags on FC will keep them, or will they all be deleted? This is I suggest a quandary, with some alternative scenarios possible:
1. All AN flags are deleted in 2014 - leading to complaints from those of us who've got them;
2. AN flags are retained by those who have them but are no longer collectable - leading to complaints from newer FC members who can never complete a full set
3. AN flags are simply converted to BQ flags when BQ comes on line - though one assumes the BQ flag will simply be the same as the Netherlands one?
Any thoughts, Jeremy??
- nikolaos p.
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
Well, the 3rd scenario looks to me more logical and possible! 
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
I would prefer to keep mine. If they got converted, I would prefer them to be split across CW, SX and BQ in the same ratio as the populations of those countries.
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
@rob. I think this flag should stay. Flag counter should not turn back the clock.
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
The flag will stay. That is a benefit of being a long time user of our service, and I'm sure it won't be the last one to go.
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- Meiriongwril
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
Yay - Good news! 
Jeremy wrote:
The flag will stay. That is a benefit of being a long time user of our service, and I'm sure it won't be the last one to go.
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
The flag will stay. That is a benefit of being a long time user of our service, and I'm sure it won't be the last one to go.
It must delete from "Missing countries" list for newcomers
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
The flag will stay. That is a benefit of being a long time user of our service, and I'm sure it won't be the last one to go.
This is a great news! And the best possible solution for collectors 
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- matycoello
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
I do not have AN flag anymore
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Re: What will happen to Neth. Antilles flags after .an is phased out?
The flag will stay. That is a benefit of being a long time user of our service, and I'm sure it won't be the last one to go.
I generally agree with this
251/251 countries and 3,860/3,860 flags collected.