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=====Do not invent new icons =====

The practice of inventing a new icon to fill a perceived need for one is not simply deprecated but expressly forbidden by policy,{{dubious|Dubious_section_about_inventing_new_icons}} as it constitutes [[Wikipedia:OR#Original_images|original research]]; additionally it will most often [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|advance a personal viewpoint]] which may have [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox|political or other contentious undertones]], and it constitutes the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day|neologistic invention]] of something that may not be recognizable or meaningful to anyone else. One example of such an invention is a bogus "<span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Suggestion_for_a_North_American_flag_icon.png&oldid=90092958 North American flag]</span>".

=====Remember accessibility for the visually impaired=====