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This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name. It is related to the {{flag icon}}, {{flagcountry}} and {{flagu}} templates, but offers more options in terms of the text string displayed.
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for the main documentation/discussion page for the flag templates system.
Usage
{{flag|country identifier|optional variant|name=alternative text string|size=maximum width and/or height of the flag image}}
- country identifier is the common name of the country (e.g. "United States"), a common alias (e.g. "US"), or a standard country code such as those listed at ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- variant is an optional second parameter that can be used to display a flag variation, such as a historical flag. The list of variants for each country is documented on the appropriate template page, such as Template:Country data Germany
- alternative text string, this optional value, specified by the name parameter, is used to display alternative text
- size, this optional value is specified by the size parameter, and is used to specify the maximum width and/or height of the flag image. This parameter is specified using standard image syntax.
See the prefix index for the templates latently called by this one.
Examples
Wiki markup |
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Notes
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{{flag|United States}} |
United States |
Note that all instances link to United States.
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{{flag|US}} |
US
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{{flag|USA}} |
USA
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{{flag|Germany}} |
Germany |
All three instances link to Germany. In addition to the ISO country codes, those used by FIFA, IOC, etc. are also supported.
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{{flag|DEU}} |
DEU
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{{flag|GER}} |
GER
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{{flag|Germany|empire}} |
Germany |
Flag variations can be used with either country names or country codes.
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{{flag|DEU|empire}} |
DEU
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{{flag|CAN|name=Canadian}} |
Canadian |
The name parameter can be used to change the display string but keep the link to the correct article.
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{{flag|Canada|1957|name=Canadian}} |
Canadian |
The name parameter can also be used when flag variants are specified.
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{{flag|Texas}} |
ទំព័រគំរូ:ទិន្នន័យប្រទេស Texas |
Flags are also available for several sub-national and multi-national entities such as US states, Canadian provinces, and the European Union. A complete list can be found at Category:Country data templates.
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{{flag|British Columbia|name=BC}} |
ទំព័រគំរូ:ទិន្នន័យប្រទេស British Columbia
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{{flag|EU}} |
EU
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{{flag|Switzerland|size=14px}} |
Switzerland |
The size parameter can be used to control the image dimensions. 23×15px is the default size for most countries (some entities have a different default size).
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{{flag|Switzerland|size=28px}} |
Switzerland
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{{flag|Nepal}} |
Nepal |
Some flags are non-quadrilateral.
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Pages with many flags may come close to or exceed Wikipedia's Post-expand include size limit. In these cases consider using modules or module-wrapper templates instead:
- For many countries, using the country code as the template name will act as a wrapper for Module:Flagg: For example,
{{flag|''USA''}} can be replaced with {{USA}} , which has an include size that is about 15% smaller.
- ទំព័រគំរូ:Module link is a wrapper for Module:Flagg that can further reduce sizes when invoked directly. For basic use,
{{flag|country}} can be replaced with {{#invoke:flag||country}} which has an include size that is about half.
TemplateData
Template parameters[Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
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Country identifier | 1 | Common name of the country (e.g. 'United States'), a common alias (e.g. 'US'), or a standard country code
| String | required |
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Variant | 2 variant | Identifies a flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag, e.g. 1815
| String | optional |
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Alternative text | name | Display alternative text instead of the standard country name
| String | optional |
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Maximum dimension | size | The maximum width or height, specified via standard 'extended image syntax' (e.g. x30px)
| String | optional |
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See: Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.
See also
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template#List for a longer list of flag templates.
Multi-sport templates
ទំព័រគំរូ:Flag templates
See also
Module-based versions which can be used to reduce the post-expand include size on pages that are near or exceed the limit.
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