Template:Flag/doc

This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name. It is related to the {{flagicon}}, {{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.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Flag

<TemplateData> {

       "description": "This template displays a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name",
       "params": {
               "1": {
                       "label": "Country identifier",
                       "description": "Common name of the country (e.g. 'United States'), a common alias (e.g. 'US'), or a standard country code",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": true
               },
               "2": {
                       "label": "Variant",
                       "description": "Identifies a flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag, e.g. 1815",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": false
               },
               "name": {
                       "label": "Alternative text",
                       "description": "Display alternative text instead of the standard country name",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": false
               },
               "size": {
                       "label": "Maximum dimension",
                       "description": "The maximum width or height, specified via standard 'extended image syntax' (e.g. x30px)",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": false
               }
       }

} </TemplateData>

See: Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.

See also

Template	Description	Example
{{Coat of arms}}	displays coat of arms image	Evergreen
{{Flagcountry}}	always expands the link text to the full country name	Evergreen
{{Flagu}}	does not link the country name	Evergreen
{{Flagicon}}	displays the flag only, linked to the country name
{{Flagdeco}}	displays an unlinked flag icon only
{{Flagc}}	links the flag image to its description page	Evergreen
{{Flaglist}}	aligns country names correctly in vertical lists (see that template's documentation)	Evergreen
{{Flagteam}}	adds country code in parentheses after linked country name	Evergreen (EVG)
{{Flagathlete}}	displays the flag and another name, followed country name or code	Someone (EVG)
{{Flagmedalist}}	displays the flag and a name, above linked country name and code	Someone Evergreen

Multi-sport templates

Output style →	Country name	Country (code)	Athlete (country)	Athlete Country	Country code
Olympic Games	{{FlagIOC}}	{{FlagIOCteam}}	{{FlagIOCathlete}}	{{FlagIOCmedalist}}	{{FlagIOCshort}}
Other games	{{FlagIOC2}}	{{FlagIOC2team}}	{{FlagIOC2athlete}}	{{FlagIOC2medalist}}	{{FlagIOC2short}}
Paralympic Games	{{FlagIPC}}	{{FlagIPCteam}}	{{FlagIPCathlete}}	{{FlagIPCmedalist}}	{{FlagIPCshort}}
Pan American	{{FlagPASO}}	{{FlagPASOteam}}	{{FlagPASOathlete}}	{{FlagPASOmedalist}}
Parapan American	{{FlagPPASO}}
Commonwealth	{{FlagCGF}}	{{FlagCGFteam}}	{{FlagCGFathlete}}	{{FlagCGFmedalist}}
Southeast Asian	{{FlagSEAGF}}	{{FlagSEAGFteam}}	{{FlagSEAGFathlete}}	{{FlagSEAGFmedalist}}
World Games	{{FlagIWGA}}
Central American and Caribbean Games	{{FlagCAC}}
Asian Games	{{FlagOCA}}
"Nation at Championships"-style		{{Flaglinkteam}}	{{FlagATHCHathlete}}
Generic	{{Flag}}	{{Flagteam}}	{{Flagathlete}}	{{Flagmedalist}}
Generic (variant)	{{Flaglink}}			{{Flaglinkmedalist}}