Template:Wp/bcc/Flag
Template:Wp/bcc/ Wp/bcc/Country flag2
This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name. It is related to the {{Wp/bcc/Flagicon}} and {{Wp/bcc/Flagcountry}} 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
[edit source]{{Wp/bcc/Flag|country identifier|optional variant|name=alternate text string}}
- 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 en: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:Wp/bcc/Country data Germany
- alternate text string, specified by the name parameter, is used to display alternate text
See the prefix index for the templates latently called by this one.
Examples
[edit source]Wiki markup | Displays | Notes |
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{{Wp/bcc/Flag|United States}} |
تپاکݔن ایالتان ||rowspan=2| Note that both instances link to United States. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|USA}} |
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{{Wp/bcc/Flag|Germany}} |
آلمان ||rowspan=3| All three instances link to Germany. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|DEU}} |
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{{Wp/bcc/Flag|GER}} |
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{{Wp/bcc/Flag|Germany|empire}} |
آلمان ||rowspan=2| Flag variations can be used with either country names or country codes. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|DEU|empire}} |
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{{Wp/bcc/Flag|CAN|name=Canadian}} |
Template:Wp/bcc/Country data CAN || The name parameter can be used to change the display string but keep the link to the correct article. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|Canada|1957|name=Canadian}} |
کانادا || The name parameter can also be used when flag variants are specified. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|Texas}} |
Template:Wp/bcc/Country data Texas ||rowspan=2| Flags are also available for several sub-national entities such as US states and Canadian provinces. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|British Columbia|name=BC}} |
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{{Wp/bcc/Flag|Switzerland|size=15px}} |
سویزرلند || rowspan=2| The size parameter can be used to control the image dimensions. سویزرلند" is the default size. | |
{{Wp/bcc/Flag|Switzerland|size=28px}} |
See also
[edit source]- Template:Wp/bcc/Flagcountry — always expands the link text to the full country name.
- Template:Wp/bcc/Flagicon — displays the flag only.