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Template:Flag icon
displays a flag of the named parameter in "icon" size, currently 23×15 pixels maximally (defined in
Template:Flag icon/core
), plus a one-pixel border. The image also has a clickable link to the associated article. For an unlinked flag icon, use
Template:Flag decoration
instead.
Please consider the
Manual of Style section on flags
before using this template.
Usage
{{Flag icon|
name
|variant=|size=|noredlink=}}
|1=
name
- The first parameter is mandatory, and identifies the name of the country, region, city, etc. A full list of available values can be found in
Category:Country data templates
. For example,
Template:Country data Peru
is used when the
name
parameter is specified as
Peru
. Many flags are also available via shortened "aliases", such as standard three-letter country codes as specified by
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
,
IOC
, or
FIFA
. The list of available "aliases" is found in
Category:Country data redirects
. Many of these country codes could be considered obscure, so it is recommended to use the full country name.
|variant=
- The second parameter is optional, and identifies a flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag. This is most often used for historical flags but can also be used to specify naval flags, sport-use flags, etc. The list of available flag variants for each country is documented on the specific page for the country data template. For example,
Template:Country data Peru
includes a description of each of the available flag variations for Peru. This parameter can be a named parameter (e.g.. "
variant=1815
"), or a positional parameter, always after the country name.
|size=
- This parameter is optional, and is used to specify the maximum width and/or height of the flag image. This parameter is specified using standard
image syntax
.
Template data
Template parameters
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Parameter
| Description
| Type
| Status
|
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Name
| 1
| Name of the country, region, city, etc.; full name is recommended for countries
| String
| required
|
---|
Variant
| variant
2
| Identifies a flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag, e.g. 1815
| String
| optional
|
---|
Maximum dimension
| size
| The maximum width or height, specified via standard 'extended image syntax' (e.g. x30px)
| String
| optional
|
---|
No redlink
| noredlink
| If set to any value which evaluates as true (i.e. '1', 'true', 'yes', or 'y'), it displays nothing if the country data file doesn't exist. (The default is to display a redlink)
| String
| optional
|
---|
Examples
Wikicode
|
Results
|
Notes
|
{{flag icon|Peru}}
|
|
|
{{flag icon|PER}}
|
|
Uses the ISO/IOC/FIFA country code
|
{{flag icon|Peru|1822}}
|
|
Specifies a historical flag
|
{{flag icon|Peru|variant=1822}}
|
|
{{flag icon|PER|naval}}
|
|
Specifies the naval ensign
|
{{flag icon|PER|air force}}
|
|
Specifies the air force flag
|
{{flag icon|Peru|size=50px}}
|
|
Sets width to 50 pixels
|
{{flag icon|Xanadu}}
|
Template:Country data Xanadu
|
No flag for Xanadu, so displays redlink
|
{{flag icon|Xanadu|noredlink=yes}}
|
|
No flag, so displays nothing
|
Implementation notes
This template uses the data templates listed under
Category:Country data templates
, which contain the data specifying
what
to display and the formatter
Template:flag icon/core
, which contains the logic of
how
to display the flag.
Inside each country data template, this template uses the following parameters:
flag alias
? name of the image file to display
flag alias-xxxx
? name of the image file of flag variant
xxxx
alias
? used to display the
alt attribute
of the image (defaults to "Flag of
alias
")
Tracking categories
Where
{{flag icon|Foo}}
is used, but the
Template:Country data Foo
does not exist, then a
redlink
is displayed,
unless
the
|noredlink=yes
parameter has been set.
Where the redlink is displayed, the page is added to a tracking category:
Related templates
- Template:Flag
is used to display a wikilinked name next to the flag. The displayed name will be the same as the parameter used with the template, but the link target will be the main article for the country (in these examples,
Peru
).
{{flag|Peru}}
→
Peru
{{flag|PER}}
→
Peru
- Template:Flagcountry
is also used to display a wikilinked name next to the flag. The displayed name will always be the same, regardless of whether or not a country code alias is used as the template parameter.
{{flagcountry|Peru}}
→
Peru
{{flagcountry|PER}}
→
Peru
- Template:Flag decoration
displays an unlinked flag icon without country name.
{{flag decoration|Peru}}
→
For a full list of flag templates, see
Category:Flag template system
.
Pages with many flag icons may come close to or exceed Wikipedia's
Post-expand include size
limit. In these cases consider using modules or module-wrapper templates instead:
- {{
flagg
}}
is a simple wrapper for
Module:Flagg
: For basic use,
{{flag icon|
country
}}
can be replaced with
{{flagg|cxxlo|
country
}}
- {{
#invoke:flag
|icon}} is a wrapper for
Module:Flagg
that can further reduce sizes when invoked directly. For basic use,
{{flag icon|
country
}}
can be replaced with
{{#invoke:flag|icon|
country
}}
.
See also