((country data (({1))}|flagcountry/core|variant=|size=|name=))
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((flagcountry|nation|variant|size=|name=))
Produces a flag icon attached to a wikilinked article. This template is similar to the more widely used ((flag)) template, but is more useful for two situations described below.
Parameters
|1=
(first unnamed parameter): Use either the name of the nation or in some cases, a three-letter country code (e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)|variant=
or |2=
(optional parameter): Specifies an alternative (historical) flag to use. This parameter is documented by the appropriate template in Category:Country data templates.|size=
(optional): Can be used to change the flag icon size.|name=
(optional): The display text of the target wikilink is usually automatically generated, but can always be over-ridden with the name parameter.((flagcountry|ITA))
→ Italy
((flag|Italy))
for this example. However, ((flagcountry)) could be used within other templates (such as infoboxes) so that country codes can be used for those template parameters.((flagcountry|ITA|1861))
→ Italy
[[Italy]]
.((flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy))
→ Italy
[[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
). Compare with ((flag|Kingdom of Italy))
→ Kingdom of Italy, in which "Kingdom of Italy" is the display text for the wikilink. Therefore, the choice of flagcountry
or flag
depends on the desired display text; in all other respects, the templates are identical.((flagcountry|South Korea|name=Korea))
→ KoreaTemplateData for Flagcountry
Produces a flag icon next to a wikilinked country name.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nation | 1 | The name or code of the country. | String | required |
Variant | variant 2 | The flag variant to be displayed. | String | optional |
Size | size | The size of the flag icon. | Number | optional |