Template:Country data United States: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:22, 16 January 2022

Template documentation

This template is used on approximately 251,000 pages, or roughly 15166% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United States`	Main article name (United States)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United States.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1776`		`Grand Union Flag.svg`
`1777`		`US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg`
`1795`		`Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg`
`1818`		`US flag 20 stars.svg`
`1819`		`US flag 21 stars.svg`
`1820`		`US flag 23 stars.svg`
`1822`		`US flag 24 stars.svg`
`1836`		`US flag 25 stars.svg`
`1837`		`US flag 26 stars.svg`
`1845`		`US flag 27 stars.svg`
`1846`		`US flag 28 stars.svg`
`1847`		`US flag 29 stars.svg`
`1848`		`US flag 30 stars.svg`
`1851`		`U.S. flag, 31 stars.svg`
`1858`		`US flag 32 stars.svg`
`1859`		`US flag 33 stars.svg`
`1861`		`US flag 34 stars.svg`
`1863`		`US flag 35 stars.svg`
`1865`		`US flag 36 stars.svg`
`1867`		`US flag 37 stars.svg`
`1877`		`US flag 38 stars.svg`
`1890`		`US flag 43 stars.svg`
`1891`		`US flag 44 stars.svg`
`1896`		`US flag 45 stars.svg`
`1908`		`US flag 46 stars.svg`
`1912`		`U.S. flag, 48 stars.svg`
`1959`		`US flag 49 stars.svg`
`1960`		`Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg`
`coast guard`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg`
`coast guard-1915`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915-1953).png`
`coast guard`		`Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the United States Air Force.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the United States Army.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`USA` (view)	Template:Country data USA	Template:Country data USA
`US` (view)	Template:Country data US	Template:Country data US
`United States of America` (view)	Template:Country data United States of America	Template:Country data United States of America
`U.S.` (view)	Template:Country data U.S.	Template:Country data U.S.

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United States}} → United States
{{flagicon|United States}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United States|1776}} → United States
{{flagicon|United States|1776}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|USA}} → Template:Country data USA
{{flagcountry|USA}} → Template:Country data USA
{{flag|USA}} → Template:Country data USA

Military ensigns

This nation's naval flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

{{naval|United States}} → Template:Naval Template:Break

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|United States}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|United States|air force}} → Template:Break

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|United States}} → Template:Coast guard
{{flagicon|United States|coast guard}} → Template:Break

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|United States}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|United States|army}} →

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data United States in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data United States

<templatedata> {

 "description": "This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.",
 "params": {}

} </templatedata>

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Template:Country data United States: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:22, 16 January 2022