Template:Country data United Kingdom: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:22, 16 January 2022

Template documentation

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`civil`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`government`		`Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-RFA`		`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`naval-RMAS`		`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`air force`		`Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the British 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
`UK` (view)	Template:Country data UK	Template:Country data UK
`the United Kingdom` (view)	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Country data the United Kingdom

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} → United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

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

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|United Kingdom}} → Template:Naval
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} → Template:Break

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

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

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

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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 Kingdom in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data United Kingdom

<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 Kingdom: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:22, 16 January 2022