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This is a documentation subpage for Teamplaid:Flag. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original teamplaid page. |
This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked country name. It is related to the {{flagicon}} and {{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
deasaich{{Bratach|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 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 Teamplaid:Dàta brataich A' Ghearmailt
- 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
deasaich| Wiki markup | Displays | Notes |
|---|---|---|
{{flag|United States}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich United States | Note that both instances link to United States. |
{{flag|USA}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich USA | |
{{flag|Germany}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Germany | All three instances link to Germany. In addition to the ISO country codes, those used by FIFA, IOC, etc. are also supported. |
{{flag|DEU}} |
[[Faidhle:{{{flag alias}}}|22x20px|border ]] [[{{{alias}}}|{{{name}}}]] | |
{{flag|GER}} |
[[Faidhle:{{{flag alias}}}|22x20px|border ]] [[{{{alias}}}|{{{name}}}]] | |
{{flag|Germany|empire}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Germany | Flag variations can be used with either country names or country codes. |
{{flag|DEU|empire}} |
[[Faidhle:{{{flag alias}}}|22x20px|border ]] [[{{{alias}}}|{{{name}}}]] | |
{{flag|CAN|name=Canadian}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich CAN | The name parameter can be used to change the display string but keep the link to the correct article. |
{{flag|Canada|1957|name=Canadian}} |
[[Faidhle:{{{flag alias}}}|22x20px|border ]] [[{{{alias}}}|{{{name}}}]] | The name parameter can also be used when flag variants are specified. |
{{flag|Texas}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Texas | Flags are also available for several sub-national entities such as US states and Canadian provinces. A complete list can be found at Roinn-seòrsa:Country data templates. |
{{flag|British Columbia|name=BC}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich British Columbia | |
{{flag|Switzerland|size=15px}} |
Teamplaid:Dàta brataich Switzerland |
See also
deasaich- Teamplaid:flagcountry — always expands the link text to the full country name.
- Teamplaid:flagicon — displays the flag only.