Template documentation

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Template:Country data New York (state) is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

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`	`New York (state)`	Main article name (New York (state))
`shortname alias`	`New York`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of New York.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of New York.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1778`		`Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg`
`1909`		`Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg`
`naval`		`Flag of the United States.svg`

Example usage

((flag|New York (state))) → New York (state)
((flagicon|New York (state))) →
((flagcountry|New York (state))) → New York

Using a flag variant

((flag|New York (state)|1778)) → New York (state)
((flagicon|New York (state)|1778)) →

Military ensigns

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

((naval|New York (state))) → New York Naval Militia
((flagicon|New York (state)|naval)) →

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

((air force|New York (state))) → New York Air National Guard

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

((navy|New York (state))) → New York Naval Militia

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Army produces the following:

((army|New York (state))) → New York Army National Guard

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

Template:Country data Albany, New York	Albany, New York
Template:Country data New York City	New York City

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 New York (state) in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data New York (state)

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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