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Template:Flagicon displays a flag of the named parameter in "icon" size, currently 23×15 pixels maximally (defined in Template:Flagicon/core), plus a one-pixel border. The image also has a clickable link to the associated article. For an unlinked flag icon, use Template:Flagdeco instead.
Please consider the Manual of Style section on flags before using this template.
((flagicon|name|variant=|size=|noredlink=))
Peru
. Many flags are also available via shortened "aliases", such as standard three-letter country codes as specified by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, IOC, or FIFA. The list of available "aliases" is found in Category:Country data redirects. Many of these country codes could be considered obscure, so it is recommended to use the full country name.variant=1815
"), or a positional parameter, always after the country name.TemplateData for Flagicon
This template displays a wikilinked flag of the named parameter in 'icon' size, currently 23×15 pixels (defined in Template:Flagicon/core) plus a one-pixel border.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Name | 1 | Name of the country, region, city, etc.; full name is recommended for countries | String | required |
Variant | variant 2 | Identifies a flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag, e.g. 1815 | String | optional |
Maximum dimension | size | The maximum width or height, specified via standard 'extended image syntax' (e.g. x30px) | String | optional |
No redlink | noredlink | If set to any value which evaluates as true (i.e. '1', 'true', 'yes', or 'y'), it displays nothing if the country data file doesn't exist. (The default is to display a redlink) | String | optional |
This template uses the data templates listed under Category:Country data templates, which contain the data specifying what to display and the formatter Template:Flagicon/core, which contains the logic of how to display the flag.
((flagicon|Peru))
→ ((flagicon|PER))
→ Inside each country data template, this template uses the following parameters:
flag alias
— name of the image file to displayflag alias-xxxx
— name of the image file of flag variant xxxx
alias
— used to display the alt attribute of the image (defaults to "Flag of alias")Where ((Flagicon|Foo))
is used, but the Template:Country data Foo
does not exist, then a redlink is displayed, unless the |noredlink=yes
parameter has been set.
Where the redlink is displayed, the page is addded to a tracking category:
((flagdeco|Peru))
→ For a full list of flag templates, see Category:Flag template system.
Pages with many flag icons may come close to or exceed Wikipedia's Post-expand include size limit. In these cases consider using modules or module-wrapper templates instead:
((flagicon|country))
can be replaced with ((flagg|cxxlo|country))
((flagicon|country))
can be replaced with ((#invoke:flag|icon|country))
.