Template:Country data United Kingdom
Template:Country data United Kingdom
is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag
, flagnt
, 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 |
w:United Kingdom
| Main article name (w:United Kingdom) |
shortname alias |
United Kingdom |
(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if alias is a disambiguated article name, for example |
flag alias |
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg |
Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg, shown on right) |
Flag variants
Military ensigns
This template includes a military ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:
{{Armed forces|United Kingdom}}
→ British Armed Forces{{flagnt|United Kingdom|military}}
→
This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:
{{navy|United Kingdom}}
→ Royal Navy{{flagnt|United Kingdom|naval}}
→
This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:
{{Coast guard|United Kingdom}}
→ Template:Coast guard{{flagnt|United Kingdom|coast guard}}
→
This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:
{{marines|United Kingdom}}
→ Corps of Royal Marines{{flagnt|United Kingdom|marines}}
→
This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
{{army|United Kingdom}}
→ British Army{{flagnt|United Kingdom|army}}
→
This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
{{air force|United Kingdom}}
→ Royal Air Force{{flagnt|United Kingdom|air force}}
→
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) | UK | United Kingdom |
U.K. (view) | Template:Country data U.K. | Template:Country data U.K. |
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{{flagnt|United Kingdom}}
→{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
→ United Kingdom
Using a flag variant
{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
→ United Kingdom{{flagnt|United Kingdom|civil}}
→
Using a redirect alias
{{flagnt|UK}}
→{{flagcountry|UK}}
→ United Kingdom{{flag|UK}}
→ UK
Related templates
Please see the following related country_data
templates:
- Template:Country data Great BritainTemplate:Country data Great Britain
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
- Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Country data British Empire
- Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemplate:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Template:Country data Kingdom of EnglandTemplate:Country data Kingdom of England
- Template:Country data Kingdom of ScotlandTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Scotland
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