Template:Country data United Kingdom: Difference between revisions

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Template documentation

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United Kingdom`	Main article name (United Kingdom)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).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`
`1707`		`Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`civil-air`		`Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`embassy`		`British Ambassador Flag.svg`
`consulate`		`UK-Consular.svg`
`GS`		`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`merchant`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`RFA`		`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`RFA-1905`		`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`RMAS`		`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`RNLI`		`Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg`
`naval-1707`		`Naval ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`naval-GS`		`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`naval-merchant`		`Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-RFA`		`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`naval-RFA-1905`		`Government Service Ensign.svg`
`naval-RMAS`		`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`naval-RNLI`		`Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg`
`MOD`		`Flag of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).svg`
`naval`		`Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`marines`		`Flag of the Royal Marines.svg`
`military`		`Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg`
`coast guard`		`Flag of Her Majesty's Coastguard.svg`
`navy`		`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	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`UK` (view)	UK	United Kingdom
`United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland` (view)	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
`U.K.` (view)	Template:Country data U.K.	Template:Country data U.K.

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
{{flag icon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

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

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|UK}} →
{{flag country|UK}} → United Kingdom
{{flag|UK}} → UK

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|naval}} →

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

{{air force|United Kingdom}} → Royal Air Force
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|air force}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|United Kingdom}} → Royal Marines
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|marines}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|United Kingdom}} → British Armed Forces
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|military}} →

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

{{navy|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|navy}} →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|United Kingdom}} → His Majesty's Coastguard
{{flag icon|United Kingdom|coast guard}} →

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

{{army|United Kingdom}} → British Army
{{flag icon|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

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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