Template:Flagu/doc

This template is used to display a small flag icon next to an unlinked country name. It is an alternative to the {{flag}} and {{flag country}} templates, for use in instances where the country name should not be linked, per WP:OVERLINK.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for the main documentation/discussion page for the flag templates system.

Usage

{{Flagu|country identifier|optional variant}}

• 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 Template:Country data Germany

See the prefix index for the templates latently called by this one.

Examples

Wiki markup	Displays
{{Flagu|Germany}}	Germany
{{Flagu|GER}}	GER
{{Flagu|Germany|empire}}	Germany
{{Flagu|German Empire}}	German Empire

Alternatives to avoid Wikipedia's Post-expand include size limit

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:

• {{flagg}} is a simple wrapper for Module:Flagg: For basic use, {{flagu|country}} can be replaced with {{flagg|unu|country}}
• {{#invoke:flag|u}} is a wrapper for Module:Flagg that can further reduce sizes when invoked directly. For basic use, {{flagu|country}} can be replaced with {{#invoke:flag|u|country}}.

See also

• Template:Flag country—Always expands the link text to the full country name.
• Template:Flag icon—Displays the flag only.
• Template:Flag decoration—Displays the flag only, but without alternative text for the image.