Template:Country data Great Britain

Template documentation

This is the documentation for Template:Country data Great Britain. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

Template:Country data Great Britain is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others. For a more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template.

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`United Kingdom`	Main article name (United Kingdom)
`flag alias`	`Flag_of_Great_Britain_(1707–1800).svg`	Image name (Image:Flag_of_Great_Britain_(1707–1800).svg, shown above 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`
`naval-RFA`		`British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg`
`naval-RMAS`		`British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Ensign.svg`
`naval-RNLI`		`Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg`
`1707`		`Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg`
`civil-air`		`Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`embassy`		`British Ambassador Ensign.svg`
`consulate`		`UK-Consular.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`air force`		`Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the British Army.svg`

Military ensigns

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

{{navy|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom Navy
{{flagicon|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
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|air force}} →

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

{{army|United Kingdom}} → British Army
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|army}} →

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`)`	Template:Country data UK	Template:Country data UK
`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

Example usage

{{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

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

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|UK}} → Template:Country data UK Template:Namespace detect showall
{{flagcountry|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
{{flag|UK}} → Template:Country data UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates: