Template:Flag IOC athlete/doc

This template is used to simplify creation of Olympic results articles. It expands upon the infrastructure developed for the FlagIOC template to render the following additions to an athlete's name:
 * flag icon for the athlete's nation before the name
 * country code for the athlete's nation after the name
 * wikilink from the country code to the appropriate "Nation at the year Olympics" article

Usage
 

Examples




(shows historical Italian flag in use in 1920)

For comparison, the output of  is:





Supporting templates

 * The country name is supplied by where AAA is an IOC country code.
 * The flag image name is also supplied by
 * For the complete country code list with related names and flags, see Module:Country alias

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 instead. For basic use,  can be replaced with.

Template Data
{	"params": { "1": {			"label": "Athlete", "description": "Any content string; usually one athlete wikilinked, but could be two.", "example": "Jamie Salé and David Pelletier", "type": "content", "required": true },		"2": {			"label": "Country code", "description": "Three letter code as per List of IOC country codes.", "example": "CAN", "type": "string", "required": true },		"3": {			"label": "Games", "description": "String of the form \"«year» Summer\" or \"«year» Winter\". In combination with the country code, shows the historically correct flag.", "example": "1920 Summer", "type": "string", "required": true }	},	"description": "This template is used to simplify creation of Olympic results articles. It expands upon the infrastructure developed for the FlagIOC template to render the following additions to an athlete's name: national flag icon before, and country code after with wikilink to the appropriate \"«Nation» at the «year» Olympics\" article.", "format": "inline" }

Note that the combination of code and games parameters will automatically choose the correct flag for the nation (including historical flags for nations in which they have changed over the years) and the correct wikilink to the nation's article.