Template:Flag country/doc

Description
Produces a flag icon attached to a wikilinked article. This template is similar to the more widely used flag template, but is more useful for two situations described below.

Parameters
 * 1 (first unnamed parameter): Use either the name of the nation or in some cases, a three-letter country code (e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
 * variant or 2 (optional parameter): Specifies an alternative (historical) flag to use. This parameter is documented by the appropriate template in Category:Country data templates.
 * size (optional): Can be used to change the flag icon size.
 * name (optional): The display text of the target wikilink is usually automatically generated, but can always be over-ridden with the name parameter.

Usage examples

 * In this case, the country code for Italy (ITA) is used to produce the correct flag and wikilink. In many cases, it would probably be preferable to use flag to produce the same result, such as  for this example. However, flag country could be used within other templates (such as infoboxes) so that country codes can be used for those template parameters.
 * Similar to the first example, but with a flag variant parameter to select a historical flag image. (The wikilinked article is .)
 * In this example, a different country data template is used, to select an alternative article for the wikilink (in this case, ). Compare with   →  Kingdom of Italy, in which "Kingdom of Italy" is the display text for the wikilink. Therefore, the choice of   or   depends on the desired display text; in all other respects, the templates are identical.
 * Similar to the first example, but with a flag variant parameter to select a historical flag image. (The wikilinked article is .)
 * In this example, a different country data template is used, to select an alternative article for the wikilink (in this case, ). Compare with   →  Kingdom of Italy, in which "Kingdom of Italy" is the display text for the wikilink. Therefore, the choice of   or   depends on the desired display text; in all other respects, the templates are identical.
 * In this example, a different country data template is used, to select an alternative article for the wikilink (in this case, ). Compare with   →  Kingdom of Italy, in which "Kingdom of Italy" is the display text for the wikilink. Therefore, the choice of   or   depends on the desired display text; in all other respects, the templates are identical.

TemplateData
{	"description": "Produces a flag icon next to a wikilinked country name.", "params": { "1": {			"label": "Nation", "description": "The name or code of the country.", "type": "string", "required": true },		"variant": { "label": "Variant", "description": "The flag variant to be displayed.", "aliases": [ "2"			],			"type": "string" },		"size": { "label": "Size", "description": "The size of the flag icon.", "type": "number" }	},	"paramOrder": [ "1",		"variant", "size" ] }