Template:Country data Great Britain
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Flag of United Kingdom
Standard parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
alias |
United Kingdom
| Main article name (United Kingdom) |
shortname alias |
Great Britain |
(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if alias is a disambiguated article name, for example |
flag alias |
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg |
Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg, shown on right) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
GBR (view) |  GBR | Great Britain |
Great Britain and N.I. (view) | Great Britain and N.I. | Great Britain |
See What links here for a full list of redirects.
Example usage
{{flag|Great Britain}}→
Great Britain{{flagicon|Great Britain}}→{{flagcountry|Great Britain}}→ Great Britain
Using a redirect alias
{{flagicon|GBR}}→{{flagcountry|GBR}}→ Great Britain{{flag|GBR}}→ GBR
Related templates
Please see the following related country_data templates:
- Template:Country data United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
Other information
This template is intended to be used for sport-related instances, where the United Kingdom is often known as Great Britain. Please use Template:Country data United Kingdom for non-sport references, and Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain for the former state.
Both the
Template:Country data UK
is the alias redirect for the "United Kingdom" template.
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 Great Britain in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Country data Great Britain
This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.
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