Template:Country data United Kingdom

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Template:Country data United Kingdom is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as {{flag}}, {{flagcountry}}, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	United Kingdom	Main article name (United Kingdom)
flag alias	Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg	Image name (File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

These variants cannot be used unless the line | variant = {{{variant|}}} is added to this template.

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
civil		Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
government		Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-RFA	[[File:{{{flag alias-naval-RFA}}}|40px|border]]	{{{flag alias-naval-RFA}}}
naval-RMAS	[[File:{{{flag alias-naval-RMAS}}}|40px|border]]	{{{flag alias-naval-RMAS}}}
naval		Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
air force		Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
army		Flag of the British Army.svg

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with {{naval ensign}}:

• {{naval ensign|United Kingdom}} → Royal Navy
• {{flagicon3|United Kingdom|naval}} →
  

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with {{air force flag}}:

• {{air force flag|United Kingdom}} → Royal Air Force
• {{flagicon3|United Kingdom|air force}} →
  

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with {{army}}:

• {{army|United Kingdom}} → Template:Army
• {{flagicon3|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
the United Kingdom (view)	Template:Country data the United Kingdom	Template:Country data the United Kingdom

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|United Kingdom}} → United Kingdom
• {{flagicon3|United Kingdom}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} → United Kingdom
• {{flagicon3|United Kingdom|civil}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flag|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
• {{flagicon3|UK}} → Template:Country data UK
• {{flagcountry|UK}} → Template:Country data UK

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Great BritainTemplate:Country data Great Britain
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Great BritainTemplate:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
• Template:Country data British EmpireTemplate:Country data British Empire
• Template:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemplate:Country data United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for the following subdivisions and dependencies of the United Kingdom:

Constituent countries

Template:Country data England	England
Template:Country data Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland
Template:Country data Scotland	Scotland
Template:Country data Wales	Wales

Crown dependencies

Template:Country data Guernsey	Template:Country data Guernsey
Template:Country data Isle of Man	Template:Country data Isle of Man
Template:Country data Jersey	Template:Country data Jersey

British Overseas Territories

Template:Country data Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Template:Country data Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Template:Country data Anguilla	Template:Country data Anguilla
Template:Country data Bermuda	Template:Country data Bermuda
Template:Country data British Antarctic Territory	Template:Country data British Antarctic Territory
Template:Country data British Indian Ocean Territory	Template:Country data British Indian Ocean Territory
Template:Country data British Virgin Islands	Template:Country data British Virgin Islands
Template:Country data Cayman Islands	Template:Country data Cayman Islands
Template:Country data Falkland Islands	Template:Country data Falkland Islands
Template:Country data Gibraltar	Template:Country data Gibraltar
Template:Country data Montserrat	Template:Country data Montserrat
Template:Country data Pitcairn Islands	Template:Country data Pitcairn Islands
Template:Country data Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Template:Country data Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Template:Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Template:Country data South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands	Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands

TemplateData

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TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

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Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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