Module:Flag
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Lua-native alternative to popular flag templates. Can be used to reduce post-expand include size of pages with lots of templates, since it avoids calling multilevel templates.
Usage
Generic flag templates
- {{flag}} → {{#invoke:flag|}}
- {{flag country}} → {{#invoke:flag|country}}
- {{flag decoration}} (or {{flagdeco}}) → {{#invoke:flag|decoration}} (or {{#invoke:flag|deco}})
- {{flag icon}} → {{#invoke:flag|icon}}
- {{flag link}} → {{#invoke:flag|link}}
- {{flag+link}} → {{#invoke:flag|+link}}
Sports flag templates
- {{flag athlete}} → {{#invoke:flag|athlete}}
- {{flag medalist}} → {{#invoke:flag|medalist}}
- {{flag team}} → {{#invoke:flag|team}}
- {{flag IOC}} → {{#invoke:flag|IOC}}
- {{flag IOC 2}} → {{#invoke:flag|IOC 2}}
- {{flag IOC athlete}} → {{#invoke:flag|IOC athlete}}
- {{fb}} → {{#invoke:flag|fb}}
- {{fba}} → {{#invoke:flag|fba}}
- {{fb-rt}} → {{#invoke:flag|fb-rt}}
- {{fbicon}} → {{#invoke:flag|fbicon}}
- {{fbaicon}} → {{#invoke:flag|fbaicon}}
- {{ru}} → {{#invoke:flag|ru}}
Examples
| Template | Module | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Output | PEIS | Code | Output | PEIS |
{{flag|CHN}} |
 CHN |
443b | {{#invoke:flag||CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 128b |
{{flag country|CHN}} |
China |
577b | {{#invoke:flag|country|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 128b |
{{flag decoration|CHN}}/{{flag deco|CHN}} |
{{#invoke:flag|decoration|CHN}}/{{#invoke:flag|deco|CHN}} || Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. || 107b
| ||||
{{flag icon|CHN}} |
|
548b | {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 117b |
{{flag link|CHN|at the 2004 Summer Olympics}} |
China |
497b | {{#invoke:flag|link|CHN|at the 2004 Summer Olympics}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 198b |
{{flag+link|History of|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. China | 663b | {{#invoke:flag|+link|History of|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 139b |
{{flag team|GBR}} |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
804b | {{#invoke:flag|team|GBR}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 193b |
{{flag athlete|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Andy Murray (GBR) |
617b | {{#invoke:flag|athlete|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 210b |
{{flag medalist|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Andy Murray Great Britain |
469b | {{#invoke:flag|medalist|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 129b |
{{flag IOC|CAN|1924 Winter|1}} |
 Canada (1) |
326b | {{#invoke:flag|IOC|CAN|1924 Winter|1}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 163b |
{{flag IOC 2|HKG|1954 Asian Games|1}} |
 Hong Kong (1) |
368b | {{#invoke:flag|IOC 2|HKG|1954 Asian Games|1}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 184b |
{{flag IOC athlete|Mark Spitz|USA|1972 Summer}} |
 Mark Spitz (USA) |
346b | {{#invoke:flag|IOC athlete|Mark Spitz|USA|1972 Summer}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 178b |
{{fb|CHN}} |
China |
560b | {{#invoke:flag|fb|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 151b |
{{fb-rt|CHN}} |
China |
482b | {{#invoke:flag|fb-rt|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 151b |
{{fbicon|CHN}} |
|
444b | {{#invoke:flag|fbicon|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 163b |
{{fba|CHN}} |
[[Script error: No such module "Fba".|China]] |
625b | {{#invoke:flag|fba|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 149b |
{{fbaicon|CHN}} |
|
500b | {{#invoke:flag|fbaicon|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 159b |
{{ru|CHN}} |
China |
646b | {{#invoke:flag|ru|CHN}} |
Lua error at line 1: unexpected symbol near '{'. | 210b |
Caveats
When used inside a template, parameters from that template are passed to the module. This can be useful in some situations, but can lead to conflicts (for example, if the parent template has a parameter |country= that is unrelated to the flag it is supposed to display). To prevent this behavior, add the |frameonly= parameter to the module call, e.g. {{#invoke:flag|deco|CHN|frameonly=true}}.