Template:Country data United States
Template:Country data United States
is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag
, flagicon
, 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. |
Contents
Standard parameters
Parameter name | Value | Meaning |
---|---|---|
alias |
United States
| Main article name (United States) |
flag alias |
Flag of the United States.svg |
Image name (File:Flag of the United States.svg, shown on right) |
Flag variants
Military ensigns
This nation's naval ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Navy produces the following:
-
{{navy|United States}}
→ United States Navy
This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
-
{{air force|United States}}
→ United States Air Force -
{{flagicon|United States|air force}}
→
This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
-
{{army|United States}}
→ United States Army -
{{flagicon|United States|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 |
---|---|---|
USA (view) | USA | United States |
US (view) | US | United States |
United States of America (view) | United States of America | United States |
U.S. (view) | U.S. | United States |
See What links here for a full list of redirects.
Example usage
-
{{flag|United States}}
→ United States -
{{flagicon|United States}}
→
Using a flag variant
-
{{flag|United States|1776}}
→ United States -
{{flagicon|United States|1776}}
→
Using a redirect alias
-
{{flagicon|USA}}
→ -
{{flagcountry|USA}}
→ United States -
{{flag|USA}}
→ USA
Other information
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State flags
Country_data templates are also available for each of the fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia:
Unincorporated territory flags
Country_data templates are also available for several organized territories of the United States. Many of the unorganized territories are either uninhabited or have no indigenous inhabitants, and also do not have unique flags. For those, please use {{flagicon|United States}}
.
Military branch flags
Country_data templates are also available for some U.S. military branches.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Country data United States
<templatedata> {
"description": "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.", "params": {}
} </templatedata>
This is the documentation for Template:Country data United States. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata. Please after making any changes to this template. This template has a /doc subpage for the purposes of categories and documentation specific to this template. |