Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template/January 2007 rework

A replacement for the current flag system. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for the current system.

The new system uses the same call syntax and semantics for the front-end templates (the templates editors use on articles or in higher order templates).

Change	To
{{country|...}}	{{country2|...}} no change
{{flagcountry|...}}	{{flagcountry2|...}} no change
{{flagicon|...}}	{{flagicon2|...}} no change
{{flag|...}}	{{flag2|...}} no change

Implementation-wise, the new system uses a single data template for each country, instead of a template for each parameter of a country, so for example Template:Country data France(edit talk links history) replaces 6 templates (see #Data templates below).

Note that {{country2|flagIOC|..}} is not supported as this has been phased out into Template:FlagIOC(edit talk links history). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Flag Template#Olympic flag usage (flagIOC etc.)

Update: template:flagicon now uses the same template code as template:flagicon2 (--Ligulem 13:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC))

Update: template:flagcountry now uses the same template code as template:flagcountry2 (--Ligulem 17:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC))

Update: template:flag now uses the same template code as template:flag2 (--Ligulem 17:31, 25 January 2007 (UTC))

Update: template:country now uses the same template code as template:country2 (--Ligulem 14:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC))

Template:Country2(edit talk links history)

Replaces Template:Country(edit talk links history)

{{country2|flagcountry|..}}

New call	Old call
{{country2|flagcountry|France}} = {{country2|flagcountry|France}}	{{country|flagcountry|France}} = {{country|flagcountry|France}}
{{country2|flagcountry|FRA}} = {{country2|flagcountry|FRA}}	{{country|flagcountry|FRA}} = {{country|flagcountry|FRA}}
{{country2|flagcountry|FRA|size=40px|name=foo}} = {{country2|flagcountry|FRA}}	{{country|flagcountry|FRA|size=40px|name=foo}} = {{country|flagcountry|FRA}}
{{country2|flagcountry|Brazil}} = {{country2|flagcountry|Brazil}}	{{country|flagcountry|Brazil}} = {{country|flagcountry|Brazil}}
{{country2|flagcountry|Brazil|1889}} = {{country2|flagcountry|Brazil|1889}}	{{country|flagcountry|Brazil-1889}} = {{country|flagcountry|Brazil-1889}}
{{country2|flagcountry|BRA|1889}} = {{country2|flagcountry|BRA|1889}}	{{country|flagcountry|BRA-1889}} = {{country|flagcountry|BRA-1889}}
calls Template:Country flagcountry2(edit talk links history)	calls Template:Country flagcountry(edit talk links history)

{{country2|name|..}}

New call	Old call
{{country2|name|France}} = {{country2|name|France}}	{{country|name|France}} = {{country|name|France}}
{{country2|name|FRA}} = {{country2|name|FRA}}	{{country|name|FRA}} = {{country|name|FRA}}
calls Template:Country name2(edit talk links history)	calls Template:Country name(edit talk links history)

{{country2|flag|..}}

New call	Old call
{{country2|flag|France}} = {{country2|flag|France}}	{{country|flag|France}} = {{country|flag|France}}
{{country2|flag|FRA}} = {{country2|flag|FRA}}	{{country|flag|FRA}} = {{country|flag|FRA}}
{{country2|flag|FRA|size=40px|name=foo}} = {{country2|flag|FRA}}	{{country|flag|FRA|size=40px|name=foo}} = {{country|flag|FRA}}
calls Template:Country flag2(edit talk links history)	calls Template:Country flag(edit talk links history)

{{country2|flagicon|..}}

New call	Old call
{{country2|flagicon|France}} = {{country2|flagicon|France}}	{{country|flagicon|France}} = {{country|flagicon|France}}
{{country2|flagicon|FRA}} = {{country2|flagicon|FRA}}	{{country|flagicon|FRA}} = {{country|flagicon|FRA}}
{{country2|flagicon|FRA|size=40px}} = {{country2|flagicon|FRA}}	{{country|flagicon|FRA|size=40px}} = {{country|flagicon|FRA}}
calls Template:Country flagicon2(edit talk links history)	calls Template:Country flagicon(edit talk links history)

{{country2|flagISO|..}}

New call	Old call
{{country2|flagISO|FRA}} = {{country2|flagISO|FRA}}	{{country|flagISO|FRA}} = {{country|flagISO|FRA}}
calls Template:Country flagISO2(edit talk links history)	calls Template:Country flagISO(edit talk links history)

{{country2|flagIOC|..}} (NOT SUPPORTED)

New call (NOT SUPPORTED)	Old call
{{country2|flagIOC|FRA}} = {{country2|flagIOC|FRA}}	{{country|flagIOC|FRA}} = {{country|flagIOC|FRA}}
calls Template:Country flagIOC2(edit talk links history)	calls Template:Country flagIOC(edit talk links history)

Template:Flagcountry2(edit talk links history)

Replaces Template:Flagcountry(edit talk links history)

New call	Old call
{{flagcountry2|France}} = {{flagcountry2|France}}	{{flagcountry|France}} = France
{{flagcountry2|FRA}} = {{flagcountry2|FRA}}	{{flagcountry|FRA}} = France

Template:Flagicon2(edit talk links history)

Replaces Template:Flagicon(edit talk links history)

New call	Old call
{{flagicon2|France}} = {{flagicon2|France}}	{{flagicon|France}} =
{{flagicon2|FRA}} = {{flagicon2|FRA}}	{{flagicon|FRA}} =

Template:Flag2(edit talk links history)

Replaces Template:Flag(edit talk links history)

New call	Old call
{{flag2|France}} = France	{{flag|France}} = France
{{flag2|FRA}} = FRA	{{flag|FRA}} = FRA
{{flag2}} = [[|]]	{{flag}} = [[|]]

Formatter templates

New template	Old template	Used when calling...
Template:Country name2(edit talk links history)	Template:Country name(edit talk links history)	{{country|name|...}}
Template:Country flag2(edit talk links history)	Template:Country flag(edit talk links history)	{{country|flag|...}}
Template:Country flagcountry2(edit talk links history)	Template:Country flagcountry(edit talk links history)	{{country|flagcountry|...}}
Template:Country flagicon2(edit talk links history)	Template:Country flagicon(edit talk links history)	{{country|flagicon|...}}
Template:Country flagISO2(edit talk links history)	Template:Country flagISO(edit talk links history)	{{country|flagISO|...}}

Data templates

• Template:Country data XXX
• Category:Country data templates

Replace:

• Template:Country alias XXX
• Template:Country flag alias XXX
• Template:Country shortname alias XXX
• Template:Country label alias XXX
• Template:Country ISO alias XXX
• Template:Country flag ISO alias XXX

Template:Country data France(edit talk links history)

Replaces:

• Template:Country alias France
• Template:Country flag alias France
• Template:Country shortname alias France
• Template:Country label alias France
• Template:Country ISO alias FRA
• Template:Country flag ISO alias FRA

Template:Country data FRA(edit talk links history)

Is a redirect to {{Country data France}}. Replaces

• Template:Country alias FRA
• Template:Country flag alias FRA
• Template:Country shortname alias FRA
• Template:Country label alias FRA

Template:Country data Brazil(edit talk links history)

Replaces:

• Template:Country alias Brazil
• Template:Country flag alias Brazil
• Template:Country label alias Brazil
• Template:Country alias Brazil-1889
• Template:Country flag alias Brazil-1889
• Template:Country label alias Brazil-1889
• Template:Country flag ISO alias BRA
• Template:Country ISO alias BRA
• Template:Country ISO alias BRA

Template:Country data BRA(edit talk links history)

Redirect to template:Country data Brazil

Template:Country data(edit talk links history)

Used as a default in the call: {{flag2}} = [[|]]

Testing and docu templates

Template:Country showdata(edit talk links history)

Used on template page of data templates (example: Template:Country data France)