Template:Country alias
This template returns either a country name or the flag associated with that country, depending on the input parameters.
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This template returns either a country name or the flag associated with that country, depending on the input parameters.
{{Country alias}} is primarily meant to be used for sporting competitions such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, etc.
Usage
There is one required parameter and three optional parameters.
country/1- The three-letter country code used by IOC, CGF, or FINA. This parameter can be an unnamed parameter.
flag- If set to
yes, will return the flag of the country. year- The input year will determine which flag is used. For example, any year before 1999 will give "Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg" for Tunisia (TUN), while any year after 1999 will give "Flag of Tunisia.svg".
games- This is another method of determining which flag is used. Some countries, such as Great Britain, used the Olympic flag during the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Examples
Here are some examples based on the entry for Italy (ITA)
ITA = {
name = "Italy",
{1946, "Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg"},
{2002, "Flag of Italy.svg"},
{2006, "Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg"},
"Flag of Italy.svg",
["Summer Olympics"] = {
[1980] = "Olympic flag.svg",
},
{{Country alias|ITA}}→ Italy{{Country alias|ITA|flag=yes}}→ Flag of Italy.svg{{Country alias|ITA|flag=yes|year=1946}}→ Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg{{Country alias|ITA|flag=yes|year=1947}}→ Flag of Italy.svg{{Country alias|ITA|flag=yes|year=1980|games=Summer Olympics}}→ Olympic flag.svg{{Country alias|ITA|flag=yes|year=2006|games=Summer Olympics}}→ Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg
Note that in the last example games does not factor into the flag image.
Lua script error messages
If the country code is not supplied, or does not exist in the module, an error will be returned:
{{Country alias}}→ Lua error in Module:Country_alias at line 205: Invalid country alias: {{{country}}}.{{Country alias}}→ Lua error in Module:Country_alias at line 205: Invalid country alias: nil.{{Country alias|EXZ}}→ Lua error in Module:Country_alias at line 205: Invalid country alias: EXZ.{{Country alias|country=EXZ}}→ Lua error in Module:Country_alias at line 205: Invalid country alias: EXZ.
To avoid generating a script error, use |error=value.
{{Country alias|EXZ|error=ERROR}}→ ERROR
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