Template:Flag data/doc

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{{Country data}}

This template is used on approximately 6,300 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Template:Flag data/doc 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 transcluded if a flag template is used without the first parameter, or with an empty first parameter. It can be used to place an "invisible" flag icon, as an alternative to using {{noflag}} (which adds a <span> tag with padding at the size of a flag icon), if one item in a list of items with flags shouldn't have a flag icon. For example:

Western Sahara ({{flagicon|}} [[Western Sahara]])

which looks the same as

Western Sahara ({{noflag|[[Western Sahara]]}})

Comparison: with and without flag

Western Sahara ({{flagicon|}} [[Western Sahara]]) – internally transcludes {{Flag data}}
Western Sahara ({{flagicon|Western Sahara}} [[Western Sahara]]) – internally transcludes {{Flag data Western Sahara}}

For further instructions, please see: WikiProject Flag Template.