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All the logics of Template:Flags are handled here. This module works together with Module:Sandbox/QuimGil/FlagMaster and Module:Sandbox/QuimGil/FlagTranslations, where the flags data is maintained.

Functionality implemented:

Full name in English or the locale language: "Andorra".
2 letter code: "GB"
3 letter code: "AND"
Nepal and Ohio flags are shown without border.
When a name is not found in the list, attempts to offer a Commons image and a link e.g. "Berlin" or "WHO".
Size as in "size=44px" or "size=40x44px" can be defined in any position.
Nepal, Switzerland and Vatican City have a default size of 20x17px (for the rest it's 20x22px):
Variants for historical flags "1901" or "variant=1901" (for compatibility reasons)
Variants for labeled flags: "naval", "air force" and any other specified at FlagTranslations: "civil" - "naval-RMAS"
Variant / label flags not found in FlagTranslations return the Flag of None but still point to the right article: "whatever" - "quatsch"
Redirects (different names pointing to a same flag) are supported: "GB" - "UK"
Localization: "Illes Balears" - "中華人民共和國" File:Flag of 中華人民共和國.svg
Localization + variants: "Afganistan" + "1901" - "Regne Unit" + "civil"
Flags listed only in FlagTranslations always link to the local language article: parameter "Native Peoples of Colombia" File:Flag of Pueblos Indígenas de Colombia.svg links to "Pueblos Indígenas de Colombia"

What is missing to reach feature parity with Template:Flagicon:

m.fullName table needs key and values to become values and keys... As a way to accept different names (aliases) pointing to a same flag.
Possibility of defining the full name of a flag in Commons by using "File:" in the table values.
- Also by users specifying "File:" in the parameter? Easy to implement but do we want so much freedom for editors?
Performance testing.
Extensive testing with copies of real pages, also for non-Latin scripts and Right-to-left languages.
Cover the rest of functionality offered by other flag templates.
Allow editors to define the year of the event, leaving to the template the task of finding the right flag.

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 * Variants for labeled flags: "naval", "air force" and any other specified at FlagTranslations: "civil" {{Flags|United Kingdom|civil}} - "naval-RMAS" {{Flags|United Kingdom|naval-RMAS}}
 * Variant / label flags not found in FlagTranslations return the Flag of None but still point to the right article: "whatever" {{Flags|Ohio|whatever}} - "quatsch"  {{Flags|Berlin|quatsch}}
+* ''Redirects'' (different names pointing to a same flag) are supported: "GB" {{Flags|GB}} - "UK" {{Flags|UK}}
 * Localization: "Illes Balears" {{Flags|Illes Balears}} - "中華人民共和國" {{Flags|中華人民共和國}}
 * Localization + variants: "Afganistan" + "1901" {{Flags|Afganistan|1901}} - "Regne Unit" + "civil" {{Flags|Regne Unit|civil}}