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Lua-native alternative to popular flag templates. Can be used to reduce post-expand include size of pages with lots of templates, since it avoids calling multilevel templates.
Usage
- {{flag}} → {{#invoke:flag|}}
- {{flag country}} → {{#invoke:flag|country}}
- {{flag decoration}} → {{#invoke:flag|decoration}} (or {{#invoke:flag|deco}})
- {{flag icon}} → {{#invoke:flag|icon}}
- {{flag+link}} → {{#invoke:flag|+link}}
- {{flag athlete}} → {{#invoke:flag|athlete}}
- {{flag medalist}} → {{#invoke:flag|medalist}}
- {{flag IOC athlete}} → {{#invoke:flag|IOC athlete}}
Examples
| Template | Module | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Output | PEIS | Code | Output | PEIS |
{{flag|CHN}} |
 CHN |
443b | {{#invoke:flag||CHN}} |
CHN |
128b |
{{flagcountry|CHN}} |
China |
577b | {{#invoke:flag|country|CHN}} |
China |
128b |
{{flagdeco|CHN}} |
|
452b | {{#invoke:flag|deco|CHN}} |
|
107b |
{{flagicon|CHN}} |
|
548b | {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} |
|
117b |
{{flag+link|History of|CHN}} |
China |
663b | {{#invoke:flag|+link|History of|CHN}} |
China |
139b |
{{flag athlete|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
 Andy Murray (GBR) |
617b | {{#invoke:flag|athlete|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Andy Murray (GBR) |
210b |
{{flag medalist|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Andy Murray Great Britain |
469b | {{#invoke:flag|medalist|Andy Murray|GBR}} |
Andy Murray Great Britain |
129b |
{{flagIOCathlete|Mark Spitz|USA|1972 Summer}} |
 Mark Spitz (USA) |
346b | {{#invoke:flag|IOCathlete|Mark Spitz|USA|1972 Summer}} |
Mark Spitz (USA) |
178b |
{{fb|China}} |
China |
560b | {{#invoke:flag|fb|China}} |
China |
151b |
{{fb-rt|China}} |
China |
482b | {{#invoke:flag|fb-rt|China}} |
China |
151b |
{{fbicon|China}} |
|
444b | {{#invoke:flag|fbicon|China}} |
|
163b |
{{ru|China}} |
China |
646b | {{#invoke:flag|ru|China}} |
China |
210b |
Caveats
When used inside a template, parameters from that template are passed to the module. This can be useful in some situations, but can lead to conflicts (for example, if the parent template has a parameter |country= that is unrelated to the flag it is supposed to display). To prevent this behavior, add the |frameonly= parameter to the module call, e.g. {{#invoke:flag|deco|CHN|frameonly=true}}.