imported>QuimGil: Adding to 2 and 3 letter codes that - link points to full name

2013-06-29T02:17:10Z

Adding to 2 and 3 letter codes that - link points to full name

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All the logics of [[Template:Flags]] are handled here. This module works together with [[Module:Flags/MasterData]] and [[Module:Flags/LocaleData]], where the flags data is maintained.

== Features ==

Functionality implemented:

* Full name in English or the locale language: "Andorra". {{Flags|Andorra}}
* 2 letter code - link points to full name: "AD" {{Flags|AD}}
* 3 letter code - link points to full name: "AND" {{Flags|AND}}
* Nepal and Ohio flags are shown without border. {{Flags|Nepal}} {{Flags|Ohio}}
* When a name is not found in the list, attempts to offer a Commons image and a link e.g. "Berlin" or "WHO". {{Flags|Berlin}} {{Flags|WHO}}
* Size as in "size=44px" or "size=40x44px" can be defined in any position. {{Flags|Andorra|size=44px}} {{Flags|Nepal|size=26x44px}}
* Nepal, Switzerland and Vatican City have a default size of 20x17px (for the rest it's 20x22px): {{Flags|Nepal}} {{Flags|Switzerland}} {{Flags|the Vatican City}}
* Variants for historical flags "1901" {{Flags|Afghanistan|1901}} or "variant=1901" (for compatibility reasons) {{Flags|Afghanistan|variant=1901}}
* 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}}
* Full Commons filenames can be defined in tables when they don't follow the "Flag of " syntax: "File:Flag Belgium brussels" {{Flags|Brussels-Capital Region}}
* 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}}
* Flags listed only in FlagTranslations always link to the local language article: parameter "Native Peoples of Colombia" {{Flags|Native Peoples of Colombia}} links to "Pueblos Indígenas de Colombia"

== Roadmap ==

* 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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Flag_Template|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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