Template:Country data Ireland: Difference between revisions
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| flag alias-1783 = St Patrick's saltire.svg | | flag alias-1783 = St Patrick's saltire.svg | ||
| flag alias-4prov = Four Provinces Flag.svg | | flag alias-4prov = Four Provinces Flag.svg | ||
| flag alias-green = Green flag of Ireland.svg | |||
| flag alias-football = St Patrick's saltire.svg | | flag alias-football = St Patrick's saltire.svg | ||
| link alias-football = Ireland national football team (1882–1950) | | link alias-football = Ireland national football team (1882–1950) | ||
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| templatename = Ireland | | templatename = Ireland | ||
| var1 = 1783 | | var1 = 1783 | ||
| var2 = 4prov | | var2 = green | ||
| | | var3 = 4prov | ||
| | | var4 = football | ||
| | | var5 = rugby union | ||
| | | var6 = hockey | ||
| var7 = cricket | |||
| redir1 = IRE | | redir1 = IRE | ||
| related1 = Republic of Ireland | | related1 = Republic of Ireland |
Revision as of 22:02, 11 May 2013
Template:Country data Ireland
is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as Flag
, Flagicon
, and others.
Standard parameters
Parameter name | Value | Meaning |
---|---|---|
alias |
Republic of Ireland |
Main article name (Republic of Ireland) |
shortname alias |
Ireland |
(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if alias is a disambiguated article name, for example |
flag alias |
Flag of Ireland.svg |
Image name (File:Flag of Ireland.svg, shown on right) |
Flag variants
Redirect aliases
This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):
Alias name | {{Flag|alias}} output | {{Flagcountry|alias}} output |
---|---|---|
IRE (view) | IRE | Ireland |
See What links here for a full list of redirects.
Example usage
Using a flag variant
{{Flag|Ireland|1783}}
→ Ireland{{Flagicon|Ireland|1783}}
→
Using a redirect alias
Related templates
Please see the following related country_data
templates:
- Template:Country data Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
- Template:Country data Southern Ireland Southern Ireland
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland
- Template:Country data Lordship of Ireland Lordship of Ireland
- Template:Country data Irish Free State Irish Free State
Other information
This template is intended to be used for all-Ireland instances, usually resulting in a wikilink to Ireland (article about the island) instead of Republic of Ireland (article about the sovereign nation).
However, it is often convenient to use {{flagicon|Ireland}}
and {{flag|Ireland}}
instead of {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}}
and {{flag|Republic of Ireland}}
respectively, so this template differs from the standard format in order to accommodate that usage. The alias parameter changes depending on whether or not a flag variant is used by the parent template call:
alias = {{#if:{{{variant|}}}|Ireland|Republic of Ireland}}
This results in
{{flag|Ireland|1783}}
→ Ireland (use for Ireland as part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland){{flag|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (use for current state)
Sporting teams
Also, several sport-specific flag variants are maintained here, and these are automatically used by the respective sport team templates:
{{fb|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (football, 1882–1922){{fh|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (field hockey){{rl|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (rugby league){{ih|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour{{ru|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (rugby union){{cr|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (cricket){{quid|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (quidditch)
Use of country code aliases
The standard country code for the Republic of Ireland is IRL, so it can be used as an alias for Template:Country data Republic of Ireland. The non-standard country codes IRE and EIR are used as aliases for this template to provide similar convenience. For example:
{{flagicon|IRL}}
→{{flagicon|IRE|1783}}
→{{flagicon|IRE|4prov}}
→{{fb|IRL}}
→ Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team){{fb|IRE}}
or{{fb|EIR}}
→ Ireland (links to Ireland national football team (1882–1950))
Incorrect usage
Do not use the IRL alias for all-Ireland sports team, and do not use the IRE/EIR aliases without a flag variant specified. The following examples should not be used.
{{flagicon|IRE}}
→ (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.){{fh|IRL}}
→Ireland(Use{{fh|IRE}}
instead)
Other flags
Country_data templates are also available for each of the four traditional provinces of Ireland:
Template:Country data Connacht | Connacht |
Template:Country data Leinster | Leinster |
Template:Country data Munster | Munster |
Template:Country data Ulster | Ulster |
TemplateData
TemplateData for Country data Ireland
This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |||
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No parameters specified |