Template:Coast guard/doc

This template is used to display a small flag variant icon next to a wikilinked name of a country's coastguard. It is a usable wrapper of the {{Coast guard/core}} template, which should not be accessed directly. It is built on the {{flag}} template.

Usage

{{Coast guard|country identifier|optional variant|name=alternative text string|size=maximum width and/or height of the flag image}}

• country identifier is the common name of the country (e.g. "United States"), a common alias (e.g. "US"), or a standard country code such as those listed at ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
• variant is an optional second parameter that can be used to display a coastguard flag variation. The list of variants for each country is documented on the appropriate template page, such as Template:Country data Germany. You can only use subvariants of the coast guard variant.
• alternative text string, this optional value, specified by the name parameter, is used to display alternative text instead of the official coast guard name for the wikilinked page.
• size, this optional value is specified by the size parameter, and is used to specify the maximum width and/or height of the flag image. This parameter is specified using standard image syntax.

Examples

Wiki markup	Displays	Notes
{{Coast guard|United States}}	United States Coast Guard	Note that both instances link to United States Coast Guard.
{{Coast guard|USA}}	United States Coast Guard
{{Coast guard|Germany}}	German Federal Coast Guard	All three instances link to German Federal Coast Guard. In addition to the ISO country codes, those used by FIFA, IOC, etc. are also supported.
{{Coast guard|DEU}}	German Federal Coast Guard
{{Coast guard|GER}}	German Federal Coast Guard
{{Coast guard|CAN|name=Canadian}}	Canadian	The name parameter can be used to change the display string but keep the link to the correct article.
{{Coast guard|USA|size=14px}}	United States Coast Guard	The size parameter can be used to control the image dimensions. 23×15px is the default size for most countries (some entities have a different default size).
{{Coast guard|USA|size=28px}}	United States Coast Guard

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This template is used to display a small flag icon next to a wikilinked name of that country's coastguard

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Country identifier	1	Common name of the country (e.g. 'United States'), a common alias (e.g. 'US'), or a standard country code	String	required
Variant	2	Identifies a coastguard flag variant to be used instead of the standard flag	String	optional
Alternative text	name	Display alternative text instead of the standard country coastguard name	String	optional
Maximum dimension	size	The maximum width or height, specified via standard image syntax (e.g. x30px)	String	optional

See Also

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for other flag-based templates.