Template:Country data District of Columbia

Template documentation

Template:Country data District of Columbia is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Washington, D.C.`	Main article name (Washington, D.C.)
`shortname alias`	`Washington`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of Washington, D.C..svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Washington, D.C..svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1888`		`Flag of Washington, D.C. (1888).png`
`1917`		`Flag of Washington, D.C. (1917).png`
`1937`		`Flag of Washington, D.C. (1937).png`
`1938`		`Flag of Washington, D.C. (1938).svg`
`naval`		`Flag of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.png`

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|District of Columbia}} → Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

{{flagicon|District of Columbia|naval}} →

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

{{air force|District of Columbia}} → District of Columbia Air National Guard

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Army produces the following:

{{army|District of Columbia}} → District of Columbia Army National Guard

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
`District of Columbia` (view)	District of Columbia	Washington

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|District of Columbia}} → District of Columbia

{{flagicon|District of Columbia}} →

{{flagcountry|District of Columbia}} → Washington

Using a flag variant

{{flag|District of Columbia|1888}} → District of Columbia

{{flagicon|District of Columbia|1888}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|District of Columbia}} →

{{flagcountry|District of Columbia}} → Washington

{{flag|District of Columbia}} → District of Columbia

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data District of Columbia in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data District of Columbia

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.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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