Template:Country data Ceylon

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Template:Country data Ceylon 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`	`Dominion of Ceylon`	Main article name (Dominion of Ceylon)
`shortname alias`	`Ceylon`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of Ceylon.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Ceylon.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1951`		`Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg`
`colonial`		`Flag of Ceylon (1875–1948).svg`
`1948`		`Flag of Ceylon (1948–1951).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Navy.svg`
`navy`		`Naval Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Navy.svg`

Military ensigns

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

{{navy|Ceylon}} → Royal Ceylon Navy
{{flagicon|Ceylon|naval}} →

This template includes a navy flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|Ceylon}} → Royal Ceylon Navy
{{flagicon|Ceylon|navy}} →

Example usage

{{flag|Ceylon}} → Ceylon
{{flagicon|Ceylon}} →
{{flagcountry|Ceylon}} → Ceylon

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Ceylon|1951}} → Ceylon
{{flagicon|Ceylon|1951}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

TemplateData for Country data Ceylon

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[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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