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White flag[edit]

Is there any particular reason that (flagicon|white) links to the main page? Surely it should link to White flag? A7V2 (talk) 00:23, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The base template is {{Country data Example}}, which implies that using a white flag should be for example purposes and not article use. {{flagg|uxx|blank}} might be better, as it shows

as well without being linked. I don't really have any opinions on whether the behaviour being described is a good one necessarily, so do not take my suggestion as saying we should leave everything as-is (I am rather apathetic on that count). Once again, though, I am reminded that this entire system is ridiculous and we need a better one (which I am working on, just... slowly). Primefac (talk) 10:51, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Will that fix {{flagg|Fatah}} testing it …

… no… seemingly not. See #Fatah below please? Irtapil (talk) 13:47, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fatah[edit]

How does this work and why is it not working for Fatah or anything connected to them? Most other newsworthy Palestinian factions seem to work - e.g. - but not tree biggest. Does it pull a flag off the wiki page for a thing? Or is there a separate database? Does the flag on the page need to be a particular file format or size? Irtapil (talk) 13:43, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Same question asked and answered at Template talk:Flag § Fatah. Primefac (talk) 14:31, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 2 June 2024[edit]

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‹ The template Edit template-protected is being considered for merging. ›

Since the names of several flag-related templates, including this one, have recently been changed, there are now a number of unnecessary redirects within this template. Pleae fix these as shown.

flagicon/core --> flag icon/core
flagdeco/core --> flag decoration/core
flagdeco --> flag decoration

Colonies Chris (talk) 08:16, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just quickly noting that this request is not strictly necessary as this is why redirects exist. Primefac (talk) 08:31, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

True, but this is a heavily used template so avoiding an unnecessary redirect has significant benefit. Colonies Chris (talk) 09:56, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Completed – per above and WP:BRINT. Only "flagicon/core" and "flagicon" were found in this template, no flagdeco. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 00:22, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]