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{{Template shortcut|flagdeco}}
Displays the flag identified by the parameter in "icon" size, currently 22x20 pixels plus a one pixel border. This template is very similar to {{tl|flag icon}}, except the image is not linked to an article, i.e. it is "purely decorative" per [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C) [[Web Content Accessibility Guidelines]] (WCAG). This template can be used when the article text immediately adjacent to the icon provides the associated link for the flag.

;Comparison example:
*{{tlx|flag icon|United Kingdom}} → {{flag icon|United Kingdom}}
*{{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|United Kingdom}} → {{{{BASEPAGENAME}}|United Kingdom}}

;Usage examples:
*<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki>|Portugal}} [[Lisboa]], [[Portugal]]</nowiki></code> → {{{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Portugal}} [[Lisboa]], [[Portugal]]
*<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki>|Portugal}} [[Portuguese First Republic|Portugal]]</nowiki></code> → {{{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Portugal}} [[Portuguese First Republic|Portugal]]

As with {{tlf|flag icon}}, a particular variant of the flag and/or a custom size for the icon may be specified using (respectively) {{para|variant}} and/or {{para|size}}. See {{tl|flag icon}} for further details.

Also as with {{tlf|flag icon}}, the display of a redlink when <code><nowiki>Template:Country data Foo</nowiki></code> does not exist can be suppressed by using the  {{para|noredlink|yes}} parameter. See 
{{tl|flag icon}} for further details.

== Tracking categories ==
Where <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki>|Foo}}</nowiki></code>  is used, but the <code><nowiki>Template:Country data Foo</nowiki></code> does not exist, then a [[WP:REDLINK|redlink]] is displayed, ''unless'' the {{para|noredlink|yes}} parameter has been set.

Where the redlink is displayed, the page is addded to a tracking category:

* [[:Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}} missing country data templates]] (population: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:{{BASEPAGENAME}} missing country data templates}})

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template]]
* [[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images]]

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