Template:Fictitious flag
This flag is fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially. It has not been adopted in an official capacity, and although it may be named as if it was an official flag of a geographical or other entity and have some visual elements that are similar to official logos or flags of that entity, it does not have any official recognition. A flag of this type should not be added to any articles or pages unless it is officially proposed by a government agency, covered by the media, or sees notable local use. |
Marks fictitious, proposed or locally used flags. They may contain some visual elements that are similar to official logos or coats of arms of certain entities (such as colors or symbols), but they are NOT official and do not enjoy any official recognition or sanction by any recognized authority. These flags are mostly used for personal, local, fictional, alternate history, or gaming purposes.
Usage
{{Fictitious flag |1= |2= }}
Template parameters
Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | depending on file extension
| empty | optional | |
2 | <empty>: categorization in the category:Special or fictional flags
Alternative category to be used by setting "cat" as variable (1) | empty | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
See also
Warning templates
Disputed / inaccurate:
- {{Disputed}} – copyright tag
- {{Wrong license}} – for use in file namespace / {{Wrong license note}} in user namespace
- {{Low quality chem}}
- {{Disputed chem}} – for inaccurate chemical structures
- {{Fact disputed}} – generally for files where the description (or filename) does not seem to match the content
- {{Disputed coat of arms}} – for coat of arms where the correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Disputed diagram}} – for diagrams where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}} – for maps where the factual correctness or accuracy is disputed
- {{Inaccurate paleoart}} for paleontological restorations
- {{Inaccurate description}} – an in-line template − but it should be kept
- {{Implausible}} – an in-line template − suspicious, very likely false information about the author, date of creation, license, etc.
- {{Factual accuracy}} – generally when there are issues with files themselves
- See also
Disputed / something missing:
- {{Clarify}} – an in-line template
- {{Lacking insignia source}} – insignia
- {{References missing}} – generally for files where the description or depiction needs references
- {{Datasource missing}} – for own diagrams and maps visualizing data that needs references
- {{No source since}} – deletion warning for missing essential source information
- {{Sourcefield}} - produces a warning that a file appears to have an invalid entry in its "Source" parameter; for use on user talk pages, not file pages; less serious than the {{No source since}} warning; does not threaten deletion
Fictional (consciously):
- {{Fake sports logo}} – for potentially serious confusion
- {{Fictional}} – proposed insignia ("flag", "sign", "seal", "CoA", …)
- {{Fake insignia}} — generic "faked" symbols, to facilitate identification but often not factually accurate to avoid copyright issues.
- {{Fictitious flag}} – for potentially serious confusion
Generally:
- {{Original caption}} – from the image itself (more like a info)
- {{Warning}} – a template box
{{Igen/fif}}
for Image generation
Localization
беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ català ∙ Deutsch ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ svenska ∙ українська ∙ 中文(简体) ∙ 中文(繁體)
This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Fictitious flag/layout.
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Fictitious flag/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang
from en
(or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.