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− | This template is intended to be used for sport-related instances, where the [[United Kingdom]] is often known as ''Great Britain''. Please use [[Template:Country data United Kingdom]] for non-sport references. | + | This template is intended to be used for sport-related instances, where the [[United Kingdom]] is often known as ''Great Britain''. Please use [[Template:Country data United Kingdom]] for non-sport references, and [[Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain]] for the former state. |
Both the [[List of IOC country codes|International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3|International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) use '''GBR''' as the three-letter country code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, the two-letter country code '''UK''' is a very frequent abbreviation for the United Kingdom. Consequently, [[Template:Country data GBR]] is the alias redirect for ''this'' template (matching the sport-related usage), and [[Template:Country data UK]] is the alias redirect for the "United Kingdom" template. | Both the [[List of IOC country codes|International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3|International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) use '''GBR''' as the three-letter country code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, the two-letter country code '''UK''' is a very frequent abbreviation for the United Kingdom. Consequently, [[Template:Country data GBR]] is the alias redirect for ''this'' template (matching the sport-related usage), and [[Template:Country data UK]] is the alias redirect for the "United Kingdom" template. |
Revision as of 11:42, 9 March 2014
![]() | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Country data Great Britain. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is intended to be used for sport-related instances, where the United Kingdom is often known as Great Britain. Please use Template:Country data United Kingdom for non-sport references, and Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain for the former state.
Both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) use GBR as the three-letter country code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, the two-letter country code UK is a very frequent abbreviation for the United Kingdom. Consequently, Template:Country data GBR is the alias redirect for this template (matching the sport-related usage), and Template:Country data UK is the alias redirect for the "United Kingdom" template.