The Theo Formula 1 Wiki:Project Flags

This a project page that documents the use of flags.

The short form (`{{XXX}}` and `{{XXX-####}}` for historical flags not in use) templates are linked to the Flagicon templates.

If the flags are not loading properly, try purging the cache.

For a country-by-country view of the situation, see this page.

## Usage notes

### Where we use flags

Basically, anywhere in a table when nationality can be expressed, like in results tables or lists. Flags can be removed from tables if width becomes an issue.

### Uploading a new flag

All flags uploaded on the wiki are PNG files. To upload a new flag, go on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons, find the flag you are looking for, and go to the specific URL of the flag (the page which contains only the flag). Save this image to your computer and upload to the TPCU Wiki, replacing all en dashes with hyphens and removing parentheses. Once uploaded, add the flag to its country's *country data* template, and create the `{{XXX}}` or `{{XXX-####}}` coding that we use for flag shortcuts, adding the category Flag shortcuts.

### When a flag changes

The order of action is:

1. Alter the country's *country data* template;
2. Ensure that the *THEOF1Laps####* templates still work and fix when needed;
3. Change remaining flags that need to be changed (e.g. people who died before the flag change);
4. Revert changes the bot should not have made, if need be.

The *WhatLinksHere* function will be very much important in these situations.

This is a procedure that rarely needs be performed (the last major occurrence, when Libya changed their flag, took place before most the current crop of editors arrived) and will likely need refining in the future.

## List of Flag Templates

### Current Country Flags

\* As the flag of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic formed in 1993. In 2016 the name *Czechia* was adopted as the official short-form version of the name, and appeared as such in UN databases.

† Used unofficially from 19 July 1946.

‡ In use since 1848.

§ In use since 1844.

### Country flags that may need to be uploaded in the future

**DO NOT** upload these flags until/unless they are needed in an article. It is very likely that not all of these will be needed on the wiki.

* Austria-Hungary:
	+ Habsburg Monarchy (to 1918)
* Germany:
	+ Saarland (1947–1956)
* Hungary:
	+ Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918–1919)
	+ Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
	+ Hungary (1920–1946)
	+ Hungary (1946–1949, 1956–1957)
	+ Communist Hungary (1949–1956)
	+ Hungarian Revolution (coat of arms cut out) (1956)
* United Kingdom:
	+ England
	+ Ireland (pre-split from UK)
	+ Isle of Man
	+ Northern Ireland
	+ Scotland
	+ Wales
* Zimbabwe:
	+ Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (1979)

* Additionally:
	+ The USSR and related flags.
	+ Yugoslavia and related flags.

## Notes

### Country changes notes

As stated above, not all flags need uploading. This section should serve only as an explanation of how flags and nationalities may change for certain people and organisations over time.

* Austria-Hungary existed between 1867 and 1918. Austria and Hungary typically used their own flags for civil purposes. The Austrian flag used is the current flag (), Hungary had a flag slightly different to the current version (Template:HUN-1867).
* Czechoslovakia (Template:CZE) split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. The Czech Republic used the old Czechoslovak flag (Template:CZE), while Slovakia created a new flag (Template:SVK).
* Germany had many internal changes, and hence many flags, up to World War II. After the War, Germany was occupied by the Allied Forces, and until 1949 did not have a national government or flag during this time. The C-Pennant (Template:GER-1945) was the closest to a national flag during this time. After Germany was split, West Germany (FRG, Template:FRG) and East Germany (GDR, Template:GDR-1949 then Template:GDR) used the same flag until 1959, when the GDR added a coat of arms. Saarland had their own flag until they were absorbed into the FRG. In 1990, the FRG and GDR were reunified, using the FRG's flag.
	+ Drivers typically drove under either the FRG or the GDR in the early years of THEOF1, but later on, drivers drove under the *German* flag rather than the *West German* flag.
* The Republic of Ireland was officially part of the United Kingdom until 1922, but the revolutionary republic broke away in 1919. The British Flag did not change.
* The Kingdom of Italy flag (Template:ITA-1861) was used until the constitutional referendum that abolished the monarchy. On 19 June 1946, the flag of the Italian Republic (Template:ITA) started being used, and it was formally adopted on 1 January 1948.
* Zimbabwe declared independence in 1980 (Template:ZIM). Was called the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963 and 1964 to 1965 (Template:FRN). Split into Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Template:RHO-1964) (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi). Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in 1965 (Template:RHO-1964, later Template:RHO), Zimbabwe-Rhodesia in 1979 (not uploaded), which became Southern Rhodesia in the same year before independence in 1980.

* The USSR and Yugoslavia did not have any major links with THEOF1 before they split into their constituent states.

### Specificities regarding flag changes

While most flag changes officially take place on 1 January, there are exceptions, which are documented below:

* For Brazilian flag changes see here.
* Italian flag changed on 19 June 1946.
* For Mexican flag changes see here.
* The 2 Bump Grand Prix sprint races and the main inaugural Bump Grand Prix in 1984 used the current flag as the new flag was adopted a day before practice for the first sprint race began.

### Other notes

* Drivers from the United Kingdom drive under the British flag, regardless of which constituent country they are from.