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Module:Icon (sandbox)

About

This template creates an inline image that is used in metapages such as Wikipedia:Vital articles and/or in user pages.

Usage

Basic usage: {{icon|code}}; {{icon|class=code}}

Custom size: {{icon|code|size=size}}

Parameters

1 or class - the icon code. See the table below for a list of available codes.
size - a custom icon size, e.g. "30px". The default size is "16x16px" (16 by 16 pixels).

Icon codes

Description	Code	Aliases
A-Class article	`{{icon\|a}}`
Audited article of limited subject matter	`{{icon\|aa}}`
A-Class article candidate	`{{icon\|acc}}`	`aac`, `acn`
Administrator	`{{icon\|admin}}`	`mop`
Black alert	`{{icon\|alert}}`
Black, white, and red alert	`{{icon\|alert-blackred}}`
Green alert	`{{icon\|alert-constructive}}`
Alert	`{{icon\|alert-imagewarning}}`
B-Class article	`{{icon\|b}}`
Original barnstar	`{{icon\|barnstar}}`
Original barnstar hires	`{{icon\|barnstar2}}`
Wikipedia book	`{{icon\|book}}`
Bplus-Class article	`{{icon\|bplus}}`	`b+`
B-Class review	`{{icon\|br}}`	`bcr`
C-Class article	`{{icon\|c}}`
Category	`{{icon\|category}}`	`cat`, `categ`
Cleanup work	`{{icon\|cleanup}}`
Commons page	`{{icon\|commons}}`
Demoted article	`{{icon\|da}}`
Demoted A-Class article	`{{icon\|dac}}`	`daa`
Delisted good article	`{{icon\|dga}}`
Disambiguation page	`{{icon\|disambiguation}}`	`dab`, `disamb`, `disambig`
Discussion	`{{icon\|discussionnotificaion}}`
Draft-Class article	`{{icon\|draft}}`
Did You Know?	`{{icon\|dyk}}`
Did You Know?	`{{icon\|dyk2}}`
Essay	`{{icon\|essay}}`
Featured article	`{{icon\|fa}}`
Featured article candidate	`{{icon\|fac}}`	`fan`
Featured article review	`{{icon\|far}}`
Featured article removal candidate	`{{icon\|farc}}`
Former featured article	`{{icon\|ffa}}`	`dfa`
Former featured article candidate	`{{icon\|ffac}}`	`nofa`
Former featured list	`{{icon\|ffl}}`	`dfl`
Former featured list candidate	`{{icon\|fflc}}`	`nofl`
Former featured picture	`{{icon\|ffp}}`
Former featured portal	`{{icon\|ffpo}}`
Former featured sound	`{{icon\|ffs}}`
Former featured topic	`{{icon\|fft}}`	`dft`
Failed good article nominee	`{{icon\|fgan}}`	`gaf`, `gf`, `noga`
Featured list	`{{icon\|fl}}`
Featured list candidate	`{{icon\|flc}}`	`fln`
Featured list removal candidate	`{{icon\|flrc}}`	`flr`
Four Award	`{{icon\|four}}`	`4a`
Featured picture	`{{icon\|fp}}`
Featured picture candidate	`{{icon\|fpc}}`	`fpn`
Before the featured portal process ceased in 2017, this had been designated as a featured portal.	`{{icon\|fpo}}`
Featured portal candidate	`{{icon\|fpoc}}`
Featured portal review	`{{icon\|fpor}}`
Featured sound	`{{icon\|fs}}`
Featured sound candidate	`{{icon\|fsc}}`
Featured topic	`{{icon\|ft}}`
Featured topic candidate	`{{icon\|ftc}}`	`ftn`
Featured topic removal candidate	`{{icon\|ftrc}}`
Good article	`{{icon\|ga}}`
Good article, 2nd opinion	`{{icon\|ga2}}`
Good article on hold	`{{icon\|gah}}`
Good article nominee	`{{icon\|gan}}`	`gac`
Good article reassessment	`{{icon\|gar}}`
Guild of Copy Editors	`{{icon\|goce}}`
Good topic	`{{icon\|gt}}`
Good topic candidate	`{{icon\|gtc}}`	`gtn`
Good topic removal candidate	`{{icon\|gtrc}}`
File	`{{icon\|image}}`	`file`
Information	`{{icon\|info}}`
In The News	`{{icon\|itn}}`
List-Class article	`{{icon\|list}}`	`comparison`
MediaWiki	`{{icon\|mediawiki}}`
Meta-wiki page	`{{icon\|meta}}`
Million Award	`{{icon\|million}}`
Module	`{{icon\|module}}`
Non-article page	`{{icon\|na}}`
Needed article	`{{icon\|needed}}`
Unknown-Class article	`{{icon\|no}}`
Failed A-Class article candidate	`{{icon\|noac}}`	`faac`
On This Day	`{{icon\|otd}}`
Outline	`{{icon\|outline}}`
Phabricator	`{{icon\|phabricator}}`	`phab`
Portal	`{{icon\|portal}}`
Picture of the Day	`{{icon\|potd}}`
Portal peer review	`{{icon\|ppr}}`
Peer review	`{{icon\|pr}}`
Project page	`{{icon\|project}}`
Question	`{{icon\|q}}`	`question`
Quality image on Wikimedia Commons	`{{icon\|qi}}`
Redirect	`{{icon\|redirect}}`	`red`, `redir`
Start-Class article	`{{icon\|start}}`
Stub-Class article	`{{icon\|stub}}`
Template	`{{icon\|template}}`	`temp`, `templ`
Today's Featured Article	`{{icon\|tfa}}`
Today's Featured List	`{{icon\|tfl}}`
User-Class article	`{{icon\|user}}`
Valued image on Wikimedia Commons	`{{icon\|vi}}`
Vital article	`{{icon\|vital}}`
Valued picture	`{{icon\|vp}}`
Valued picture candidate	`{{icon\|vpc}}`
Wikibooks page	`{{icon\|wikibooks}}`
Wikidata page	`{{icon\|wikidata}}`
Wikinews page	`{{icon\|wikinews}}`
Wikipedia page	`{{icon\|wikipedia}}`
WikiProject	`{{icon\|wikiproject}}`
Wikiquote page	`{{icon\|wikiquote}}`
Wikisource page	`{{icon\|wikisource}}`
Wikispecies page	`{{icon\|wikispecies}}`
Wikitech	`{{icon\|wikitech}}`
Wikiversity page	`{{icon\|wikiversity}}`
Wikivoyage page	`{{icon\|wikivoyage}}`
Wiktionary page	`{{icon\|wiktionary}}`

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Icon

This template creates an inline icon-sized image. Please refer to 'Template:Icon/doc' for the list of supported values.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Icon	`1` `class`	The identifier or name of the icon to be displayed.	Line	required
size	`size`	The size of the icon to display, e.g. "30px". Default 16x16px	Line	optional

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