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Module:Icon

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

Icon	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}}`
Error creating thumbnail:	Wikispecies page	`{{icon\|wikispecies}}`
File:Wikitech-2021-blue-icon.svg	Wikitech	`{{icon\|wikitech}}`
File:Wikiversity logo 2017.svg	Wikiversity page	`{{icon\|wikiversity}}`
File:Wikivoyage-logo.svg	Wikivoyage page	`{{icon\|wikivoyage}}`
File:Wiktionary-logo.svg	Wiktionary page	`{{icon\|wiktionary}}`

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Icon in articles based on its TemplateData.

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

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Icon/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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