Editing Template:About continent and region topic templates (section)

====Creating a new template====
Although these templates can be used in an article, they can also be used to create a new template. The ''name'' parameter is mandatory when creating a new template, because it allows the "V T E" links to work properly. The following example shows code that could be used to create [[Template:Flags of Europe]].

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{Europe topic
 | name = Flags of Europe
 | state = {{{state|{{{1|}}}}}}
 | title = [[Flags of Europe]]
 | prefix = Flag of
}}<noinclude>
[[Category:Europe templates]]
</noinclude>
</syntaxhighlight>

The template can then be added to articles using <code><nowiki>{{Flags of Europe}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{Flags of Europe |state=expand}}</nowiki></code>.

{{Flags of Europe |state=expanded}}
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