Template:Country data Soviet Union

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Template:Country data Soviet Union is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as {{flag}}, {{flagcountry}}, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	Soviet Union	Main article name (Soviet Union)
flag alias	Flag of the Soviet Union.svg	Image name (File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

These variants cannot be used unless the line | variant = {{{variant|}}} is added to this template.

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1922		Flag of the Soviet Union (1923).svg
1923		Flag of the Soviet Union (1923-1955).svg
1955		Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg
naval-1924		Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union 1923.svg
naval-1935		Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union 1935.svg
naval		Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union.svg
air force		Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg
army		Red Army flag (reverse).svg

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with {{naval ensign}}:

• {{naval ensign|Soviet Union}} → Soviet Navy
• {{flagicon3|Soviet Union|naval}} →
  

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with {{air force flag}}:

• {{air force flag|Soviet Union}} → Soviet Air Force
• {{flagicon3|Soviet Union|air force}} →
  

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with {{army}}:

• {{army|Soviet Union}} → Template:Army
• {{flagicon3|Soviet Union|army}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output
URS (view)	Template:Country data URS	Template:Country data URS
USSR (view)	Template:Country data USSR	Template:Country data USSR
SUN (view)	Template:Country data SUN	Template:Country data SUN
the Soviet Union (view)	Template:Country data the Soviet Union	Template:Country data the Soviet Union

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|Soviet Union}} → Soviet Union
• {{flagicon3|Soviet Union}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Soviet Union|1922}} → Soviet Union
• {{flagicon3|Soviet Union|1922}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flag|URS}} → Template:Country data URS
• {{flagicon3|URS}} → Template:Country data URS
• {{flagcountry|URS}} → Template:Country data URS

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Commonwealth of Independent StatesTemplate:Country data Commonwealth of Independent States

TemplateData

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TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

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Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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