Template talk:Country data Finland

Grand Duchy of Finland

The template should have a {{Flag|Finland|1809}} variant, that should produce something like {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]]

An example use is in 1906 Intercalated Games#Medal count, -- Petri Krohn (talk) 12:27, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 5 February 2018

Add flag data from before independence (Grand Duchy of Finland). Flag should be File:Flag of Russia.svg with the parameter name grand duchy. --URunICon (talk) 16:22, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

 Done Primefac (talk) 15:55, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 7 January 2019

I propose that the aliases be changed to:
flag alias = Flag of Finland.svg
flag alias-grand duchy = Flag of Russia.svg
flag alias-1809 = Flag of Russia.svg
flag alias-1917 = Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg
flag alias-1918 = Flag of Finland (1918–1920).svg
flag alias-1920 = Flag of Finland.svg
flag alias-1918s = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg
flag alias-1920s = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (State).svg
flag alias-state = Flag of Finland (state).svg
flag alias-1918n = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (Military).svg
flag alias-1920n = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (Military).svg
flag alias-naval = Military Flag of Finland.svg
link alias-naval = Finnish Navy
flag alias-navy=Naval Jack of Finland.svg
link alias-navy=Finnish Navy
link alias-army = Finnish Army
as the red flag was used as Finlands flag briefly 1917-1918 before the adoption of the White-blue cross. And the first white-blue cross was brighter until it was changed shortly after in 1920. (and the crown removed on the coat of arms on the variant-flags such as state/military after it stopped being a Kingdom at this time as well, the shield of these 2 flags was also redesigned in 1978 to become the current design)
Flag of Finland
List of flags of Finland
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Finland.html
http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/finland_history.html (bottom, although the fully red banner is of the communists in the civil war and not of the "white"government which became Finland today)
Havsjö (talk) 22:47, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Here is the code needed to replace the current for these changes to take

{{ {{{1<noinclude>|country showdata</noinclude>}}}
| alias = Finland
| flag alias = Flag of Finland.svg
| flag alias-grand duchy = Flag of Russia.svg
| flag alias-1809 = Flag of Russia.svg
| flag alias-1917 = Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg
| flag alias-1918 = Flag of Finland (1918–1920).svg
| flag alias-1920 = Flag of Finland.svg
| flag alias-1918s = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg
| flag alias-1920s = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (State).svg
| flag alias-state = Flag of Finland (state).svg
| flag alias-1918n = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (Military).svg
| flag alias-1920n = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (Military).svg
| flag alias-naval = Military Flag of Finland.svg
| link alias-naval = Finnish Navy
| flag alias-navy=Naval Jack of Finland.svg
| link alias-navy=Finnish Navy
| link alias-army = Finnish Army

| border-naval =
| size = {{{size|}}}
| name = {{{name|}}}
| altlink = {{{altlink|}}}
| variant = {{{variant|}}}
<noinclude>
| var1 = grand duchy
| var2 = 1809
| var3 = 1917
| var4 = 1918
| var5 = 1920
| var6 = 1918s
| var7 = 1920s
| var8 = state
| var9 = 1918n
| var10 = 1920n
| redir1 = FIN
| related1 = Åland
</noinclude>
}}

--Havsjö (talk) 01:08, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

 Done. I changed the variant labels somewhat, changing e.g. 1918n to naval-1918 to allow them to be more easily used in {{Navy}}, and 1918s to state-1918 to match. SiBr₄ (talk) 16:51, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox

Hello! Can you create a sandbox template for this template with all the variants and so forth.

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Yours sincerely, Sondre --62.73.207.204 (talk) 12:07, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Sondre, consider creating an account instead. Once you are autoconfirmed (which is not hard), you are free to create the sandbox yourself. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 08:00, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Grand Duchy

I'd like to request that Template:Country code Grand Duchy of Finland be created, so that linking to Grand Duchy of Finland can happen, instead of the current system ({{flag|Finland|grand duchy}}/{{flag|Finland|1809}}), which links to Finland and displays the Russian flag. Rowing007 (talk) 17:52, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it is unclear what changes you want to be made. Please clarify those changes, for example, did you mean you want to create Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Finland? and if so, exactly what you want that template to depict. Probably best to use a sandbox to depict the changes. Also, this will likely require a consensus for a new country data template to be created. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 16:45, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@Paine Ellsworth: It's a glaringly obvious typo/Freudian slip. Let's not make such an ordeal out of it. My request was simple: make templates such as {{flag|Finland|grand duchy}} link to Grand Duchy of Finland rather than Finland. However, upon examining this again, one month later, with fresh eyes, I'm noticing that this type of desired functionality (i.e., linking to a historical entity when using the historical flag variant parameter) is absent from pretty much all other Country data templates. It can be worked around by using {{flagdeco|Country name}} [[Country name]], so I'm withdrawing this request. Rowing007 (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

To editor Rowing007: is there any reason why you cannot create that template yourself? Why do you need a template editor to create it? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 09:15, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 31 December 2023

Please could you add this missing flag

| flag alias-military = Military flag of Finland.svg

| link alias-military = Finnish Defence Forces

| flag alias-army = Military flag of Finland.svg

VNW060222 (talk) 11:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 11:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 2 March 2026

The Air Force flag is still incorrect as in the current revision, as the Act on the Flag of Finland (5 §) rules on using the war flag for all military commands, units etc., and the current revision displays the national flag for the Air Force. Furthermore, the coast guard template is lacking data; IIRC for this use, the flag icon displayed would be the coast guard racing stripe (at least the Germany and Norway templates use this), in this case that of the Finnish Border Guard. Therefore, I propose the following code additions:

| flag alias-coast guard = Finnish Coast Guard racing stripe.svg
| link alias-coast guard = Finnish Border Guard
| flag alias-air force = Military Flag of Finland.svg

--XoravaX (talk) 18:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 11:27, 3 March 2026 (UTC)