Template talk:Country data Ukraine

Ukrainian Navy flag

Can an administrator please change "Naval Ensign of Ukraine (dress).svg" into "File:Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg" in this template (at the Flag variants chapter) so that the flag actually will occur instead of the current 22x20px please. — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 00:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Does not exitst

Does exist

I changed it, but it looks the same as the 1918 one. Is this what you needed? Crum375 (talk) 00:52, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes! thank you! The 1918 one has a Trident on it, the new one doesn't! — Mariah-Yulia • Talk to me! 00:58, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

OK, good. I missed the trident in that tiny size. Crum375 (talk) 01:06, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Broken flagicon Image

The default Ukrainian flagicon hosted at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png seems to now be a broken image. Simianvector (talk) 23:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 16 November 2014

| flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Ukrainian Air Force | flag alias-army = Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg | link alias-army = Ukrainian Army

Andrew J.Kurbiko (talk) 11:06, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

 Done SiBr₄ (talk) 11:23, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Ukraine flag before 1992

Flag of Ukraine from August 24, 1991 to January 28, 1992.

Can you add the first flag of the independent Ukraine to the Flag variants section? It seems to me the UkrSSR flag was used after Ukraine's independence. The blue-yellow flag was also not Ukraine's official flag until January 28, 1992.

Source: www.worldstatesmen.org/Ukraine.html

108.162.176.163 (talk) 03:52, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Done. SiBr₄ (talk) 17:27, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Please remove this, this is ridiculous, few month from declaration with new year holidays. And blue-yellow flag was official national flag since the beginning of XX century. --PsichoPuzo (talk) 17:28, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit template-protected}} template. We're not going to bounce back and forth between two opinions. Brazil's 4 DAY flag got the same treatment. A 4 month flag deserves no less consideration. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ukraine seems the place to discuss it. Cabayi (talk) 18:41, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Related

| related1 = Ukrainian People's Republic | related2 = Ukrainian SSR --PsichoPuzo (talk) 11:17, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Done Cabayi (talk) 12:31, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 6 March 2021

Please replace this one

| flag alias-1991 = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg

with this one:

| flag alias-1991 = Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg

Thanks. –August-54 (talk) 10:07, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 24 October 2021

Add File:Flag of Ukraine (1992–2006).svg SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 13:24, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

To editor SpinnerLaserzthe2nd:  done. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 21:58, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 8 May 2022

Please add this parameters and change one of them:

• | flag alias-(1991a) = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg
• [| flag alias-1991b = Flag of Ukraine (Soviet shades).svg]
• | var3 = (1991a)
• [| var4 = 1991b]

Here are the legends:

• [example] - add

• (example) - change

Thank you.

LikeRealTimes ^{I got you a message!📩} 06:36, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

I don't think we can change the name of 1991 to 1991a because it will break lots of existing uses. I have added 1991b to Template:Country data Ukraine/sandbox. Please check that this meets your requirements. Can you explain why there are two versions for 1991? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:52, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Not done for now No response @LikeRealTimes: Feel free to reopen once you have answered MSGJ's question. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:56, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

@MSGJ and Pppery: Actually reopening this one. The flag had a non-existent 1992—2006 variant, but it is actually missing the 1991—1992 which existed and was real. I have a mild preference for File:Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg over File:Flag of Ukraine (Soviet shades).svg because it has a source, but I wouldn't mind the other one if @LikeRealTimes: or anyone has good arguments. I have updated the Template:Country data Ukraine/sandbox accordingly. Thanks — NickK (talk) 23:27, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 14:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Armed Forces of Ukraine

The armed forces template should link to Armed Forces of Ukraine and not Ukrainian Armed ForcesUkrainian Armed Forces which is a redirect to the former. Can someone fix this? Charles Essie (talk) 12:37, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: doesn't need to be fixed, because it's WP:NOTBROKEN. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 17:25, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 2 March 2024

Please revert this change added in #Template-protected edit request on 24 October 2021, and default the 1992 variant to the standard File:Flag of Ukraine.svg.

There is no evidence that File:Flag of Ukraine (1992–2006).svg has ever existed (and I am going to nominate it for deletion), see c:File talk:Flag of Ukraine (1992–2006).svg. On one hand, there is no evidence there was a change in 2006 at all, sources rather state that existing colours were formally standardised in 2006. Moreover, the chosen shades File:Flag of Ukraine (1992–2006).svg were definitely never official, they were self-reverted by the uploader 5 minutes after the upload, so they were clearly a mistake and not anything official. Anecdotal evidence suggests that colours used in 1992–2006 were the same as File:Flag of Ukraine.svg (1992 stamp dedicated to the approval of the flag, 1999 official photo, 2001, 2002), meaning the variant 1992–2006 simply never existed.

As this mistake is getting spread both across English Wikipedia and also by other wikis copying templates from the English Wikipedia, the sooner this mistake is getting fixed the better — NickK (talk) 18:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

If we revert that change then will any articles using the "1992" variant stop working? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:10, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@MSGJ: If we revert, 1992 will show the default flag (the current one) instead — NickK (talk) 15:40, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Okay fine then — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:06, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@MSGJ: Great, can you do it then please? Thanks — NickK (talk) 18:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:24, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 15 July 2024

• Change Ukrainian Naval Infantry to Ukrainian Marine Corps. Romanov loyalist (talk) 18:01, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:20, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit request 5 August 2024

Description of suggested change:

Please replace the following at Template:Country data Ukraine:

| flag alias-1918 = Flag of Ukrainian People's Republic 1917.svg
| flag alias-1991 = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg
| flag alias-1991b = Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg
| flag alias-army = Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg

With this:

| flag alias-1918 = Flag of Ukrainian People's Republic 1917.svg
| flag alias-1991 = Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg
| flag alias-1991b = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg
| flag alias-army = Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg

Diff:

−

ORIGINAL_TEXT

+

CHANGED_TEXT

反共抗獨光復民國 (talk) 11:57, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 17:47, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 29 October 2025

Add the 1992/fair blue flag as an option.

This would mean replacing

| flag alias-1991 = Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg
| flag alias-1991b = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg

with

| flag alias-1991 = Flag of Ukraine (1991–1992).svg
| flag alias-1991b = Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg
| flag alias-fair blue = File:Flag of Ukraine (fair blue).svg

and replacing

| var3 = 1991
| var4 = 1991b

with

| var3 = 1991
| var4 = 1991b
| var5 = fair blue

— IмSтevan ^talk 17:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Completed – the standard is to use the start year as the alias if it's available, so "1992" was used rather than "fair blue". P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 12:53, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @ImStevan and Paine Ellsworth:, can you please provide sources for this change? With this change you explicitly reverted my previous request #Template-protected edit request on 2 March 2024.

While the fair blue version is indeed occasionally used, it didn't have any official status after 1992, and it was clearly not the official version for the 1992—2006 as the template currently implies. This source explicitly mentions that while there was a debate between blue and fair blue, blue was chosen back in 1992. Claiming that this flag was offical between 1992 and 2006 leads to some strange examples: e.g. it is claimed that this was the flag of Ukraine at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Group H. The same article shows that the kit of the national team clearly was blue and not fair blue, the flag used by FIFA was clearly also blue and not fair blue. The reality is that the official flag between 1992 and 2006 was blue and not fair blue, and no source states that the shade codified in 2006 was different from the one in use in 1992—2006.

Unless there is a source confirming the official 1992 variant, the claim of the '1992' variant should be removed altogether. The fair blue version might stay there, although honestly I don't know in which context it should be used, I don't think Wikipedia templates should show shades of flags displayed during specific events. The truth is that the fair blue variant was used inconsistently, both during 1992—2006 and well after, e.g. here the fair blue variant was used at the White House in 2025. I don't think this means we should use the fair blue variant in the article 2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting but maybe there are good reasons to do so — NickK (talk) 22:45, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi editor NickK. I'm not an expert, and when we look at the Flag of Ukraine article, we see that the first 6 sources appear to support the use of the fair blue version, though it is noted that it is non-standard. It was my decision to use "1992" rather than "fair blue" in this edit, so that was contrary to the actual proposed edit by editor ImStevan. From what you wrote, it sounds like you would be okay to go with editor ImStevan's edit and change the alias from "1992" to "fair blue", is that correct? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 02:19, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@Paine Ellsworth: Thanks for your quick answer.

These six sources are six images or videos. The first one is irrelevant (it is from 1991, before the current version of the flag was adopted), the second one is from 1994 (where the organisers were notoriously unprepared so good that they had any flag, even if the shades were wrong), the remaining four are from the 2010s. None of them shows that the fair blue variant is from 1992. These six media also seem to use shades closer to File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg rather than File:Flag of Ukraine (fair blue).svg.

I am definitely against the "1992" alias, and the "fair blue" alias is only acceptable if someone will clarify in which context one can use this value. Because yes, sometimes flags are done in non-standard colours, but in which articles can one use such a flag? I am afraid that adding "fair blue" might cause edit wars for no good reason, essentially based on some pictorial proofs that one variant or another was used during an event, which I think will not be helpful — NickK (talk) 23:20, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

To editors NickK and ImStevan: the above edit has been reverted, and a consensus will be needed to include it. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 01:37, 3 March 2026 (UTC)