Template:Country data Commonwealth of Independent States

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Template:Country data Commonwealth of Independent States is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, 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`	`Commonwealth of Independent States`	Main article name (Commonwealth of Independent States)
`shortname alias`	`CIS`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of the CIS.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the CIS.svg, shown above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1992`		`Flag of the CIS (UEFA Euro 1992).svg`

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
`CIS (`view`)`	CIS	CIS

Example usage

{{flag|Commonwealth of Independent States}} → Commonwealth of Independent States
{{flagicon|Commonwealth of Independent States}} →
{{flagcountry|Commonwealth of Independent States}} → CIS

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Commonwealth of Independent States|1992}} → Commonwealth of Independent States
{{flagicon|Commonwealth of Independent States|1992}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|CIS}} →
{{flagcountry|CIS}} → CIS
{{flag|CIS}} → CIS

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Soviet Union Soviet Union