Template:Post-nominals

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Usage change

The default use provides post-nominals linked to the relevant article for the award. By default, the Canadian set of awards is used:

{{post-nominals|PC|CC|OBE}} produces:

Unlinked and/or custom-linked post-nominals change

To list post-nominals without links and/or with customised linking, use |unlinked= or |list= (or |post-noms=):

{{post-nominals|unlinked=PC CC OBE}} produces:

{{post-nominals|list=[[Order of the British Empire|KBE]]}} produces:

Font size change

The optional |size= parameter allows for the size of the text, as a percentage, to be changed from the template's default of 85%. As per MOS:FONTSIZE, this should be added when the template is used in infoboxes.

Jane Smith, {{post-nominals|size=100|PC|CC|OBE}} produces: Jane Smith,

Commas change

By default, a single space is placed between each linked post-nominal (see above). To include a comma, set |commas= (or |sep=) as "on", "true", "," etc. (without quotemarks):

{{post-nominals|commas=on|PC|CC|OBE}} produces:

Country change

By default, the template links to articles on the Canadian versions of the honours indicated by the post-nominals. Please add |country=CAN anyway when Canada is wanted. To specify another country, include |country=XXX where XXX is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for that country:

{{post-nominals|country=NZL|PC|OBE}} produces:

Currently, the countries supported are Australia (AUS); Canada (CAN); Hong Kong (HKG); New Zealand (NZL); Nigeria (NG); the United Kingdom (GBR); and South Africa (ZAR). (See data links below.)

If country is missing and none of unlinked, list, post-noms are used then Category:Pages using Template:Post-nominals with missing parameters is added to the page.

Exceptions change

AM is ambiguous in British honours. Use AMl ("AM" followed by a lowercase "L") for a member of the London Assembly; AMw for a member of the National Assembly for Wales; and AMh for an honorary Member of the Order of Australia.

GNZM GCB GCMG GBE designates both a Knight Grand Cross/Companion and a Dame Grand Cross/Companion. In order to link correctly, however, more specific abbreviations are needed to differentiate between the Knight and Dame. For instance, "Sir John Smith, " is produced by:

Sir John Smith, {{post-nominals|country=NZL|GNZM|GCB|GCMG|GBE}}

while "Dame Jane Jones, " is produced by:

Dame Jane Jones, {{post-nominals|country=NZL|GNZMf|GCBf|GCMGf|GBEf}}

Kt, in the British set of honours, indicates a Knight Bachelor who also holds other knighthoods, baronetcies and/or peerages; KT indicates a Knight of the Thistle.

OM in the Canadian set defaults to the Order of Manitoba, while the Order of Merit is specified by OMt. "Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, ", for instance, is produced by:

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OMt|CC|QC}}

QFSM, in New Zealand, designates both the Queen's Fire Service Medal for Gallantry and Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service. QPM designates both Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry and Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. In both instances, the Medal for Distinguished Service is specified with QFSMd and QPMd:

John Smith, {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QFSM|QPM|QPSMd|QPMd}} produces: John Smith,

Data change

Data templates for each supported country:

TemplateData change

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Post-nominals in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Post-nominals

Show a person's post-nominals cleanly and with links to the relevant articles.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Country	`country`	Which set of awards to use, by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. By default, the Canadian set is used. Default CAN Example GBR	String	suggested
1st post-nominal	`1`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	suggested
2nd post-nominal	`2`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
3rd post-nominal	`3`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
4th post-nominal	`4`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
5th post-nominal	`5`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
6th post-nominal	`6`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
7th post-nominal	`7`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
8th post-nominal	`8`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
9th post-nominal	`9`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
10th post-nominal	`10`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
11th post-nominal	`11`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
12th post-nominal	`12`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
13th post-nominal	`13`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
14th post-nominal	`14`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
15th post-nominal	`15`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
16th post-nominal	`16`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
17th post-nominal	`17`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
18th post-nominal	`18`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
19th post-nominal	`19`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
20th post-nominal	`20`	A post-nominal to show with a link to the relevant page. Example GCB	String	optional
Separator	`sep` `commas`	What separator to use. By default, this uses a space; you can use commas if you wish. Default	String	optional
Size	`size`	At what size to show the list; only over-ride if appropriate. Default 85% Example 100%	String	optional
Unformatted list	`list` `unlinked` `post-noms`	A list of post-nominals to display without links, or with customised linking. Example PC [[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]]	Unbalanced wikitext	optional

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