Template:Post-nominals

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Usage

Use this template to display post-nominal letters, by default with links for the awards.

For general guidance on where and how post-nominals should be included in articles, see MOS:POSTNOM. In particular, post-nominals should generally not be included in the lead sentence of a biography article after the name of the subject.

A primary use case for this template is in infoboxes, such as in the honorific_suffix parameter of Template:Infobox person. In infoboxes, the size parameter should be set; see § Font size.

Default

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

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:

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 must be added when the template is used in infoboxes (it should be set to 100%), because infoboxes already use size-reduced text. It can be used elsewhere when there are few post-nominal letters.

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

Commas

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):

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

Country

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:

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

Currently, the countries supported are Australia (AUS); Canada (CAN); Ghana (GHA); Gibraltar (GIB); Holy See (VAT); Hong Kong (HKG); Jamaica (JAM); New Zealand (NZL); Nigeria (NGA); the United Kingdom (GBR); and South Africa (ZAR). United States (USA) is functional but blank. (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

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|size=100%|sep=,|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

Data templates for each supported country:

Antigua: AG
Australia: AUS or AUS-cats (compare)
Barbados: BRB
Belgium: BE
Brunei: BRN
Canada: CAN or CAN-cats (compare)
Fiji: FJI or FJI-cats (compare)
Germany: DEU
Ghana: GHA
Gibraltar: GIB
Holy See: VAT
Hong Kong: HKG
India: IND
Italy: ITA
Jamaica: JAM
Kenya: KEN
New Zealand: NZL
Nigeria: NGA
Malaysia: MYS
Pakistan: PAK
South Africa: ZAR
Sri Lanka: SRI
Sweden: SWE
United Kingdom: GBR or GBR-cats (compare)
United States: USA-cats

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TemplateData

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