Usage

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Basic usage

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This template allows users to show service awards. To display it, place {{service awards|year=year|month=month|day=day|edits=edits}} on the relevant page where the item in italics is replaced by the relevant value. These parameters are required, and should not be omitted.

The template takes four required parameters:

  • |year= – Starting year
  • |month= – Starting month
  • |day= – Starting day of month
  • |edits= – Number of user edits

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000}}

This editor is a Sagacious Editor and is entitled to display this Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar.

Summary of all options

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All parameters
Parameter Definition Default value
align Alignment of image left
caption1 Message shown This editor is
caption2 Message shown and is entitled to display this (for most awards – default differs on higher awards)
caption3 Message shown (blank)
day Starting day of month (required - no default)
edits Number of user edits (required - no default)
format Type of template desired medal
month Starting month (required - no default)
punctuation Message shown (full stop)
size Size of image

Images: frame (varies for some awards where frame gives too large an award)
Small ribbons: 72px
Ribbon option #2: 120px
Userboxes: 45px
Topicon: 48px

year Starting year (required - no default)
noinc If the incremental awards are not displayed no

Display format

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The |format= parameter is used to specify the type of template displayed. Most users will want to use one of the standard format values. There are also some special formats that allow you to put together your own custom format.

Standard formats
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Standard format values
Parameter value Format
medal Medal image (the default)
ubxmedal Medal userbox
book Book image
ubxbook Book userbox
ribbon Standard ribbon image
ribbon2 Alternative ribbon image (doesn't support Registered Editor / Signator, nor any awards above Senior Editor II / Most Pluperfect Labutnum)
smlribbon Small ribbon image
topicon Top icon (page status indicator)
Examples of standard formats
This editor is a Sagacious Editor and is entitled to display this Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar.
{{service awards
 | year=1995 | month=1 | day=15
 | edits=2000000 | format=medal}}
This editor is an Ephoros of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to display this floor plan of the The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, signed by Jimbo with a silver marker, and including its cardboard carrying tube and magnifying glass.
{{service awards
 | year=1995 | month=1 | day=15
 | edits=2000000 | format=book | size=upright}}
This editor is a Sagacious Editor and is entitled to display this Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar.

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=ubxmedal}}

This editor is an Ephoros of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to display this floor plan of the The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, signed by Jimbo with a silver marker, and including its cardboard carrying tube and magnifying glass.

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=ubxbook}}

Sagacious Editor
Sagacious Editor
{{service awards
 | year=1995 | month=1 | day=15
 | edits=2000000 | format=ribbon}}
Ephoros of the Encyclopedia
Ephoros of the Encyclopedia
{{service awards
 | year=1995 | month=1 | day=15
 | edits=2000000 | format=ribbon2}}
Sagacious Editor
Sagacious Editor

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=smlribbon}}

This editor is a Vanguard Editor. (displayed in upper right of page) {{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=topicon}}

Custom formats
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You can create your own format by combining the name, description and image of an award in any way you like. The |format= parameter values shown below allow you to fetch these parts of an award on their own. Transclude the {{service awards}} template multiple times to fetch multiple elements, arranged how you like.

Custom format values
Parameter value Format Example
namebook Award name, using the book naming scheme an Ephoros of the EncyclopediaEphoros
namemedal Award name, using the medal naming scheme a Sagacious Editor
awardbook Description of the book awardees are entitled to display floor plan of the The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, signed by Jimbo with a silver marker, and including its cardboard carrying tube and magnifying glass
awardmedal Description of the medal awardees are entitled to display Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar
imgbook Image filename of the book awardees are entitled to display Ephoros.jpg
imgmedal Image filename of the medal awardees are entitled to display Sagacious star.png
imgsmlrib Image filename of small ribbon awardees are entitled to display Editorrib23.svg

For example:

{| style="border: 2px solid black; width: 300px"
|-
| [[File:{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=imgmedal}}<!--
--> | thumbnail | 110px <!--
--> | {{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=awardmedal}}]]
|
So what's that medal for? That's my service award&#160;– I'm
{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|format=namemedal}}!
|}
Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar

So what's that medal for? That's my service award – I'm a Sagacious Editor!

Image alignment

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Use the align parameter to specify the location of the template. It can only be used with the medal, book, ribbon, ribbon2 and smlribbon formats.

|align= values
Parameter value Alignment
left Left, with text wrapping around the right side
center Centered
right Right, with text wrapping around the left side

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|align=left}}

This editor is a Sagacious Editor and is entitled to display this Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar.

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|align=center}}

This editor is a Sagacious Editor and is entitled to display this Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar.

{{service awards|year=1995|month=1|day=15|edits=2000000|align=right}}

This editor is a Sagacious Editor and is entitled to display this Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar.

Image size

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For the image-with-caption award formats, the size parameter specifies whether to include the frame and caption, and/or change the image size. The frame and caption are shown by default for the image awards, but are omitted for ribbons. Userboxes have a separate frame and caption that the size parameter does not control. The size parameter is ignored for the ribbon format, though it works for the ribbon2 and smlribbon formats.

Small ribbons default to 72 pixels wide; other ribbons default to 120 pixels wide. The image on userboxes defaults to 45 pixels wide. The default width for the image formats depends upon the award.

Some example uses of size=:

size=NNpx
Display the image at the specified width, selecting the best height to maintain the image proportions.
size=xNNpx
Display the image at the specified height, selecting the best width to maintain the image proportions.

For the topicon format, the size parameter specifies the width of the top icon. Any non-numeric characters are ignored. The height is capped to 20 pixels by the top icon template. The default of 48px results in an image that is 48 pixels wide by 20 pixels tall. Set this to 20px to keep the top icon the same width as a standard 20px×20px top icon.

Caption customisation

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The caption on the template can be customised using these parameters. The caption has two auto updating sections: one for the editor's title and one for the editor's award. The three caption parameters specify the text either side of these auto updating sections and the punctuation parameter specifies what punctuation character to use at the end of the caption.

Caption customisation parameters
Parameter Definition Default value
caption1 Message on template This editor is
caption2 Message on template and is entitled to display this
caption3 Message on template (blank)
punctuation Message on template (full stop)

Example:

{{service awards
 | year=1995
 | month=1
 | day=15
 | edits=2000000
 | caption1=Hello everyone, I'm
 | caption2=and I'm now going to show off my
 | caption3=to the whole world
 | punctuation=!!!}}

Gives:

Hello everyone, I'm a Sagacious Editor and I'm now going to show off my Carbonadium Editor Star with the Strangelet Superstar to the whole world!!!

Note: the caption and punctuation parameters will have no effect on the ribbon formats and therefore these parameters should be left out (not blank) if one of these formats is selected.

Technical details

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Internally, this template uses the following sub-templates:

  • /compose: Displays an award as described by various parameters.
  • /core: Displays the award for the specified level (0-22) by calling /compose with the appropriate parameters. Edit this template to change the template names or text displayed for each award.
  • /select: Determines which level of award to display, based on the length of service and number of edits. Edit this template to change the award requirements.

Template Data

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Display a Service Award automatically based on editor's starting date and number of edits.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Yearyear

Starting year

Example
1995
Numberrequired
Monthmonth

Starting month

Example
1
Numberrequired
Dayday

Starting day of the month

Example
15
Numberrequired
Editsedits

Number of user edits

Example
2000000
Numberrequired
Formatformat

Type of template desired

Suggested values
medal ubxmedal book ubxbook ribbon ribbon2 smlribbon topicon namebook namemedal awardbook awardmedal imgbook imgmedal imgsmlrib
Default
medal
Stringsuggested
Alignalign

Alignment of image (left, center, or right)

Suggested values
left center right
Default
left
Stringoptional
Caption 1caption1

First part of message shown

Default
This editor is
Stringoptional
Caption 2caption2

Second part of message shown. The default is for most awards – it differs on higher awards

Default
and is entitled to display this
Stringoptional
Caption 3caption3

Third part of message shown

Default
Stringoptional
Punctuationpunctuation

Punctuation at end of message

Default
.
Stringoptional
Sizesize

Size of image (##px, x##px). Default is for Small ribbons. Ribbon option default to 120px, Userboxes to 45px, and Topicons to 48px

Default
72px
Stringoptional
No Incremental Awardsnoinc

Incremental awards are not shown where they are available ''(Topicons)''

Default
no
Booleanoptional
No Categoriesnocat

no description

Booleanoptional
sortkeysortkey

no description

Stringoptional

See also

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