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This template is used on approximately 5,900 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
From the displayed information, note the Name (this is the recipient), the award, the post-nominal (only supplied for awards with a post-nominal entitlement), the date granted (this is the date and should be entered in ISO compliant format e.g. 2012-01-26) and the citation (in many cases this may be absent) Add each of these to the template
The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
Ease of use - Simply copy and paste a citation template from WP:CIT and fill in the values to create references. It is much easier than writing references by hand. Uniformity - Citation templates automatically format references uniformly. If consensus changes about the how the templates or references should look, those changes can be easily ...
For a citation to appear in a footnote, it needs to be enclosed in "ref" tags. You can add these by typing <ref> at the front of the citation and </ref> at the end. . Alternatively you may notice above the edit box there is a row of "markup" formatting buttons which include a <ref></ref> button to the right—if you highlight your whole citation and then click this markup button, it will ...
Templates relating to Citations. Citation templates provide a uniform, easy way to cite sources . The inclusion of a template here does not necessarily mean that the sources in question are appropriate references; for details, see WP:Reliable sources and the individual template pages.
[[Category:Awards templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Awards templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
If you don't type in an accepted parameter instead of linking the correct award streamer it will state; "Invalid parameter ". |award_name1= (required) Type in the unit award name with links, it will display exactly as you type it. |award_date1= (optional) Type in the respective period of time in which the unit award was awarded for. |award ...