TenthFleet:Creating an award page

This guide shows you how to create a page for an award or decoration. The working model to look at is Awards:Manticore Cross, which shows the full layout.

New award pages live in the Awards namespace, so their titles start with Awards: (for example, Awards:Manticore Cross). The older award articles in the main namespace are kept as historical records.

Step by step

1. Create the page with an Awards: title.
2. Add the infobox using the skeleton below.
3. Write the opening sentence in bold: The Manticore Cross (post-nominal MC) is the highest award for gallantry in the RMN and RMMC.
4. Add a Criteria section describing who earns the award and how.
5. Add a Cross-branch equivalents section if the award has equivalents in other branches.
6. Add the Recipients roll (see below).
7. Add References and the {{Awards}} navbox at the foot.
8. Categorize by type, tier, and branch, plus [[Category:Awards]].

The infobox

Use {{Infobox-award}}.

{{Infobox-award
| name        = Manticore Cross
| postnom     = MC
| ribbon      = RMN_MC.png
| tier        = 4
| precedence  = 11 of 76 (RMN/RMMC)
| type        = Gallantry
| branches    = [[RMN]], [[RMMC]] (officers and warrant officers)
| authority   = Service Head, the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]
| eligibility = Once per member per calendar year
| announced   = Quarterly
| medal       = manticore_cross_medal.png
}}
{{reflist}}

Post-nominal or abbreviation?
Use the postnom field only if the award appears in the Post-nominals list. If it does not carry a post-nominal, use abbrev instead, which labels the code as an abbreviation.

The footnotes write themselves
The tier, authority, and announced fields add the correct PD-SC-1007 Awards Policy citations for you. Just include {{reflist}} on the page so they show up.

The recipients roll

The awards policy requires a curated list of holders. Use a sortable table, stamp it with the date it was last updated, and cite each entry to the order that granted it where you can:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Recipient !! Times awarded !! Order / source
|-
| 1 || [[Dame]] Laura Lochen, MC || Awarded five times || unsourced
|}

When you add new names during an award cycle, mark those rows with {{New award}} so they highlight in orange until the next update.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Do not put a full set of post-nominals in the recipients list. Rank, name, and the award post-nominal are enough.
• Do not add the PD-SC-1007 citations by hand; the infobox already adds them.