Template:Cite It's an Honour/doc

This template is used to provide references to pages in the Australian Honours Database website at https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search . This is the official website of the Australian government for Australian honours and symbols in which a database of all recipients of Australian honours is maintained. The template is provided to simplify the entering of addresses.

Usage

Note: None of the parameters should be capitalised, to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. For example, use "recipient", "postnominal", etc.—not "Recipient", "Post-nominal", etc.

Basic form using minimum parameters to link to the reference

{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid= |date= }}

Using access-date to provide a date information was retrieved

{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid= |recipient= |award= |postnominal= |citation= |access-date= }}

All parameters, delete those you don't need

{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid= |date= |recipient= |award= |postnominal= |citation= |access-date= }}

All parameters, vertical format

{{Cite It's an Honour
 | ausawardid=
 | date=
 | recipient=
 | award=
 | postnominal=
 | citation=
<!-- | postscript= -->
 | access-date=
}}

Required parameters

• ausawardid: The database record number as shown in the url search string.
• recipient: The person to whom the award was granted. This should be in the format 'Surname, Given name(s)'.
• award: The full name of the award.
• date: The date the award was granted. This should be in the format year-month-day, e.g. 2012-01-26.
  • either date: Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
  • or year and month: Year of publication, and Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should not be wikilinked.

Optional parameters

For producing a post-nominal:

• postnominal: The authorised post-nominal letters for the award (only applicable for selected awards).

For producing a citation:

• citation or its alias quote: The reason the award was granted. This should be the short form citation (approximately 1 sentence) rather than the long form citation that also usually exists for the award of orders and decorations (long form citations are not usually found in the It's an Honour database).

For producing a date of retrieval:

• access-date: Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked.

Source of information for parameters

To find the information to put into the parameters:

1. Visit the It's an Honour website search page at:
   • Advanced searches: https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search
2. Enter search terms into the search fields
3. When the list of matching entries is displayed, click on the person's name for the desired award and the site will open the corresponding record:
   1. From the web-browser URL note the aus_award_id= number. This may be up to seven digits.
   2. 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)
4. Add each of these to the template
5. Add the retrieval date

Examples

Some standard use cases

• {{Cite It's an Honour |date=2009-01-16 |recipient=Donaldson, Mark Gregor |access-date=2012-01-29 |award=Victoria Cross for Australia |postnominal=VC |citation=For most conspicuous acts of gallantry in action in a circumstance of great peril in Afghanistan, as part of the Special Operations Task Group during Operations SLIPPER, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. |ausawardid=1140398 }}
  → "Victoria Cross for Australia (VC) entry for Donaldson, Mark Gregor". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2012-01-29. For most conspicuous acts of gallantry in action in a circumstance of great peril in Afghanistan, as part of the Special Operations Task Group during Operations SLIPPER, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

Basic form using minimum parameters to link to the reference

{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid= 1140398 |recipient=Donaldson, Mark Gregor |date= 2009-01-16 }}
→ "Entry for Donaldson, Mark Gregor". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2009-01-16.

Using citation where no citation is provided

{{Cite It's an Honour |date= 2003-10-17 |ausawardid= 1044243 |recipient= Britten, Timothy Ian |award= Cross of Valour |postnominal= CV |citation= No citation provided |access-date= 2012-01-29 }}
→ "Cross of Valour (CV) entry for Britten, Timothy Ian". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2003-10-17. Retrieved 2012-01-29. No citation provided

Using access-date to provide a date information was retrieved (award date and citation unknown)

{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid= 1066011 |recipient= Adams, Phillip Rennell |award= Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |postnominal= CMG |access-date= 2012-01-29 }}
→ "Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) entry for Adams, Phillip Rennell". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2012-01-29.

Using no postnominal

{{Cite It's an Honour |date= 2000-06-22 |ausawardid= 975862 |recipient= Freeman, Catherine Astrid Salome |award= Australian Sports Medal |citation= World Champion 1997 and 1999, Commonwealth Champion 1994, VIS Award of Excellence 1997 }}
→ "Australian Sports Medal entry for Freeman, Catherine Astrid Salome". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2000-06-22. World Champion 1997 and 1999, Commonwealth Champion 1994, VIS Award of Excellence 1997

TemplateData

This template provides a citation for the Australian Honours Search Facility

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ausawardid	ausawardid	Award ID. Extracted from URL: https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/#### Example 1066011	String	required
recipient	recipient	The person to whom the award was granted Example Adams, Phillip Rennell	String	required
award	award	The full name of the award Example Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George	String	required
date	date	The date the award was granted	Date	suggested
postnominal	postnominal	The authorised post-nominal letters for the award Example CMG	String	suggested
citation	citation	The reason the award was granted	String	suggested
access-date	access-date accessdate	Date entry was accessed.	Date	suggested

See also

• {{Citation}}
• {{Cite web}}
• Citation bot
• Citation templates
• Citing sources
• Citing sources/example style