This template is for including medal symbols in sporting event result tables, while preserving the ability for sort.
Template series[]
This group of templates show medal images while giving a table sort of 01, 02 or 03, respectively.
The second group of templates are show medal images with display text of either Gold, Silver, Bronze. These also give a table sort of 01, 02 or 03, respectively.
{{Gold medal}}=
Gold{{Silver medal}}= Silver{{Bronze medal}}= Bronze
Usage[]
Simply insert the template where you would like to see the symbol. No parameters are required.
Parameters[]
The link parameter can be used to pass a link to an article to these templates.
Example:
{{gold1|link=article name}}
It defaults to null.
Sorting[]
These templates use 01, 02 and 03 as the gold, silver, and bronze sort value, respectively. Sorting will operate numerically unless the column also contains any non-numeric text, in which case a text sort may sometimes occur (e.g. "10" is before "3").
To get the desired sort results for other values it may be necessary to use the data-sort-type="..." and data-sort-value="..." attributes. Placing a data-sort-type="number" attribute in the header cell will force a numeric sort. Adding a data-sort-value="..." attribute to a data cell will override the value.
A commonly used but now-deprecated technique is to use the {{hs}} or {{sort}} templates to specify appropriate sort keys to be inserted as hidden text in front of the displayed values. For example, {{hs|99}}DQ and {{sort|99|DQ}} both display "DQ" but sort using "99 DQ". A text sort still occurs, but the desired results can be achieved using carefully selected hidden values. Sometimes leading zeros or other tricks may be needed.
Examples[]
Simple case[]
When all ranks are single digit numbers, the templates can be used directly in place of the ranks.
The following markup:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Place
|-
| {{Gold1}} || First
|-
| {{Silver2}} || Second
|-
| {{Bronze3}} || Third
|-
| 4 || Fourth
|-
| 5 || Fifth
|-
| 6 || Sixth
|-
| 7 || Seventh
|-
| 8 || Eighth
|}
...will display as:
| Rank | Place |
|---|---|
 |
First |
 |
Second |
 |
Third |
| 4 | Fourth |
| 5 | Fifth |
| 6 | Sixth |
| 7 | Seventh |
| 8 | Eighth |
See also[]
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