Template:Gold medal/doc

This template is for including medal symbols in sporting event result tables, while preserving the ability for sort.

Template series

The first group of templates show medal images while giving a table sort of 01, 02 or 03, respectively.

• {{Gold1}} =
• {{Silver2}} =
• {{Bronze3}} =

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 {{hidden sort key}} 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.

See Help:Sorting#Configuring the sorting for additional details.

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

Handling two-digit rankings, blank, or special values

When the rankings contain two-digit rankings, blank, or special values, additional markup may be needed to trigger numeric sorting and/or to explicitly set equivalent sort values. The preferred method is 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 order. Adding a data-sort-value="..." attribute to a data cell will override the value.

The following markup:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! data-sort-type="number" | Rank !! Place !! Bad Sort !! Older Sort Style
|-
| {{Gold1}} || First || 1 || {{Gold1}}
|-
| {{Silver2}} || Second || 2 || {{Silver2}}
|-
| {{Bronze3}} || Third || 3 || {{Bronze3}}
|-
| 4* || Fourth || 4* || {{Sort|04|4*}}
|-
| 5 || Fifth || 5 || {{Sort|05|5}}
|-
| 10 || Tenth || 10 || 10
|-
| 11 || Eleventh  || 11 || 11
|-
| 20 || Twentieth || 20 || 20
|-
| 50 || Fiftieth || 50 || 50
|-
| data-sort-value="96"|NM || No mark || NM || {{Sort|96|NM}}
|-
| data-sort-value="97"|DQ || Disqualified || DQ || {{Sort|97|DQ}}
|-
| data-sort-value="98"|– || Dash || – || {{hidden sort key|98}}–
|-
| data-sort-value="99"| || Empty ||  || {{hidden sort key|99}}
|}

...will display as:

Rank	Place	Bad Sort	Older Sort Style
	First	1
	Second	2
	Third	3
4*	Fourth	4*	4*
5	Fifth	5	5
10	Tenth	10	10
11	Eleventh	11	11
20	Twentieth	20	20
50	Fiftieth	50	50
NM	No mark	NM	NM
DQ	Disqualified	DQ	DQ
–	Dash	–	–
	Empty

As demonstrated in the rightmost column, the {{sort}} and {{hidden sort key}} templates can also be used to resolve sorting problems, but this methodology is deprecated.

Deprecated templates

The below templates have had their functionality merged into the main templates, as bad sorting is never a useful feature.

• Template:Goca (backlinks edit)
• Template:Sica (backlinks edit)
• Template:Brca (backlinks edit)
• Template:Gold01 (backlinks edit)
• Template:Silver02 (backlinks edit)
• Template:Bronze03 (backlinks edit)

See also

• Template:Sort (backlinks edit) — for using names in sortable tables
• Template:Won (backlinks edit) — for using an alternative way to specify awards
• Template:Olympic Gold medal (backlinks edit) — for an alternative Olympic Gold medal icon
• Template:Olympic Silver medal (backlinks edit) — for an alternative Olympic Silver medal icon
• Template:Olympic Bronze medal (backlinks edit) — for an alternative Olympic Bronze medal icon
• m:Help:Sorting