Template:Ribbons

Multiple Service Ribbons Policy

Any general ribbon, ribbon of gallantry & heroism, or lifesaving ribbon may be awarded multiple times, but any campaign ribbon may only be awarded once. A gold star represents each repeated citation, and a silver star represents five additional citations (and therefore five gold stars).

-The Captains Council

To display all of your collected awards and service ribbons in a display case for your bio, use Template:Ribbons Display.

This template lets you call up any award or service ribbon just using the name of the ribbon itself instead of finding the exact filename. It also allows you to display multiple citations of a service ribbon.

How to use this template:

{{Ribbons|name of service ribbon|width in pixels|number of times awarded (optional)}}

See the List of Awards and Service Ribbons for more details about each award and ribbon.

So for instance, just type in

{{Ribbons|Legion of Merit|200}}

and you will get the Legion of Merit service ribbon returned at a width of 200 pixels:

If you earned the Legion of Merit four times, you'd type in

{{Ribbons|Legion of Merit|200|4}}

and you'll get the appropriate arrangement of stars! If you put your cursor over the image, the name of the ribbon will be displayed.

Use the following formal names: Featured Nominee Featured Bio Featured Bio Contest Team Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon Department Chief Ribbon Starship Commander Ribbon Excellence in Training Ribbon Silver Excellence in Training Ribbon Gold Excellence in Training Ribbon Captain's Commendation Innovation Ribbon Diplomacy Ribbon Prisoner of War Ribbon Purple Heart Explorer's Ribbon Medical Science Ribbon Defense of Temporal Flow Ribbon Joint Meritorious Unit Award First Contact Ribbon Extended Service Ribbon Peacekeeper Service Ribbon Federation Cross Good Conduct Ribbon Distinguished Service Ribbon Silver Star Legion of Merit UFP Medal of Freedom Gold Lifesaving Ribbon Silver Lifesaving Ribbon Lifesaving Ribbon Galactic War with the Borg Service Medal Romulan Campaign Medal Hobus Heroism Ribbon Ithassa Region Campaign Medal Gorn Campaign Ribbon Bajoran Campaign Ribbon Vaadwaur Invasion Campaign Ribbon Gorn Invasion Ribbon Grendellai Operations Ribbon Klingon Invasion Ribbon Gateway Ribbon Prometheus Ribbon TOSMA Genesis Badge Scotty Cross Neelix Award Nebula Bar Silver Palm Sheathed Sword B-Plot Award Russ Bar 1-year Member 3-year Member 5-year Member 10-year Member Locutus Award Sarpeidon Award Data Artistic Award Boothby Award Rising Star Award Kalendra Award Xalor Clan Xifilis Award Great Bird Award Prantares Ribbon Natasha Yar Pin Voyager Medallion Sisko Tactical Cross Phoenix Award Cochrane Award Pilot's Sextant Order of Valiant Heart Semper Fidelis Award Strange Medallion Black Cross Lwaxana Troi Medallion Staff Member of the Year Award James T. Kirk Cross Sarek Star Christopher Pike Pendant Shuvalis Diamond of Recognition Kathryn Janeway Award Picard Award Graphic Worldbuilding Winner Graphic Worldbuilding Runnerup Graphic People Winner Graphic People Runnerup

Let's say you've been awarded the Silver Star 7 times (wow!) and you want to display the ribbon at a width of 100 pixels. You'd type in:

{{Ribbons|Silver Star|100|7}}

and get

Right-aligned single star Some service ribbons such as the Explorer’s Ribbon and the Gold and Silver Lifesaving Ribbons have a special design in the center. If you don't want to block it with your star, use 2r and 6r to display a gold (2 citations) and silver star (6 citations) respectively, aligned to the right of the ribbon's center. For instance, {{Ribbons|Silver Lifesaving Ribbon|100|2r}} gives you

The template currently supports up to 11 citations of the same service ribbon, and yes, you can use this template to also display a single citation of the ribbon as well by leaving off the last number or putting a 1.

Reference Table

Here's how they all look at a width of 120 pixels:

Citations Ribbon Wikicode 1 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120}} 2 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|2}} 2r File:Awards ServiceRibbons LifesavingSilver 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Lifesaving Ribbon|120|2r}} 3 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|3}} 4 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|4}} 5 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|5}} 6 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|6}} 6r File:Awards ServiceRibbons Explorers 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Explorer's Ribbon|120|6r}} 7 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|7}} 8 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|8}} 9 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|9}} 10 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|10}} 11 File:Awards ServiceRibbons SilverStar 2011.jpg.png {{Ribbons|Silver Star|120|11}}

Displaying Ribbons in a Ribbons Rack

And here's how it looks in a ribbons rack you can put in your sidebar, using Template:Ribbons Rack.

Awards & Service Ribbons

TOSMA Legion of Merit Silver Star Purple Heart Vaadwaur Invasion Campaign Ribbon Gold Lifesaving Ribbon

The code used for that:

{{Ribbons Rack
|TOSMA|1
|Legion of Merit|4
|Silver Star|7
|Purple Heart|2
|Vaadwaur Invasion Campaign Ribbon|1
|Gold Lifesaving Ribbon|2r
}}

Adding New Ribbons

Edit the following templates to add new ribbons:

• Template:RibbonName
• Template:RibbonNametoFile

Problems or Questions?

Let Rich know!