Wikipedia:WikiProject Orders, decorations, and medals
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Welcome! Are you interested in orders, decorations and medals? Would you like to improve Wikipedia's coverage on this topic? Then we would like to invite you to help us in our project!
Two main issues arise here: How we should deal with multiple instances of the same medal name, as awarded by different countries, and how foreign medals, which have their own non-English names, should be named.
Disambiguation
In any case where the same name is shared, disambiguation is the key. To take an example, a medal by the name of the Cross of Valour is awarded by both Australia and Canada. As a result we turn this page into a disambiguation page, as per the usual Wikipedia disambiguation guidelines. The medals in question are then moved to individual pages, named according to the convention Medal Name (Country). Therefore the Australian medal is to be found at Cross of Valour (Australia) and the Canadian at Cross of Valour (Canada). The disambiguation qualifier should always adopt the conventional short form of the country's name, never an abbreviation or initials - eg United Kingdom, notGreat Britain or UK; United States, notUS, USA, America, etc.
Non-English language awards
The basic rule is that the names of foreign-language awards should be translated into English except where there is an established track-record of referring to it by its foreign-language name. Therefore we use Iron Cross in favour of "Eiserne Kreuz", Pour le Mérite in favour of "For the Merit" or "Merit Award", and Param Vir Chakra in favour of "Bravest of the Brave Award". This effectively means that the article will reside at the customary English-language name. Having said this, editors are encouraged to create redirects for all reasonable permutations and variations on the name, whether in English or in the native language.
Selecting the right category
The main category for this topic is Category:Orders, decorations, and medals. This should not be used for articles about individual orders, decorations, or medals - instead these should be directed to the appropriate national sub-category. Only articles of pan-national importance or those dealing with the topic itself should be placed in the main category.
Please use the Template:Infobox Military Award in all articles relating to decorations and medals. This provides all the key information in a smart, easily accessible format. Other Project templates can be found here - feel free to add to this list if you develop your own templates.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Orders, decorations, and medals, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of orders, decorations, and medals on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Orders, decorations, and medalsWikipedia:WikiProject Orders, decorations, and medalsTemplate:WikiProject Orders, decorations, and medalsOrders, decorations, and medals articles
AusTerrapin 15:42, 1 September 2007 (UTC) Australian honours system, United Kingdom honours system, United Nations peacekeeping/making medals, categorization/taxonomy
Miraculousrandomness 10:48, 14 October 2007 (UTC) I have a number o soviet union ww2 medals
Dreadpirater 03:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC) Medals/awards of the United States Intelligence Community and Air Force
F4wkez 20:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)Nordic medals mostly
Robert Prummel (talk) 04:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC) I wrote hundreds of articles on orders on the Dutch and other Wikipedias. I illustrated many of them with photo's from my extensive collection. I also made a lot of drawings.
Examples of my work: all Dutch decorations, collars on and . Can I join?
Royalhistorian (talk) 08:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC) My interests are in dynastic and chivalric orders. I am especially interested in Papal orders. I am also interested in the orders listed on my website at Lindgren under World Orders of Knighthood and Merit.
Yopie 11:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC) Chivalric orders, orders and medals of Czech rep., Czechoslovakia and Slovakia.
Oliver Nouther (talk) 11:19, 14 March 2010 (UTC) - British and Australian Honours and Awards, and method of wearing.
Kimontalk 20:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC) - Various orders and decorations in general. More focus on those of the Orthodox countries. Also, their heraldic privileges.
Bullmoosebell (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2011 (UTC) I'm a Combat Medic in the United States Army and I'm interested in cleaning up and creating articles on awards, decorations, badges, et cetera, to help properly reflect a servicemember's honor and lineage.
Mr. D. E. Mophon (talk) 07:53, 13 October 2011 (UTC) - My specialty is Dutch orders.
ChevronTango (talk) 21:33, 9 November 2011 (UTC) - Vector Graphics of the UK and Commonwealth awards, military and civil. Examples of my work here
Fdutil (talk) 23:30, 15 January 2012 (UTC) - Soviet, Russian Federation, French and Belgian awards
PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 18:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC) - Orders of the Russian Empire (tsarist Russia)
Gbawden (talk) 11:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC) South African military medals
Bheuninckx (talk) 07:11, 29 May 2012 (UTC) Belgian and French medals
PunkyNZtalk Foreign awards to New Zealanders (especially French and Greek awards).
Anthony Staunton (talk) 01:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC) Clarify the meaning of the non numismatic but Wikipedia invented term ‘military decoration’
Takvaal (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2013 (UTC) British, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish decorations
Qzxpqbp (talk) 03:53, 14 April 2013 (UTC) Philippine civilian honors
JTiainen (talk) 15:35, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Scandinavian (Especially Finnish) , German, Baltic Imperial- and Soviet Russian awards. I have hundreds of pictures on my web site and in my hard disk. Let me know how I could authorize Wikipedia to use freely any pictures needeed from http:\\www.finnmedals.net?
Kintrix (talk) 13:33, 27 October 2013 (UTC) Generally most of my experience and interest is in US Awards, in particular US DoD and State military medals, though after some recent experience I've started looking at European orders and medals as well.
Taming (talk) 25th DEC. 2013 UK and Commonwealth ,soviet and chinese medals and decorations.
Lieutenantpdg (talk)- 13 March 2011 - Philippine Awards & Decorations
CambodiaSocial (talk) 05:52, 8 April 2014 (UTC) - Cambodian Honors and Decorations
NINTENPUG 13:49, 14 June 2014 (UTC) Mostly orders
Tjlynnjr (talk) 23:25, 4 August 2014 (UTC) Interested in all, to include "challenge coins".
BoonDock - John Dovey Mostly South African and Commonwealth medals with a passing interest in the UN Medals. BoonDock (talk) 19:54, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Zamorakphat (talk) 18:33, 24 February 2016 (UTC) I just really like medals
RevelationDirect (talk) 23:47, 20 March 2016 (UTC) Mostly in the categorization space.
Exemplo347 (talk) 20:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC) The 1857-59 Indian Mutiny
Charlesvvvv (talk) 13:12 7 July 2016 (UTC) Mainly interested in the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of the Black Eagle, and other European Orders.
CsikosLo (talk) 13:57, 22 July 2016 (UTC) US Army medals and awards
Jionunez (talk) 05:33 16 October 2016 (UTC) Particularly interested in more obscure medals and orders, especially those not limited to military personnel or heads of state.
Isaiasad2 (talk) 07:57, 8 november 2016 (UTC) US Medals and European Orders such as the Golden Fleece and the Garter.
Kiltpin (talk) 10:25, 16 November 2016 (UTC) Just general interest
Doctordrew Honours and Awards of the English-Speaking World (e.g. the US, UK, and Major Commonwealths)
Pmt (talk) 20:20, 30 October 2017 (UTC) Medal and orders design and designers
GELongstreet (talk) 18:44, 3 February 2018 (UTC) - Military medals and decorations, minor fixes & additions
Nat965 (talk) 22:57, 9 March 2018 (UTC) - Australian and UK honours system.
Hull19 (talk) 04:04, 12 June 2018 (UTC) - Interested in Canadian and Western European orders and decorations.
—— 22:24, 5 September 2018 (UTC) – I've been working on ribbons, templates, and their placement in mil bio articles.
Australian Coin Information (talk) 20:32, 4 November 2018 (UTC) - Israeli and related medals, ribbons, orders and decorations.
MarkZusab (talk) 01:19, 6 November 2018 (UTC), interested in working on various American and foreign government awards, learned of this WikiProject after creating DEA Purple Heart Award
CharlesViBritannia (talk) 15:46, 6 June 2019 (UTC), Dutch and British orders and decorations
MarkoOn - Croatian orders, decorations and medals.
Vulphere - Indonesian orders, decorations, and medals. --Vulphere 15:16, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Finnusertop – Highest state orders of any country. You can also contact me if you need help with Finland/Finnish sources. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 22:49, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Duke of Somewhere (talk) 17:10, 27 April 2021 (UTC) - Awards and Decorations (especially orders) of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
Statesmannnn - Orders and Medals of People's Republic of Bulgaria
Xuanxuan.shen - Orders and Medals of People's Republic of China
Robin S. Taylor - Orders of chivalry in the Commonwealth of Nations
1000mm (talk) 00:59, 4 July 2022 (UTC) - Norwegian awards, but also foreign ones awarded to personell in the Norwegian armed forces. Mainly active on no-Wiki, updating bios with ribbon bar graphics and info. Founder of a FB group where we discuss and identify ribbons on photos of military personell. Willing to participate in translating Norwegian medal names to English, and elsewhere my knowledge can be of use.
Nick Metcalfe (talk) 12:55, 11 September 2022 (UTC) - UK & Commonwealth gallantry awards, in particular Queen's Gallantry Medal, Colonial Police Medal For Gallantry, Burma Gallantry Medal.
ISUtahraptor (talk) 01:16, 22 October 2022 (UTC) - African orders and decorations, specifically Rhodesia and South Africa.
User:Lambik1982 (talk) - Orders, decorations and medals of Belgium, Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, NATO and important awards for valour from over the world.
ChaseYUL99 (talk) 09:35, 8 January 2023 (UTC) - Orders, decorations and medals from Canada.
Thornfield Hall US military decorations and uniforms, mostly navy and air force
DEnglish (talk) 23:44, 9 August 2023 (UTC) – Keen German>English (UK) translator. ODM interests: German (all eras, regimes, and historical territories), UK (incl. Empire & Commonwealth), and freemasonry (mainly UK, but internationally too).
Christian292004 15:56, 20 December 2023. My main interest is in US military decorations.