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Such a component or property is called a sort key. For example, the items are books, the sort key is the title, subject or author, and the order is alphabetical. A new sort key can be created from two or more sort keys by lexicographical order. The first is then called the primary sort key, the second the secondary sort key, etc.
The sort key should mirror the article's title as closely as possible, while omitting disambiguating terms. Some exceptions are made, however, to force correct collation. Please note that some named individual animal have titles included in the article name (for example, Sergeant Stubby , a dog with a formal military rank) and are therefore ...
Other sort key considerations (in no particular order): In English Wikipedia, sort order merges (ignores) case and diacritics. For example, "Baé", "Båf", "BaG" would be sorted in that order. [5] The main article/s of a category, if existent, should get sorted with a space as key so that it/they appear(s) at the very top of the category.
{{DEFAULTSORT:<sort key>}} is a magic word used to modify the sequence of pages shown on category pages. The given sort key in a specific page is used to determine that page's position in all category pages where the page is listed. Note: The specific page will still be listed with its original title, regardless of the modified sort order. The ...
For example, on the Albert Einstein page, {{DEFAULTSORT:Einstein, Albert}} adds the sort key "Einstein, Albert" to all his categories, such as Category:1879 births. In the case of multiple default sort key tags, the last DEFAULTSORT on the final rendering of a page applies for all categories, regardless of the position of the category tags.
Sort keys may refer to: Help:Category § Sorting category pages, for categories; Help:Sortable tables § Specifying a sort key for a cell, for tables
Please see WP:SORT § Specifying a sort key for a cell for details. This template is used on approximately 109,000 pages . To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage .
All categories will then sort under "Smith" unless a sorting key is used for them (see below). For individual categories, use a sorting key . For example, an article categorized by [[Category:Proper category|Sorting key]] would appear under S within the category.