Template:Sortname/doc

Usage

{{sortname|first|last|optional link target|optional sort key}}

Alternative version of {{sort}} tailored to the wikilinked names of persons, to be used in a sortable table (created with class="wikitable sortable").

• The default sort key is "last, first".
• The link label is "first last".
• The default link target is "first last"

The optional link target is useful when "first last" is a disambiguation page instead of the desired article, or when linking to a section of a page.

The optional sort key is useful in the case of special characters such as é.

Optional parameters

|dab=disambiguator

Wikilinks to "first last (disambiguator)".
(Note: ignored if optional link target is not blank.)

|nolink=1

Suppresses wikilinking the name, useful for list entries which are likely to never have articles so shouldn't be redlinked.
(Note: optional link target ignored when "|nolink=1" used.)

Examples

#	What you type	What's generated
1	{{sortname|first|last}}	<span data-sort-value="last, first">[[first last|first last]]</span>
2	{{sortname|first|last|nolink=1}}	<span data-sort-value="last, first">first last</span>
3	{{sortname|first|last|dab=disambiguator}}	<span data-sort-value="last, first">[[first last (disambiguator)|first last]]</span>
4	{{sortname|first|last|target}}	<span data-sort-value="last, first">[[target|first last]]</span>
5	{{sortname|first|last||sort}}	<span data-sort-value="sort">[[first last|first last]]</span>
6	{{sortname|first|last||sort|nolink=1}}	<span data-sort-value="sort">first last</span>
7	{{sortname|first|last|target|sort}}	<span data-sort-value="sort">[[target|first last]]</span>

#	What you type	What's displayed	What's sorted	What's linked
1	{{sortname|Tom|Jones}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones
2	{{sortname|Tom|Jones|nolink=1}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	(no link)
3	{{sortname|Tom|Jones|dab=singer}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones (singer)
4	{{sortname|Tom|Jones|Tom Jones (singer)}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones (singer)
1	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	Fábio da Silva
2	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	(no link)
3	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	Fábio Gomes da Silva
4	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio da Silva
5	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	(no link)
6	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio Gomes da Silva

Things you might not expect

#	What you type	What's displayed	What's sorted	What's linked
-	[[Mark Evans]]	Mark Evans	Mark Evans	Mark Evans
-	[[Mark Evans (general)|Mark Evans]]	Mark Evans	Mark Evans (general)	Mark Evans (general)
1	Sir {{sortname|Mark|Evans}}	Sir Mark Evans	Sir Evans, Mark	Mark Evans
1	{{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans}}	Sir Mark Evans	Evans, Sir Mark	Sir Mark Evans
3	{{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)}}	Sir Mark Evans	Evans, Sir Mark	Mark Evans (general)
6	{{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)|Evans, Mark}}	Sir Mark Evans	Evans, Mark	Mark Evans (general)
1	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	Fábio da Silva
2	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	(no link)
3	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	Fábio Gomes da Silva
4	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio da Silva
5	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	(no link)
6	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio Gomes da Silva

Note

To link to a section within the page in which the template appears, encode the number sign:

{{Sortname|Examples||#Examples}}

gives: Examples

and for an inline Interlanguage link the initial colon must be encoded as %3A

{{Sortname|Hanning|Schröder|%3Ade:Hanning Schröder}}

gives: Hanning Schröder

See also

• Help:Sortable tables#Specifying a sort key for a cell
• {{sort}} – see talk for central sorting talk
• {{Date table sorting}}  – for using dates in sortable tables
• {{Number table sorting}}  – for using alphabetic sort mode for numbers in sortable tables
• {{Last word}}

No description.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
First Name	1	no description Example Tom	Unknown	required
Last Name	2	no description Example Jones	Unknown	required
Optional Link Target	3	no description Example Tom Jones (singer)	Page name	optional
Optional Sort Key	4	no description Example Jones, Tom	Unknown	optional
Disambiguator (no brackets)	dab	no description Example singer	Unknown	optional
No Link	nolink	Type "1" for no wikilink to appear Example 1	Unknown	optional
sort	sort	no description	Unknown	optional
last	last	no description	Unknown	optional
first	first	no description	Unknown	optional
link	link	no description	Unknown	optional