Template:Sortname/doc

Template page
Usage
{{sortname|first|last|optional link target|optional sort key}}

Creates a wikilinked name that can 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||&#35;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

Microformat

Template:UF-hcard-name

See also