Template:Sortname/doc

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 never likely to 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 style="display:none;">last, first</span>[[first last]]
2	{{sortname|first|last|nolink=1}}	<span style="display:none;">last, first</span>first last
3	{{sortname|first|last|dab=disambiguator}}	<span style="display:none;">last, first</span>[[first last (disambiguator)|first last]]
4	{{sortname|first|last|target}}	<span style="display:none;">last, first</span>[[target|first last]]
5	{{sortname|first|last||sort}}	<span style="display:none;">sort</span>[[first last]]
6	{{sortname|first|last||sort|nolink=1}}	<span style="display:none;">sort</span>first last
7	{{sortname|first|last|target|sort}}	<span style="display:none;">sort</span>[[target|first last]]

#	What you type	What's displayed	What's sorted	What's linked
1	{{sortname|Tom|Jones}}	Jones, TomTom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones
2	{{sortname|Tom|Jones|nolink=1}}	Jones, TomTom Jones	Jones, Tom	(no link)
3	{{sortname|Tom|Jones|dab=singer}}	Jones, TomTom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones (singer)
4	{{sortname|Tom|Jones|Tom Jones (singer)}}	Jones, TomTom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones (singer)
1	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva}}	da Silva, FábioFábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	Fábio da Silva
2	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|nolink=1}}	da Silva, FábioFábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	(no link)
3	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}}	da Silva, FábioFábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	Fábio Gomes da Silva
4	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio}}	Silva, FabioFábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio da Silva
5	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}}	Silva, FabioFábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	(no link)
6	{{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}}	Silva, FabioFábio 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 Evans, MarkMark Evans	Sir Evans, Mark	Mark Evans
1	{{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans}}	Evans, Sir MarkSir Mark Evans	Evans, Sir Mark	Sir Mark Evans
3	{{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)}}	Evans, Sir MarkSir Mark Evans	Evans, Sir Mark	Mark Evans (general)
6	{{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)|Evans, Mark}}	Evans, MarkSir Mark Evans	Evans, Mark	Mark Evans (general)
1	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva}}	Silva, Fábio daFábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	Fábio da Silva
2	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|nolink=1}}	Silva, Fábio daFábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	(no link)
3	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}}	Silva, Fábio daFábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	Fábio Gomes da Silva
4	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio}}	Silva, FabioFábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio da Silva
5	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}}	Silva, FabioFábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	(no link)
6	{{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}}	Silva, FabioFábio 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: , ExamplesExamples

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's name parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Classes

The hCard in this template uses at least some of these HTML classes:

• agent
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• n
• nickname
• org
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.

See also

• {{sort}} – see talk for central sorting talk
• {{dts}}  – for using dates in sortable tables
• {{nts}}  – for using alphabetic sort mode for numbers in sortable tables
• {{sortfrac}} – for sorting numbers which can contain fractions