Template:Sortname

<span data-sort-value="{{{last}}}, {{{first}}}">[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]]</span>

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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|James|Bixby}}	James Bixby	Bixby, James	James Bixby
2	{{sortname|James|Bixby|nolink=1}}	James Bixby	Bixby, James	(no link)
3	{{sortname|James|Bixby|dab=person}}	James Bixby	Bixby, James	James Bixby (person)
4	{{sortname|James|Bixby|James Bixby (person)}}	James Bixby	Bixby, James	James Bixby (person)

Note

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

{{Sortname|Examples||#Examples}}

gives: Examples

See also

• w:Help:Sorting#Specifying a sort key for a cell
• {{sort}} – general sorting
• {{Date table sorting}}  – for using dates in sortable tables
• {{Number table sorting}}  – for using alphabetic sort mode for numbers in sortable tables
• {{Last word}}

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