Talk:Sandy D'Alemberte

Latest comment: 17 years ago by Stemonitis in topic Category indexing

Category indexing edit

I have restored the sort key of "Dalemberte, Sandy", rather than its equivalent "Dalemberte, Talbot" (with or without "Sandy" after it). This is because the name "Talbot" does not appear in the title, and will therefore not appear in category listings. The sort key is not a substitute for article naming, and no text should appear in the sort key which does not appear in the title. It would only confuse people to have a list of people named (for example) "Sally", "Sandy", "Steven", "Taffy" and "Trevor" sorted as "Sally", "Steven", "Taffy", "Sandy" and "Trevor", just because the person covered by the article "Sandy Xxx" is really called "Talbot Xxx". The sorting must be based solely on the visible text; articles are only sorted by forename if the forename is included in the title. I had overlooked the additional "Talbot" and quote marks in my previous edits, for which I apologise, and I hope this comment will clarify the issue. --Stemonitis 18:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Reply