User talk:Wavelength/Sandbox 4/Alphabetization and collation

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Wavelength in topic Previous discussions

This page is for User:Noetica and User:Wavelength to discuss preparation of guidelines for alphabetization and collation on Wikipedia.


Previous discussions

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Here is a permanent link to a preliminary discussion of the topic: User talk:Noetica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [section 4: "Alphabetization (given names, surnames, domestic name order, thorn)"].

Here is a permanent link to a subsequent discussion of the topic: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [section 42: "Alphabetization and collation"].

Here is a permanent link to a third discussion of the topic: Wikipedia talk:Lists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [section 29: "Alphabetization and collation"].

-- Wavelength (talk) 06:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
At this time, the third discussion has added nothing substantial. -- Wavelength (talk) 06:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

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D1 = first discussion; D2 = second discussion; D3 = third discussion; D4 = fourth discussion; W = User:Wavelength; N = User:Noetica;
Ar = User:Army1987; Re = User:Reywas92; Pe = User:Pegship; Fe = User:FeanorStar7; Ng = User:Nowimnthing; Ta = User:Taiwan boi; Kz = User:Kmzundel; Bo = User:Bookgrrl; Ja = User:JackofOz; Kp = User:Knepflerle; Wo = User:Woodstone

Table of features in alphabetization and collation
Feature Example(s) Previous comment(s) (spare column)
space _ *D1 W3;
*D2 W4;
*D2 Pe1: word by word;
*D2 Fe1: word by word;
*D2 Ng1: word by word;
*D2 Ta1: word by word;
*D2 Kz1;
*D2 Bo2: word by word;
*D1 Ja1: letter by letter;
*D2 Kp1: letter by letter
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capitals _ *D2 W4 _
apostrophe _ _ _
hyphen _ _ _
dash _ _ _
period _ _ _
comma _ _ _
colon _ _ _
semi-colon _ _ _
question mark _ _ _
exclamation mark _ _ _
quotation marks _ _ _
number sign _ _ _
numerals _ *D2 Ar: sort numbers by value;
*D2 Bo1: numerical or chronological order
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ampersand _ _ _
parentheses _ _ _
virgule _ _ _
other Western symbols _ _ _
Latin letters with diacritics _ _ _
quasi-Latin letters without diacritics _ _ _
quasi-Latin letters with diacritics _ _ _
Esperanto letters _ _ _
Greek letters _ _ _
Cyrillic letters _ _ _
IPA symbols _ _ _
italics _ _ _
bold type _ _ _
underscore _ _ _
abbreviations _ *D2 Re1: sort St. and Mt. as Saint and Mount;
*D2 Ng1;
*D2 Ta1: as if spelled out, except Mrs.;
*D2 Bo1: as full word;
*D2 Kp1: spell out abbreviations
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titles _ *D1 W3 _
domestic name order _ *D1 N1: use conventional English adaptation;
*D2 W4
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main name element for list order _ *D1 N1: order by surname, for all name orders;
*D2 Fe1: alphabetize in natural language order
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M', Mc, Mac _ *D1 N1: treat Mc as if it were Mac;
*D1 W3;
*D2 W4;
*D2 Ta1: Mc as Mac;
*D2 Bo1: alphabetize as spelled
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de, von, van, etc. _ *D1 N1: generally ignore, unless fixed without spaces;
*D2 Ar: use surname most commonly used;
*D2 W4;
*D2 Ja1;
*D2 Wo1;
*D2 Kn2
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a, an, the _ _ _
prepositions _ _ _
transliteration _ *D1 N1: use most common English transliteration;
*D1 N3;
*D2 Ar1: use most common English spelling
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(spare row) _ _ _
(spare row) _ _ _

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