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February 13

Why exactly is the table in my Sandbox not sortable?

Why exactly is the table in my Sandbox not sortable and just what exactly do I need to do in order to change and fix this? Futurist110 (talk) 09:32, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

I took the liberty of copying the table from the previous section into your sandbox page, and it seems to work. So there must be some critical difference in the setup between the example and your table. I don't know specifically what. Maybe an expert will happen along here (such as Lambiam again), or maybe you could continue fiddling with your page to try to make the style match the example. The latter might be the more useful learning experience. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:15, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Because every row in your table is marked as a heading, by starting each row with "!". The first line can be a heading, later ones should start with "|".-gadfium 17:56, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I have now fixed this and it works right now! Futurist110 (talk) 21:40, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

A more appropriate place to ask questions about Wikipedia editing is at the Help desk.-gadfium 23:57, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! That's where I will ask these types of questions the next time around! Futurist110 (talk) 20:28, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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