Template:Sortname cell

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

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Usage

{{sortname cell|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 cell|first|last}}	data-sort-value="last, first" | [[first last|first last]]
2	{{sortname cell|first|last|nolink=1}}	data-sort-value="last, first" | first last
3	{{sortname cell|first|last|dab=disambiguator}}	data-sort-value="last, first" | [[first last (disambiguator)|first last]]
4	{{sortname cell|first|last|target}}	data-sort-value="last, first" | [[target|first last]]
5	{{sortname cell|first|last||sort}}	data-sort-value="sort" | [[first last|first last]]
6	{{sortname cell|first|last||sort|nolink=1}}	data-sort-value="sort" | first last
7	{{sortname cell|first|last|target|sort}}	data-sort-value="sort" | [[target|first last]]

#	What you type	What's displayed	What's sorted	What's linked
1	{{sortname cell|Tom|Jones}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones
2	{{sortname cell|Tom|Jones|nolink=1}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	(no link)
3	{{sortname cell|Tom|Jones|dab=singer}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones (singer)
4	{{sortname cell|Tom|Jones|Tom Jones (singer)}}	Tom Jones	Jones, Tom	Tom Jones (singer)
1	{{sortname cell|Fábio|da Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	Fábio da Silva
2	{{sortname cell|Fábio|da Silva|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	(no link)
3	{{sortname cell|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	da Silva, Fábio	Fábio Gomes da Silva
4	{{sortname cell|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio da Silva
5	{{sortname cell|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	(no link)
6	{{sortname cell|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio 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 cell|Mark|Evans}}	Mark Evans	Sir Evans, Mark	Mark Evans
1	{{sortname cell|Sir Mark|Evans}}	Sir Mark Evans	Evans, Sir Mark	Sir Mark Evans
3	{{sortname cell|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)}}	Sir Mark Evans	Evans, Sir Mark	Mark Evans (general)
6	{{sortname cell|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)|Evans, Mark}}	Sir Mark Evans	Evans, Mark	Mark Evans (general)
1	{{sortname cell|Fábio da|Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	Fábio da Silva
2	{{sortname cell|Fábio da|Silva|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	(no link)
3	{{sortname cell|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fábio da	Fábio Gomes da Silva
4	{{sortname cell|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	Fábio da Silva
5	{{sortname cell|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}}	Fábio da Silva	Silva, Fabio	(no link)
6	{{sortname cell|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}}	Fábio 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 cell|Examples||#Examples}}

gives: data-sort-value=", Examples" | Examples

Microformat

See also

• {{sortname}} – version without assumptions about where it is used - see talk for central sorting talk
• {{sort}} – see talk for central sorting talk
• {{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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