Template talk:Sort

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Please add an option to display names in an East Asian order ("last name" "first name"). KKhuc92 (talk) 06:49, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't entering such a name in the desired order get that result? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 09:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:31, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to add substitution support for this, which would help with e.g. {{AfC accept/B percentage}} (used in the {{AfC accept}} talk page message). However, doing so in the sandbox leads to results like {{subst:Percentage/sandbox|1|5|2}} = <span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>20%. This seems to be offering a more precise value than the displayed one, but the extra code is generally going to be unwanted. Is there a way to resolve this? Sdkb ^talk 20:58, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb That's probably a question for Module:Sortkey --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:12, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As Dicklyon said previously (now in the archives) the examples in the sortname template documentation could use examples of how to put in names with Jr. and Sr.; this is not obvious to everyone. — Misha Vargas (talk | contribs) 08:07, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]