Hi Robin, Was this a one off error, or something that keeps showing?
I didn't even know we /had/ a guru ;) -- sannse On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Robin-P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Ciz. > DEFAULTSORT has changed, I think. When I previously read about it, I got the > clear impression that a new DEFAULTSORT on a page would apply to all > subsequently-listed categories until replaced by another DEFAULTSORT lower > down. Not now. > > So for what we want (listing by PAGENAME in the relevant surname category > but - as is normal for sorting people - by surname in all others) it seems > we should have the normal DEFAULTSORT right at the bottom of the page (so > that it's not overriden by any later ones hidden in templates) and use a > specific sort order pipe for the surname category. > > Trying just now to update the notes on Template:Surname, I get an amusing > error: > > > Error 400 Bad Request > > Bad Request > > Guru Meditation: > > XID: 1373567348 > > Varnish Best of luck with the big fix, guru! > > [Mr] Robin Forlonge Patterson, > 88 Motuhara Road, Plimmerton, Porirua City 5026, New Zealand > Member of NZ Society of Genealogists since 1974 > http://wc.rootsweb.com/~robinp > And see http://genealogy.wikia.com/ a free cooperative MediaWiki site > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cizaña > To: Central Wikia Mailing List > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 4:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Wikia-l] DEFAULTSORT not working properly > The page has {{DEFAULTSORT:Cronman, Elisabeth}} at the bottom and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Categories#Default_sort_key says that if > there are different default sorts it will pick the bottom one. Since it only > says about DEFAULTSORT i took a bold step and tested < > http://genealogy.wikia.com/index.php?title=Elisabeth_Cronman_%281630-1687%29&diff=199619&oldid=195346 >> > and looks like it now works properly because as it says it picks the bottom > one if various are present. > > Ciz > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Robin-P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> See >> >> http://genealogy.wikia.com/index.php?title=Elisabeth_Cronman_%281630-1687%29&action=edit >> >> It is placed below the surname template and >> therefore should not affect it - but it does, >> listing Elisabeth under "C". In the surnames >> category we want people listed by first name (i.e. >> pagename). >> >> I mentioned it a few weeks ago on the genealogy >> mailing list. Some kind person tweaked something >> so that the other reported malfunction of >> DEFAULTSORT was fixed. But this one is still in >> effect >> >> [Mr] Robin Forlonge Patterson, >> 88 Motuhara Road, Plimmerton, Porirua City 5026, >> New Zealand >> Member of NZ Society of Genealogists since 1974 >> http://wc.rootsweb.com/~robinp >> And see http://genealogy.wikia.com/ a free >> cooperative MediaWiki site >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
