Wikipedia:Categorization/Sorting names

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Ordering names in a category

It is possible to change the default order in which the articles in a Category are displayed on the Category: page. For general instructions and conventions about this, see Wikipedia:Categorization § Sort keys. Note that there are two techniques for defining a sort order different from the sort order that would result from the page name:

  1. Adding {{DEFAULTSORT:category sort key here}} in the article sets the category sort key for all categories without sort keys in that article, before or after it.
  2. Per listed category, overriding the DEFAULTSORT, [[Category:Category name here|category sort key here]]

The sort key should mirror the article's title as closely as possible, while omitting disambiguating terms. Some exceptions are made, however, to force correct collation.

Please note that some named individual animal have titles included in the article name (for example, Sergeant Stubby, a dog with a formal military rank) and are therefore subject to this guideline.

Sort by surname

If the article is titled "Forename Surname", the category should be added to the article as [[Category:Type X people|Surname, Forename]] (or: {{DEFAULTSORT:Surname, Forename}}) so that it will be sorted by

family name are used interchangeably in this article). However, there are exceptions depending on customs, where a person lives and when they lived. If the country is not listed, try consulting with Names of persons : national usages for entry in catalogue in the bibliography section. It is a resource for how librarians and institutions inside their respective country sort names. However, the sort value may be inappropriate outside their country.[1]

  • Islamic names historically had no family or given names, but a full chain of names. These names should be sorted as they are written out. However, after 1900, Arabic names became similar in structure to those of Western names, and these should be sorted as if they were Western names. Certain areas form exceptions: for example, in Malaysia, Islamic names follow a patronymic pattern, as do a subset in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.[2][3]
  • honorific, the name should be sorted with the elements succeeding the honorific.[4][5] U Thant
    is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Thant, U}}.
  • Cambodian names are generally written with the family name first: Mao Zedong is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Mao, Zedong}}.[6][7]
  • Eritrean and Ethiopian (Habesha) names that use a patronymic system are sorted as they are written.[8]
  • Icelandic names are generally patronymic and occasionally matronymic, with a person's last name derived from their father's or mother's given name. For example, Arnaldur Indriðason is the son of Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. Normally a patronymic name is sorted as it is written.[9] However, on English Wikipedia, the DEFAULTSORT value is Western order, overridden for Icelandic categories, where the sort key is as the name is written. Arnaldur Indriðason is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Indridason, Arnaldur}}, while the Icelandic category of photographers is done, [[Category:Icelandic photographers|Arnaldur Indridason]]. For the listas= parameter in project templates on article talk pages use the DEFAULTSORT value (since it mainly categorises in non-Icelandic categories), e.g., | listas = Indridason, Arnaldur.[10]
  • Indonesian names may be sorted by surname or in the order they are written depending on the Ethnic background of the individual. Javanese names (the most populous ethnic group in Indonesia) do not generally have surnames and may be sorted in the order they are written.
  • Japanese names for people born after 1885 follow Western order. For people born before 1885, names followed the same practice as Chinese names.[11][12][13]
  • Malaysian names usually use a patronymic system and are sorted as they are written. There are exceptions; most notably, Malaysian Chinese names are handled as regular Chinese names.[14]
  • Portuguese names (Portugal only) are commonly composed of one or two given names, and two family names. In a compound family name, the first name is the mother's maiden name, with the second name being the father's surname. These names should be sorted on the last element or the father's name. Francisco da Costa Gomes is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Francisco da Costa}}.[15][16]
  • Spanish names are similar to Portuguese names in that they are commonly composed of one or two given names, and two family names. However, in a compound family name, the first name is the father's name, while the second name is the mother's name. The sort value depends on how many names are in the articles title. For Gabriel García Márquez, with two family names and one given name, the sort is {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Marquez, Gabriel}}. For José Ignacio García Hamilton, with two family names and two given names, the sort is {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Hamilton, Jose Ignacio}}. Be careful, as the article's title may include any combination of given names and family names.[17][18]
  • Thai names have only contained a family name since 1915 and the name follows the western pattern of "given name, family name". However, people in Thailand are known and addressed by their given name. In categories mostly containing articles about Thai people, all names should be sorted with the given name first. For example, Thaksin Shinawatra is sorted [[Category:Thai people|Thaksin Shinawatra]].[19] That the entries in a category are sorted in this way for this reason should be indicated on the category page, for which the {{Thai people category}} template can be used. Thai names in categories which only contain relatively few such names should, in these categories, be sorted without applying the "sort by given name before family" exception, which only applies to categories which dominantly contain Thai names and which are entirely sorted the Thai way. user:cewbot
    is now maintaining sort keys in Thai-people categories.
  • Most Muslim Turkish names before 1934 had no surname. After 1934, people adopted surnames.[20]

Historical patronymic names

The patronymic system was once common throughout Europe and in some parts of the world. See Patronymic for the list of systems used in each country. Patronymic names should be sorted on their first name. The following is to distinguish how to sort the relevant historical people in some of the more common languages:

  • East Slavic languages (Russian and Ukrainian) with the ending -ovich, -ovych, -yevich, -yich are used to form patronymics for men. For women, the endings are -yevna, -yivna, -ovna, ivna or -ichna. For example, in Russian, a man named Ivan with a father named Nikolay would be known as Ivan Nikolayevich or 'Ivan, son of Nikolay'.
  • Irish names were formed by using Mac for "son of", Ó or Ua for "grandson of", for "daughter of the grandson of", Nic for "daughter of the son of" and finally, for "wife of the grandson of". The transition to fixed surnames began around 1000 and was completed after 1200. An example would be Ailill mac Dúnlainge, son of Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig
    .
  • Jewish names were formed by using ben or bar for "son of" and bat for "daughter of". Permanent surnames started in the Iberian Peninsula around 1000 and spread eastward over the next 700 years.[21]
  • Sverker Karlsson, the son of Karl Sverkersson
    . See also the section about Icelandic names above.
  • Donnchad mac Crínáin and is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Mael Coluim Mac Donnchada}}.[22]
  • Act of Union were mostly patronymic, but people had begun to use fixed surnames for over 100 years. The patronymic practice continued after 1536 and is still used today. In the Welsh language, the word meaning son is ap or ab. The word meaning daughter is merch or verch (modern spelling ferch). Rhiryd ap Bleddyn was the son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhiryd Ap Bleddyn}}.[23]

Nobility

Other exceptions

References

  1. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. IX–XI
  2. ^ a b c d Hedden, Heather (April 2007). "Arabic names" (PDF). The Indexer. 25 (3). Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.74
  4. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.75
  5. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 155–158
  6. ^ Akhtar, Nasreen (April 1989). "Asian names" (PDF). The Indexer. 16 (3). Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003
  8. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 64–65
  9. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 88–90
  10. ^ "Sort keys for Icelandic names". WikiProject Iceland. Wikipedia. January 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  11. ^ Power, John (June 2008). "Japanese names" (PDF). The Indexer. 26 (2). Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  12. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.80
  13. ^ a b IFLA 1996, pp. 118–120
  14. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 145–149
  15. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.81
  16. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 185–186
  17. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.82
  18. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 211–213
  19. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 232–234
  20. ^ Alakas, Meral (April 2007). "Turkish names" (PDF). The Indexer. 25 (3). Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  21. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 108–110
  22. ^ "Scottish Surnames and Variants". Scotland's people. Scotland. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  23. ^ Moore, Donald (April 1990). "The Indexing of Welsh personal names" (PDF). The Indexer. 17 (1). Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  24. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.37
  25. ^ a b c Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.38
  26. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.41
  27. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.72
  28. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.39
  29. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.71
  30. ^ Butcher's copy-editing 2006, p. 195
  31. ^ Chicago Manual of Style 2003, p. 18.69
  32. ^ IFLA 1996, pp. 252–253
  33. ^ Indexing Books 2005, p. 169
  34. ^ a b Pitchford, Jacqueline (October 2006). "Dutch, German, Austrian, Flemish and Afrikaans names" (PDF). The Indexer. 25 (2). Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  35. ^ a b IFLA 1996, pp. 29–31
  36. ^ "Defaultsort". WikiProject Football. Wikipedia. June 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

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