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DEFAULTSORT sort key not inherited by talk page
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The {{DEFAULTSORT:}} magic word affects only the category sorting for the page upon which it is placed, and not that of the associated talk page (see, for example, the categories of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burrell_%26_Sons, where the page is sorted under B, and of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Burrell_%26_Sons, which is sorted under C), so I know that the sort key is definitely not inherited by the talk page. Is this non-inheritance (a) a MediaWiki limitation; (b) a deliberate omission for performance reasons; (c) a bug that can be fixed or (d) a feature which it's possible to implement?

Version: 1.17.x
Severity: enhancement

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 11:26 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Categories.
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Redrose64 created this task.Feb 20 2011, 9:27 PM
• MZMcBride added a comment.Feb 21 2011, 2:18 AM

This is probably a duplicate of bug 16448.

Redrose64 added a comment.Feb 21 2011, 3:51 PM

No, 16448 is about adding a means for finding the {{DEFAULTSORT:sort key}} within wikicode on the same page (such as in templates). This request is about making a {{DEFAULTSORT:}} affect the talk page as well as the page upon which it is placed. So, the {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrell, Charles}} on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burrell_%26_Sons should affect the category sorting of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Burrell_%26_Sons

Bawolff added a comment.Sep 11 2011, 12:50 AM

I'm unconvinced this would actually be a good thing to do.

DannyS712 closed this task as Declined.Sep 14 2019, 3:21 AM
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Not a bug; a page can have a different sort key than its talk page

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