Controlling output order: Difference between revisions

'''''methodN''''' can be one of the following '''single''' values:

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! Method

! Description

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|'''''categoryadd'''''

|Outputs list based on most recent addition to the first category (requires to include one category and one only using 'category' parameter).

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|'''''counter'''''

|Outputs list based on the number of times the page has been viewed (by ~popularity).

{{note|'''Note:''' Requires the [[mw:Extension:HitCounters|HitCounters]] extension for wikis on MediaWiki 1.25.0 or higher since the counter feature was removed<ref>[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDisableCounters Manual:$wgDisableCounters]</ref>; this extension is not yet available on Miraheze wikis.}}

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|'''''size'''''

|Outputs list based on the size of the article (bytes of wiki text).

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|'''''firstedit'''''

|Outputs list based on first edit to the pages (creation).

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|'''''lastedit'''''

|Outputs list based on most recent edit to the pages.

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|'''''pagetouched'''''

|Outputs list based on 'page_touched' timestamp. Read comment on page_touched field in [[mw:Page_table|Page_table]] to see the difference from most recent edit by an author.

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|'''''pagesel'''''

|Outputs list based on the names of the reference pages which are used in the selection of a <code>linksfrom</code> or <code>linksto</code> statement. ''pagesel'' only makes sense if there is more than one page mentioned in the <code>linksfrom</code> or <code>linksto</code> condition.

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|'''''title'''''

|Outputs list sorted by article (prefix +) title.

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|'''''titlewithoutnamespace'''''

|Outputs list sorted by the article name regardless of namespace.

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|'''''sortkey'''''

|Outputs list sorted by title and [[mw:Help:Categories#Sort key|sortkey]], requires at least one category statement and a sortkey must be set on at least one of the output pages.

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|'''''none'''''

|Do not apply any ordering (except ordering by timestamp if you requested a list of revisions); this method '''must be used when you specify '''openreferences=yes'''. — '''(default)'''.

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'''''methodN''''' can also be one of the following '''combination''' of values (see also [[Controlling output format#headingmode|''headingmode'']] option):

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! Method

! Description

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|'''''category,firstedit'''''

|Outputs list sorted by category, then by first edit.

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|'''''category,lastedit'''''

|Outputs list sorted by category, then by last edit within a category.

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|'''''category,pagetouched'''''

|Outputs list sorted by category, then by pagetouched.

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|'''''category,sortkey'''''

|Outputs list sorted by title and [[mw:Help:Categories#Sort key|sortkey]], requires at least one category statement and a sortkey must be set on at least one of the output pages.

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|'''''user,firstedit'''''

|Outputs list sorted by user, then by firstedit by the user.

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|'''''user,lastedit'''''

|Outputs list sorted by user, then by lastedit by the user.

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