Controlling output order: Difference between revisions

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Prior to version 1.16 of MediaWiki, ''wikibits.js'' was typically called at the end of a page and performed ''sortables_init()''. Calling it explicitly did not result in it being recognized, but rather resulted in adding a second set of sort link buttons.

==ordermethod==

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Syntax:

'''Syntax:'''

<code>ordermethod=method1,method2,...</code> means ordered by method1 first, then by method2, etc. (like the ORDER BY clause in SQL)

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

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

;''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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;''user,lastedit'': outputs list sorted by user, then by lastedit by the user

;''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)'''

;''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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Example:

'''Example:'''

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This list will output pages that have <nowiki>[[Category:Africa]]</nowiki> showing most recently edited articles at the top.

==order==

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Example:

'''Syntax:'''

<code>order=orderdirection</code>

''orderdirection'' can be one of:

* ''descending'' ~~— outputs list from most recent to least recent~~

* ''descending''

* ''ascending'' ~~—~~ ~~outputs list from least recent to most recent —~~ '''(default)'''

* ''ascending'' — '''(default)'''

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Example:

If combined with <code>{{DPL|ordermethod}}</code>, the <code>''ascending''</code> and <code>''descending''</code> values can control the sort direction of some ordermethod values, such as <code>ordermethod=''title''</code>.

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'''Example:'''

* ''descending'' — outputs list from most recent to least recent

* ''ascending'' — outputs list from least recent to most recent — '''(default)'''

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This list will output pages that have <nowiki>[[Category:Africa]]</nowiki> shown, ordered from oldest to newest.

In addition, the edit date will be presented with each article.

==ordercollation==

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Note: A very special (proprietory) function can be used to sort card suit symbols according to the rank of suits that is used in the card game of bridge (this cannot be done by standard collating sequences). To trigger this function, set <code>ordercollation=bridge</code>.

Example:

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'''Example:'''

<code>ordercollation=latin1_german_ci</code>