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== Re: Old Woman or Woman, Old == | |||
I'm not actually sure where to find a policy on it, but I certainly think <nowiki>{{NameSort}}</nowiki> is almost only really usable when it's a characters "real name" - e.g. "Susan Foreman" - "Foreman, Susan", or "Penelope Creighton-Ward" - "Creighton-Ward, Penelope". I personally feel it's neater not to do the same type of sorting with a non-"real name"-name, like "Old lady", "British newsreader", "Very tall woman", etc., except when it contains a name as a possessive (e.g. "Penelope Creighton-Ward's friend" - "Creighton-Ward, Penelope's friend"). As I said, dunno where the actual policy would be so I can't support my stance with actual policy, but I suppose precedent could work, as I believe general style is to not NameSort pages that aren't a name. [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:56, 20 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Re: Old Woman or Woman, Old[[edit source]]
I'm not actually sure where to find a policy on it, but I certainly think {{NameSort}} is almost only really usable when it's a characters "real name" - e.g. "Susan Foreman" - "Foreman, Susan", or "Penelope Creighton-Ward" - "Creighton-Ward, Penelope". I personally feel it's neater not to do the same type of sorting with a non-"real name"-name, like "Old lady", "British newsreader", "Very tall woman", etc., except when it contains a name as a possessive (e.g. "Penelope Creighton-Ward's friend" - "Creighton-Ward, Penelope's friend"). As I said, dunno where the actual policy would be so I can't support my stance with actual policy, but I suppose precedent could work, as I believe general style is to not NameSort pages that aren't a name. Cookieboy 2005 ☎ 09:56, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
