{{sort}}, as the name implies, allows for the sorting of items — particularly in tables.
- Usage
{{sort|sort value|displayed value}}
The first parameter is the sortkey; the second parameter is the wikitext of what has to be displayed. By default, this is the sortkey with link brackets.
Example
|{{sort|Brothers Karamazov|[[The Brothers Karamazov]]}}
It presently works through hidden CSS, as described at Wikipedia:Help:Sorting. If a cleaner way of doing this is developed, the template will be changed. A table using this template should use it in all rows.
Note: You should always have the same number of columns for a given table. E.g., if the wikitable will be sorting the numbers 56 (foo), 94 (bar), and 103 (baz), then your templates within that wikitable should be
{{sort|056|foo}}
{{sort|094|bar}}
{{sort|103|baz}}