[Wikipedia-l] order of lists of works & prizes

[tarquin]

Of the 5 nobel prize pages, 3 start from the present day, 2 go forward 
from 1901.

I found a page on filmographies etc which suggest that lists start from 
the most recent item:
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia_talk:Filmographies_and_Discographies

A comment on the talk page Wikipedia talk:Filmographies and 
Discographies raises the fact that this order may have been influenced 
by the IMDB's filmographies.

IMO lists of prize awards or works are in a sense timelines, and as such 
should go forwards.
what are your opinions?