On 22 July 2010 17:34, Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:34 AM, David Gerard
<dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Please don't remove the feature where the
first letter of the sort key
> is displayed in the rendered category page, and if necessary add what
> it takes to keep it.
> There are scripts where this will be a hard problem, but it's still
> much-used and much-loved in those where it isn't.
Is it? What use does it serve? We don't have it
for any other type
of list. We have zillions of types of page lists, and category pages
are the only ones that have the first letter displayed. It makes the
columns uneven, and is completely crazy for some scripts (like CJK,
AFAICT).
I'm basing this claim on the remarkable effort people go to to get
things to sort on the category page *just right*. People clearly use
this feature, and work hard to use it.
Take it to the VP (technical) on en:wp and I would be amazed if people
don't protest hugely at the prospect of it disappearing. Maybe I'm
wrong, but asking the users would be a good idea first.
- d.