[Mediawiki-l] Order of 1st-2nd names of persons in page titles and category list

[Steve VanSlyck]

Yes, that's right. "Given name" used to be called "Christian Name."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Kassoe Andersen" <kassoe at direction.dk>
To: "'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'" 
<mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:00:47 +0100
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Order of 1st-2nd names of persons in page titles 
and category list

> Clarification:
> 1st name = given name
> 2nd name = surname
> 
> Bjorn
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bjorn Kassoe Andersen [mailto:kassoe at direction.dk] 
> > Sent: 5. februar 2010 17:38
> > To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
> > Subject: Order of 1st-2nd names of persons in page titles and 
> > category list
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm working on a wiki that include book titles and book 
> > authors, all in the same name space.
> > 
> > I want to be able to display a list of authors by second 
> > name. All authors are in a the category "Author" and I use 
> > the [[Category:NAME|SORT]] to sort by second name.
> > 
> > The category list I get this way does sort as specified, but 
> > each author is still displayed with the first name first - 
> > which makes list hard to overview.
> > 
> > Appears that I do have an option to change the page titles 
> > for author pages to "[2nd name],_[1st name]" - but I'd prefer 
> > not to do this.
> > 
> > Any hints?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > Bjorn
> > 
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