Forum:Mandate DEFAULTSORT

For those of you unfamiliar with this template, its purpose is to properly sort articles in their categories. You stick it right above the category and it automatically determines how the article is alphabetized in a category. This is particularly important for character articles, as the character articles are not generally alphabetized properly. To point out a couple examples for demonstration purposes:
 * Bern Adollu uses DEFAULTSORT in the form of . In Category: SW Fanon Featured articles, it appears under "A" because it's sorted by last name, as it should be.
 * Conrad Bac does not use DEFAULTSORT. It it categorized under "C" for Conrad, not "B" for Bac, as it should be. This is unprofessional and makes the category look bad by causing inconsistent with those articles that are formatted correctly.

I propose that DEFAULTSORT be mandated for all character GAs and FAs at the very least. This could be used for fanwork articles, so The Fanon Menace would be sorted under F for Fanon and not T for The.

Add proposals/discuss as needed.

Proposal 1 (Character FAs and GAs)
All character FAs and GAs must use DEFAULTSORT correctly to ensure proper categorization.

Support

 * 1) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 17:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposal 2 (Fanwork FAs and GAs)
All fanwork FAs and GAs must use DEFAULTSORT correctly to ensure proper categorization.

Support

 * 1) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 17:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)