Category talk:Facts articles- person

Misfits at the start
At present a couple of dozen person articles are listed as though their names started with commas. They would be better distributed under letters of the alphabet, as are the bulk of the articles. I hope someone familiar with SMW can look at a couple, immediately see why they are nonconforming, and either fix them or leave instructions for one of us followers to follow to fix the problem. — Robin Patterson (Talk) 13:45, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Inconsistencies in the sections headed by letters
Before anyone does any hard work on the above, we should reach a consensus about the desired standard order. Henry I, King of England (1068-1135) appears under "B", which someone may understand. A few (e.g. Amelia Avery (1868-1934), Catherine Avery (1852-1921), Charlotte Mignon Crabtree (1847), Elizabeth Avery (1850-1937), Hiram Innes Gilbert (1849-1925), John Avery (1845-1915), Louise Henriëtte van Nassau (1627-1667), Martha Clark Hamilton (c1837), Mary Ann Clarke (1815-1904), Nicholas Messerly (1793), Samuel A Richards (1847-1940)) are here listed in PAGENAME order, which is the standard for surname categories but probably nowhere else. Most are listed in surname order, which (reassuringly) suggests that our standard DEFAULTSORT mechanism is working right. (And what comes after the surname to define the precise order appears to be PAGENAME rather than "Given names" - otherwise why is Catherine Anne Cramp listed before Catherine Cramp?) Which order is better? — Robin Patterson (Talk) 13:45, 21 July 2009 (UTC)