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Bug 45771 - Sort namespaces by name (not by internal numbers)
Sort namespaces by name (not by internal numbers)
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Special pages (Other open bugs)
1.21.x
All All
: Low enhancement (vote)
: ---
Assigned To: Aravind K N
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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2013-03-06 11:28 UTC by Helder
Modified: 2014-02-12 23:35 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Description Helder 2013-03-06 11:28:27 UTC
I noticed there are several places where MediaWiki shows a list of available namespaces, but they are sorted according to their internal number. E.g.:, at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist
we have a select box with the following items (in this order):
* all
* (Article)
* Talk
* User
* User talk
* Wikipedia
* Wikipedia talk
* File
* File talk
* MediaWiki
* MediaWiki talk
* Template
* Template talk
* Help
* Help talk
* Category
* Category talk
* Portal
* Portal talk
* Book
* Book talk
* Education Program
* Education Program talk
* TimedText
* TimedText talk
* Module
* Module talk

it is much more intuitive to have it sorted alphabetically, i.e.
* all
* (Article)
* Book
* Book talk
* Category
* Category talk
* Education Program
* Education Program talk
* File
* File talk
* Help
* Help talk
* MediaWiki
* MediaWiki talk
* Module
* Module talk
* Portal
* Portal talk
* Talk
* Template
* Template talk
* TimedText
* TimedText talk
* User
* User talk
* Wikipedia
* Wikipedia talk

Here are some other places where there is a namespace list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AllPages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NewPages
Comment 1 Aravind K N 2013-11-06 12:08:21 UTC
Could you assign this bug to me?
Comment 2 Aravind K N 2013-11-06 13:13:50 UTC
Could someone mentor me with this bug fixing?
Comment 3 Andre Klapper 2013-11-06 13:16:14 UTC
Aravind: If you have _specific_ questions please don't hesitate to ask them either here or on IRC.
Comment 4 Aravind K N 2013-11-06 13:23:41 UTC
Is it okay if I mail you?
Comment 5 Andre Klapper 2013-11-06 14:26:59 UTC
I don't see much sense in relying on one person only in private, when there's an unlimited number of people who can help you in public. 
The knowledge of the crowd is one of the advantages of free software. :)
Comment 6 Aravind K N 2014-01-10 12:42:32 UTC
Where would I find the code to fix this bug?

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