Usage
{{sortname|first|last|optional link target|optional sort key}}

Creates a wikilinked name that can be used in a sortable table (created with class="wikitable sortable").

  • The default sort key is "last, first".
  • The link label is "first last".
  • The default link target is "first last"

The optional link target is useful when "first last" is a disambiguation page instead of the desired article, or when linking to a section of a page.

The optional sort key is useful in the case of special characters such as é.

Optional parameters
|dab=disambiguator
Wikilinks to "first last (disambiguator)".
(Note: ignored if optional link target is not blank.)
|nolink=1
Suppresses wikilinking the name, useful for list entries which are never likely to have articles so shouldn't be redlinked.
(Note: optional link target ignored when "|nolink=1" used.)
# What you type What's generated
1 {{sortname|first|last}} <span style="display:none;">last, first</span>[[first last]]
2 {{sortname|first|last|nolink=1}} <span style="display:none;">last, first</span>first last
3 {{sortname|first|last|dab=disambiguator}} <span style="display:none;">last, first</span>[[first last (disambiguator)|first last]]
4 {{sortname|first|last|target}} <span style="display:none;">last, first</span>[[target|first last]]
5 {{sortname|first|last||sort}} <span style="display:none;">sort</span>[[first last]]
6 {{sortname|first|last||sort|nolink=1}} <span style="display:none;">sort</span>first last
7 {{sortname|first|last|target|sort}} <span style="display:none;">sort</span>[[target|first last]]
# What you type What's displayed What's sorted What's linked
1 {{sortname|Tom|Jones}} Jones, TomTom Jones Jones, Tom Tom Jones
2 {{sortname|Tom|Jones|nolink=1}} Jones, TomTom Jones Jones, Tom (no link)
3 {{sortname|Tom|Jones|dab=singer}} Jones, TomTom Jones Jones, Tom Tom Jones (singer)
4 {{sortname|Tom|Jones|Tom Jones (singer)}} Jones, TomTom Jones Jones, Tom Tom Jones (singer)
1 {{sortname|Fábio|da Silva}} da Silva, FábioFábio da Silva da Silva, Fábio Fábio da Silva
2 {{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|nolink=1}} da Silva, FábioFábio da Silva da Silva, Fábio (no link)
3 {{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}} da Silva, FábioFábio da Silva da Silva, Fábio Fábio Gomes da Silva
4 {{sortname|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio}} Silva, FabioFábio da Silva Silva, Fabio Fábio da Silva
5 {{sortname|Fábio|da Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}} Silva, FabioFábio da Silva Silva, Fabio (no link)
6 {{sortname|Fábio|da Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}} Silva, FabioFábio da Silva Silva, Fabio Fábio Gomes da Silva
Things you might not expect
# What you type What's displayed What's sorted What's linked
- [[Mark Evans]] Mark Evans Mark Evans Mark Evans
- [[Mark Evans (general)|Mark Evans]] Mark Evans Mark Evans (general) Mark Evans (general)
1 Sir {{sortname|Mark|Evans}} Sir Evans, MarkMark Evans Sir Evans, Mark Mark Evans
1 {{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans}} Evans, Sir MarkSir Mark Evans Evans, Sir Mark Sir Mark Evans
3 {{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)}} Evans, Sir MarkSir Mark Evans Evans, Sir Mark Mark Evans (general)
6 {{sortname|Sir Mark|Evans|Mark Evans (general)|Evans, Mark}} Evans, MarkSir Mark Evans Evans, Mark Mark Evans (general)
1 {{sortname|Fábio da|Silva}} Silva, Fábio daFábio da Silva Silva, Fábio da Fábio da Silva
2 {{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|nolink=1}} Silva, Fábio daFábio da Silva Silva, Fábio da (no link)
3 {{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva}} Silva, Fábio daFábio da Silva Silva, Fábio da Fábio Gomes da Silva
4 {{sortname|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio}} Silva, FabioFábio da Silva Silva, Fabio Fábio da Silva
5 {{sortname|Fábio da|Silva||Silva, Fabio|nolink=1}} Silva, FabioFábio da Silva Silva, Fabio (no link)
6 {{sortname|Fábio da|Silva|Fábio Gomes da Silva|Silva, Fabio}} Silva, FabioFábio da Silva Silva, Fabio Fábio Gomes da Silva

To link to a section within the page in which the template appears, encode the number sign:

{{Sortname|Examples||&#35;Examples}}
gives: , ExamplesExamples

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's name parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

The hCard in this template uses at least some of these HTML classes:

  • agent
  • family-name
  • fn (required)
  • given-name
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • n
  • nickname
  • org
  • url
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

  • {{sort}} – see talk for central sorting talk
  • {{dts}}  – for using dates in sortable tables
  • {{nts}}  – for using alphabetic sort mode for numbers in sortable tables
  • {{sortfrac}} – for sorting numbers which can contain fractions