Template talk:Date table sorting

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Template-protected edit request on 8 December 2019

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Please consider adding a text alignment option |align=, defaulted to the right (e.g.:align={{{align|right}}}). Guarapiranga (talk) 19:31, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I oppose this. What does alignment have to do with sorting? --Gonnym (talk) 19:57, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit template-protected}} template. Cabayi (talk) 20:01, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

table-wide parameter?

Since this template is intended for use in making table columns sortable, it would be nice if it were possible to set a parameter at the level of the whole table so that options such as |format=dmy, which is required to avoid US-centric dates, do not have to be repeated for each individual date entry? I have no idea if this sort of scope would work in this html/mediawiki mix. Boud (talk) 23:51, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I support being able to set parameters |format, |abbr, and |nowrap at the table level. In addition the default format should be set by {{use dmy dates}} if present.
Jim Craigie (talk) 04:34, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wrapping

The explanation for the wrapping parameter is unclear. Does this template output non-breaking spaces by default, and this parameter change to normal spaces, or is it about allowing the name of a month to break across two lines? Presumably it’s default isn’t “off” as stated.
Jim Craigie (talk) 04:23, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]