Thread:TiamatZX/@comment-27025402-20161116211428

Hi! Thanks for your continued hard work!

Just a comment about a recent edit I noticed. Generally, names are alphabetized by last name. This is the case for actors in the "Starring" sections of episode infoboxes, as well as "Featured Characters" lists for episodes and "Members" for groups/factions. If a character doesn't have a last name, or the last name is unknown, then it's sorted under whatever name we do know (like "G" for Greenbeard or "T" for Trinket). If the name is not known at all, then it gets sorted at the very top as [Number] unnamed race class, like "Unnamed dwarf paladin" or "Six unnamed wisher pixies".

There are all sorts of situations where it's tempting to disregard that standardization, but then that leads to a lack of consistency throughout the wiki. Aside from consistency (and general sorting standards), one of the main reasons for sorting by last name is that we often know the last name only, such as with Professor Anders, Count Tylieri, and Keeper Yennen. They should not be sorted under "Professor" or "Count" or "Keeper", though. Another main reason is that, in a list, Delilah Briarwood and Sylas Briarwood should be next to each other, as should Cassandra de Rolo and Percival de Rolo, or Elowen Brist and Simon Brist. 