https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70253
Bug ID: 70253
Summary: Ability to set a category to display linked page by
{{SUBPAGENAME}} rather than {{PAGENAME}}
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Categories
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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The Wikisources utilise "work/subpage" nomenclature for the display of many
works. When working with biographical dictionaries, encyclopaedias, poetry,
lectures, etc. where the subpage components can be considered specific works in
their own right there is a significant issue in the category display of works.
For instance in the work "The Dictionary of Australasian Biography" the
subpages would display in a category in the form of {{PAGENAME}}, eg.
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Parker, Sir Henry Watson
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Parker, Stephen Henry
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Parkes, Edmund Samuel
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Parkes, Hon. Sir Henry
where what is required is that they display in the form {{SUBPAGENAME}}, eg.
Parker, Sir Henry Watson
Parker, Stephen Henry
Parkes, Edmund Samuel
Parkes, Hon. Sir Henry
without the {{BASEPAGENAME}}
What would be useful is the means to set a specific marker in a category that
makes the display of that category to utilise {{SUBPAGENAME}}
The sole ability to categorise based only on {{PAGENAME}} significantly effects
the usefulness of categorisation of these compendium works. Imagine the 1911
Encyclopaedia articles on plants that all start with the name of the work and
your eyes need to search down the title to find the relevant component of the
article itself. Horrid.
Thanks for any suggestions and means to resolve this matter.
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