On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Brion Vibber<[email protected]> wrote:
> To clarify, here's the information that's available when sorting a
> category membership list:
>
> * category name (fixed, since we're looking at a particular category)
> * sort key (normally the page title, unless you overrode it)
> * page ID (roughly corresponds to page creation time)
>
> The page title can only be applied to the sorting if it's actually *in*
> the sort key. If you've overridden it, then *only* the sort key you
> provided will have any relevance in ordering; page ID will serve as a
> 'tiebreaker' but isn't really predictable.

We could break ties by appending the page title to custom sort keys,
if this is a problem.

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