Standard alphabetization rules that I grew up with included:
* Ignoring the article, which I think we're all in agreement on. I've been setting DEFAULTSORT on anything starting with "a/an/the" so that they're ignored by automatic sorting on the wiki.
* Space counts, and comes before letters.
* Ignore punctuation. I've been setting the occasional DEFAULTSORT to handle this as well.
* Numerals before letters; don't sort as though they were spelled out.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
* Ignoring the article, which I think we're all in agreement on. I've been setting DEFAULTSORT on anything starting with "a/an/the" so that they're ignored by automatic sorting on the wiki.
* Space counts, and comes before letters.
* Ignore punctuation. I've been setting the occasional DEFAULTSORT to handle this as well.
* Numerals before letters; don't sort as though they were spelled out.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.