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RoseAndHeather (Edited uphill both ways)
2022-04-20 08:09:17

I'm pretty sure that unless specified otherwise, the example order for multiple examples from the same show/medium is "order somebody got around to adding them in".

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-04-20 08:12:22

First bullets are sorted alphabetically (list of works in production lists are sorted by year), second bullets are sorted by order of appearance in work.

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JohnRore Since: Apr, 2021
2022-04-20 08:15:30

@Rose I'm sorry, that thing about production order or broadcast order is a distraction from my question. Please let's ignore it. In the example, I would expect

  • The Good Wife
  • Star Trek
  • Wonder Woman

but I would understand if it was

  • Star Trek
  • The Good Wife
  • Wonder Woman

and I would probably move The Good Wife back. But if it was

  • Wonder Woman
  • The Good Wife
  • Star Trek

I'd have no idea why.

@Amonimus: Then Logging onto the Fourth Wall is in serious need of alphabetization. Please don't blame anyone who edited it before I did.

Edited by JohnRore
Orbiting Since: Nov, 2014
2022-04-20 08:21:28

Only examples on work pages are required to be alphabetized, though it's encouraged on trope pages as well. It's not uncommon for some trope pages to not be alphabetized just because no one has bothered to do so.

JohnRore Since: Apr, 2021
2022-04-20 08:27:34

I'd be willing to do it if I was any good at regex. The regex would take care of most of it and then I would just fine-tune whatever the regex missed.

Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2022-04-20 08:29:30

People usually add examples as they find them or think of them, and unless the installments are clearly spelled out or memorable (each entry covers exactly one episode, each entry includes season and episode number or year of release or book number, etc.), they might not get the order right, if they even want to go through the bother. Misread

Alphabetizing everything is a fairly recent project. Many older pages aren't.

Edited by Tabs
JohnRore Since: Apr, 2021
2022-04-20 08:45:42

Alright, I brought up Logging onto the Fourth Wall on that thread.

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