Template talk:Wowapi

I propose adding an argument to this template to allow better sorting. Right now, since all the articles start with "API", they're all sorted under "A" in the category page. That's not very handy.

Example:

Say, on the API_CompleteQuest page, instead of we would use

The result is that this would be sorted under the "C" section.

Thoughts? --Ktwombley 11:12, 12 July 2006 (EDT)


 * By all means, go ahead and do it before we start using wowapi in too many places. (Lots of nice yummy work in fixing the pages that already use it =))
 * This will also be handy in linking to other resources by function name (I have one in mind but won't say anything until it actually happens). --Mikk 12:48, 12 July 2006 (EDT)


 * 14 years later... I just implemented this. It looks like it was previously attempted via the article display name attribute rather than the category sort key, which caused an issue on some pages. Now if you look at the category list, it ignores "API " when sorting alphabetically.  (Although the same thing might need to be done for eliminating "C_") DDC (talk) 02:15, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Spacing issues
This is a completely cosmetic request, but how hard would it be to make sure that the WoW API nav table doesn't punch through a horizontal rule. See API ChangeActionBarPage to see what I'm talkin' 'bout, and see API ActionHasRange to see my stop-gap solution (added a bunch of newlines). I think that the former example looks messy and distracting. Any thoughts? Socrates200X 10:43, 16 October 2006 (EDT)


 * It's completely doable in HTML without punching enter a lot. However, it also creates a lot of completely unnecessary blank space in the page :<  -- Mikk  (T) 11:23, 16 October 2006 (EDT)


 * Never mind, just found what I'm looking for. The   template does essentially what I was talking about if you place it just above your first header.  Plus, you can use on a case-by-case basis if dead space is a problem.  Brilliant!


 * Socrates200X 11:35, 16 October 2006 (EDT)