Last modified: 2014-06-18 13:25:33 UTC
Sorting of a numerical column breaks when ~ is used to denote an estimated figure, such as ~36, seen in this example screenshot: http://d.pr/i/ds2Z I first noticed this on the Ebola page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks It looks like "~36" is currently being calculated as 0.
Thanks for taking the time to report this!
Use data-sort-value="36" on the table field.
The bug I meant to report was that table sorting does not work for these special characters in general, not that specific value and field in that single page. Is there no way to factor in '~' for accurate sorting? I assume this is a problem on thousands of articles. In fact, there's another example of it still broken on this same Ebola page: http://d.pr/i/1LGg It looks you are using jquery table sorter? Is it possible for me to submit a patch myself?
