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Bug 63055 - Table sorting for number values should ignore approximate/estimate "~" character
Table sorting for number values should ignore approximate/estimate "~" character
Status: REOPENED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
JavaScript (Other open bugs)
1.23.0
All All
: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Rohan Rawat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
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Blocks: 31601
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Reported: 2014-03-25 04:33 UTC by Bryan Potts
Modified: 2014-06-18 13:25 UTC (History)
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Description Bryan Potts 2014-03-25 04:33:24 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.
Comment 1 Andre Klapper 2014-03-26 12:34:35 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this!
Comment 2 Derk-Jan Hartman 2014-03-26 13:09:02 UTC 
Use data-sort-value="36" on the table field.
Comment 3 Bryan Potts 2014-03-26 21:34:29 UTC 
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?
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