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Ignore "The" in Alphabetical Order
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chaifanatic18Mar 21, 2021
When sorting in A-Z or Z-A order, the site currently uses "The" instead of the word that comes after "The". Would be great to ignore that when sorting in alphabetical order (and maybe other words like A, An, etc).
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We'll definitely be offering this at some point. We want sorting to be as helpful as possible, especially when in bookstores/libraries, etc.
They definitely could be integral, but the option to sort without them would be amazing and is much needed!
Sometimes articles are integral to the title, but only rarely. Far more often, they present a real hindrance to proper sorting.
Definitely agree that 'A' is more important than 'The' for most titles!!
Agree words can be integral (lots of titles from the 1970s come to mind) but from a clean DB [database] and sort point of view, I'd prefer a universal --> Source, The or Stand, The <--presentation. Thanks for considering! (Personally, I'd leave the "A"s and "An"s alone, as the title's inception; different kettle of fish than the "The"s I think.)
I also brought this up with Nadia when it was launched, but she made the good point that sometimes those words are integral to the title. However, we are open to feedback on the sorting as we go, so thanks for letting us know! :-)