Talk:Jan Baz

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[edit] sort order

It is a mistake to try to shoehorn Afghans into the "last name, first name" order. Using defaultsort to enforce this shoehorning is a mistake.

In Afghanistan, if an individual HAS a "last name" (many Afghans only have a single name.), they don't inherit it from their father, in a way that makes sorting on it make sense.

One's "last name" is usually one's father's first name. So Nasrat Khan's son was named Hiztullah Yar Nasrat

Even a worse mistake in this individual's case. Are we going to arbitrarily pick "Baz" to shoehorn into being his surname? Or are we going to arbitrarily pick "Khan"?

It is much better to sort them on their first name.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 13:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)