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<!-- Categories - Bilingual with DEFAULTSORT for Malayalam display names -->
<!-- ================================================================
{{DEFAULTSORT:{{{DisplayTitle|}}}}}
    CATEGORIES
   
    NOTE on Malayalam DEFAULTSORT bug:
    MediaWiki's DEFAULTSORT cannot sort Malayalam Unicode text correctly —
    it only reads the first character, so categories show truncated names.
   
    FIX: We use the "sort key" parameter directly on each [[Category:]] link.
    The sort key is the DisplayTitle passed explicitly, which makes the full
    title appear correctly in the category listing.
    ================================================================ -->


[[Category:{{{Category|}}}]]
[[Category:{{{Category|}}}|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
[[Category:Articles]]
[[Category:Articles|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
{{#if:{{{Language|}}}|[[Category:{{{Language}}} articles]]|}}
{{#if:{{{Language|}}}|[[Category:{{{Language}}} articles|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]|}}


<!-- English Category Names -->
<!-- English-to-Malayalam parallel categories -->
{{#switch:{{{Category|}}}
{{#switch:{{{Category|}}}
|Politics=[[Category:രാഷ്ട്രീയം]]
|Politics=[[Category:രാഷ്ട്രീയം|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Society=[[Category:സമൂഹം]]
|Society=[[Category:സമൂഹം|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Culture=[[Category:സംസ്കാരം]]
|Culture=[[Category:സംസ്കാരം|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Science=[[Category:ശാസ്ത്രം]]
|Science=[[Category:ശാസ്ത്രം|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Literature=[[Category:സാഹിത്യം]]
|Literature=[[Category:സാഹിത്യം|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Cinema=[[Category:സിനിമ]]
|Cinema=[[Category:സിനിമ|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Environment=[[Category:പരിസ്ഥിതി]]
|Environment=[[Category:പരിസ്ഥിതി|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Economics=[[Category:സമ്പദ്‌വ്യവസ്ഥ]]
|Economics=[[Category:സമ്പദ്‌വ്യവസ്ഥ|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
|Opinion=[[Category:അഭിപ്രായം]]
|Opinion=[[Category:അഭിപ്രായം|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
}}
}}


{{#if:{{{OriginalAuthor|}}}|
{{#if:{{{OriginalAuthor|}}}|
[[Category:Articles by {{{OriginalAuthor|}}}]]
[[Category:Articles by {{{OriginalAuthor|}}}|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
[[Category:Translations]]
[[Category:Translations|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
[[Category:Translated by {{{Author|}}}]]
[[Category:Translated by {{{Author|}}}|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
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|
[[Category:Articles by {{{Author|}}}]]
[[Category:Articles by {{{Author|}}}|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
}}
}}
</includeonly>
</includeonly>


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== Critical Fix: Display Names in Categories ==
== Ver3: Fix for Category Display Names ==


The `{{DEFAULTSORT:{{{DisplayTitle|}}}}}` line makes categories show the **Display Title** instead of the page name!
=== The Malayalam DEFAULTSORT Problem ===


**How it works:**
`{{DEFAULTSORT:}}` does NOT work correctly with Malayalam (or any Unicode script that is non-Latin). MediaWiki's sort key mechanism only reads the first Unicode code point, which is why categories were showing only the first letter/character of the title.
- Page name: `Something-In-The-Air`
 
- Display title: `Something in the Air?`
=== The Fix ===
- Category shows: **"Something in the Air?"** ✓
 
Instead of using `DEFAULTSORT`, we now pass the sort key '''directly on each category link''' using the pipe syntax:
 
<pre>
[[Category:Articles|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]
</pre>
 
This tells MediaWiki: "place this page in the category, and display it under the sort key equal to the DisplayTitle." Since MediaWiki renders the sort key as the display label in category listings, the full Malayalam title now appears correctly.
 
=== How it works ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Parameter !! Example value
|-
| Page name || <code>Something-In-The-Air</code>
|-
| DisplayTitle || <code>Something in the Air?</code>
|-
| Category shows || '''Something in the Air?''' ✓
|}


For Malayalam:
For Malayalam:
- Page name: `Kerala-Climate-Change`
{| class="wikitable"
- Display title: `കേരളത്തിലെ കാലാവസ്ഥാ വ്യതിയാനം`
! Parameter !! Example value
- Category shows: **"കേരളത്തിലെ കാലാവസ്ഥാ വ്യതിയാനം"** ✓
|-
 
| Page name || <code>Kerala-Climate-Change</code>
This single line fixes the category display issue!
|-
| DisplayTitle || <code>കേരളത്തിലെ കാലാവസ്ഥാ വ്യതിയാനം</code>
|-
| Category shows || '''കേരളത്തിലെ കാലാവസ്ഥാ വ്യതിയാനം''' ✓
|}


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Revision as of 23:27, 4 April 2026


Ver3: Fix for Category Display Names

The Malayalam DEFAULTSORT Problem

`` does NOT work correctly with Malayalam (or any Unicode script that is non-Latin). MediaWiki's sort key mechanism only reads the first Unicode code point, which is why categories were showing only the first letter/character of the title.

The Fix

Instead of using `DEFAULTSORT`, we now pass the sort key directly on each category link using the pipe syntax: 

[[Category:Articles|{{{DisplayTitle|{{{Title|}}}}}}]]

This tells MediaWiki: "place this page in the category, and display it under the sort key equal to the DisplayTitle." Since MediaWiki renders the sort key as the display label in category listings, the full Malayalam title now appears correctly.

How it works

Parameter Example value
Page name Something-In-The-Air
DisplayTitle Something in the Air?
Category shows Something in the Air? ✓

For Malayalam:

Parameter Example value
Page name Kerala-Climate-Change
DisplayTitle കേരളത്തിലെ കാലാവസ്ഥാ വ്യതിയാനം
Category shows കേരളത്തിലെ കാലാവസ്ഥാ വ്യതിയാനം ✓
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