Category talk:Women in history

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Is there a reason why the first four articles listed aren't part of the alphabetical sorting? That is, why aren't Alys McKey Bryant, Iris Calderhead, Mary Howgill, and Susanna Freeborn listed in the B, C, H, and F section, respectively? It seems kind of arbitrary. I think the only time I've seen articles listed separately from the main alphabetical list is when they start with a number or symbol or something; then again, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, so is there some convention or standard I'm unaware of? EDIT: Also, the same applies to the list of subcategories; shouldn't Women's history and Women by period be included in the alphabetical listing? GreatBigDot (talk) 02:06, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, so after actually looking at the source for the article, it looks like the lists are auto-generated by Wikipedia. The reason why some articles are out of place is that when adding the category flag, they got piped to the empty string, which I guess sorts first lexicographically. The question, then, is why some articles are set in such a manner; is it a mistake, or were they intentionally set to appear at the top of all categories they appear in? Either way, it's a question that belongs on those articles, not on this one. Oops! GreatBigDot (talk) 02:21, 26 June 2017 (UTC)