Commons:CRT Country Help

The geographical subregion pages in the navigation box to the right each contain a list of the countries in a region. At viewing time, the list is expanded to show the contents of pages like Commons/Copyright rules by territory/Country. A subregion page may be translated into a different language, in which case the expanded entries will be given in the subregion page language where translations are available.

The sequence of entries in each list should be in the natural sequence for the chosen language. Example:

English	French	Arabic
Chad	Tchad	تشاد
North Korea	Corée du Nord	كوريا الشمالية
Uganda	Ouganda	أوغندا
United States	États Unis	الولايات المتحدة الامريكانية

If you click on the headings to sort this table, you will find the sequence is different in each language.

Sorting approach

A template is provided for each subregion to help you put the entries in the correct sequence for your language. The templates are listed below. Instructions:

• Edit Commons:Sandbox
• Paste the text {{CRT format region|lang=xy}},
  e.g. {{CRT format Eastern Africa|lang=fr}}
• Click the Show preview button at the foot of the page
• You will see a table like:

Start	Country	Remainder
<!--	Burundi	--> {{CRT Country|Burundi}}
<!--	Comores	--> {{CRT Country|Comoros}}
<!--	Djibouti	--> {{CRT Country|Djibouti}}
<!--	Érythrée	--> {{CRT Country|Eritrea}}
<!--	Éthiopie	--> {{CRT Country|Ethiopia}}
<!--	Kenya	--> {{CRT Country|Kenya}}

• Click on the "Country" header to sort the table into the right sequence
• Copy the table contents (but not the table header) select text, CTRL+C
• Paste into the translation box position cursor, CTRL+V
• The translation box should look something like:

<!--	Burundi	--> {{CRT Country|Burundi|type=}}
<!--	Comores	--> {{CRT Country|Comoros|type=}}
<!--	Djibouti	--> {{CRT Country|Djibouti|type=}}
<!--	Kenya	--> {{{CRT Country|Kenya|type=}}
<!--	Érythrée	--> {{{CRT Country|Eritrea|type=}}
<!--	Éthiopie	--> {{{CRT Country|Ethiopia|type=}}

• Make any necessary changes to sequence. The sort does not handle accented characters well, and prefixes like "the" may be inappropriate
• Click the Save translation button

Sorting templates

• {{CRT format Eastern Africa}} {{CRT format Middle Africa}} {{CRT format Northern Africa}} {{CRT format Southern Africa}} {{CRT format Western Africa}}
• {{CRT format Northern America}} {{CRT format Central America and Mexico}} {{CRT format Caribbean}} {{CRT format South America}}
• {{CRT format Western Asia}} {{CRT format Central Asia}} {{CRT format Southern Asia}} {{CRT format Eastern Asia}} {{CRT format Southeastern Asia}}
• {{CRT format Western Europe}} {{CRT format Southern Europe}} {{CRT format Eastern Europe}} {{CRT format Northern Europe}}
• {{CRT format Oceania}}
• {{CRT format Others}}