MediaWiki:Common.js
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// Reverse sorting for Category:Blog and hide Template:BlogPreload
$(document).ready(function() {
if (mw.config.get('wgCanonicalNamespace') === 'Category' &&
mw.config.get('wgTitle') === 'Blog') {
var $categoryList = $('#mw-pages');
if ($categoryList.length) {
var $items = $categoryList.find('li');
// Filter out Template:BlogPreload from display
$items = $items.filter(function() {
var $a = $(this).find('a').first();
var linkText = $a.text();
return linkText !== 'Template:BlogPreload';
});
// Rewrite link text from "Blog/2025-09-25/Whatever The Page Is"
// to "2025-09-25 Whatever The Page Is"
$items.each(function() {
var $a = $(this).find('a').first();
var text = $a.text(); // e.g. "Blog/2025-09-25/Whatever The Page Is"
var match = text.match(/^Blog\/(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\/(.+)$/);
if (match) {
$a.text(match[1] + ' ' + match[2]);
}
});
// Sort remaining items in reverse order by the new text
$items.detach().sort(function(a, b) {
return $(b).text().localeCompare($(a).text());
});
// Replace the category list with filtered, formatted, sorted items
$categoryList.empty().append($items);
}
}
});
