Incorrect sorting algo using Title

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Short description of the issue

  • Incorrect sorting algo in lists using Title.

Detailed description with additional context about the workflow

  • A, An, The has to be excluded from sorting. Right now sort includes them. It’s not how v2 was sorting.

  • Example how it should be sorted:

  • Android

  • An Animal

  • The B

  • A Banana

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2

Bringing this up again as the issue is not yet solved.

3

Should have a fix out later in the week for this.

4

Hilariously, it’s not only that the articles (A, An, The) are not ignored, but (at least for me) in the case of “The” - it inserts all the “T” items earlier into the alphabet. I sorted a list by title today and was quite surprised to discover the alphabet goes “A - B - C - T - D - etc.”! Funny, that’s now how I was taught in school.

What seems to happen is that depending on what the first “The…” title is, all of the “T” titles will get inserted there. So “The Assassin” will cause all of the “T” titles to be inserted after “A”. “The Crown” will cause them to be inserted after “C”. And so on. That includes not just titles that start with “The…” but all other titles that start with “T” as well.

So even with the mistake of NOT ignoring articles, you’d expect:

A
Aggretsuko
D
Dead to Me
P
Peacemaker
T
The Diplomat
The Great
Ted Lasso
Top Chef

But instead you get:

A
Aggretsuko
D
Dead to Me
T
The Diplomat
The Great
Ted Lasso
Top Chef
L
Letterkenny
P
Peacemaker

Just… wow.

5

Please provide a specific link to a list where you are seeing this behavior.

6

What, is this a special bonus feature just for me that doesn’t happen to you in your own account? Do some people get different sorting algorithms than others?

It’s all of my lists. It also does it in reverse title sort as well (Y - T - W etc.). Whether in all media mode, shows mode, or movies mode.

https://app.trakt.tv/users/me/watchlist?sort_by=title&sort_how=asc&mode=media

https://app.trakt.tv/users/somegirl/lists/currently-watching?sort_by=title&sort_how=asc&mode=media

https://app.trakt.tv/users/somegirl/lists/watchlist-just-jamie?sort_by=title&sort_how=asc&mode=media

7

Oh, also other people’s public lists too. So all lists. I have not seen a single list that sorts by Title correctly.

https://app.trakt.tv/users/donxy/lists/marvel-cinematic-universe?sort_by=title&sort_how=asc&mode=media

https://app.trakt.tv/users/justin/lists/imdb-top-rated-movies?sort_by=title&sort_how=asc&mode=media

https://app.trakt.tv/users/benfranklin/lists/best-mindfucks?sort_by=title&sort_how=desc&mode=media

8

I have a fix that should be out by next week, if not sooner.