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If at some point (i.e., after possible previous sorting) the form <code><nowiki>[[YYYY]]</nowiki></code> is at the top with a non-negative year, sorting would be numerical; in this case, after toggling between ascending and descending there would be no proper sorting ''within'' each year (because [http://www.devguru.com/technologies/ecmascript/QuickRef/parsefloat.html parsefloat] is applied, finding the first number in the string, and basing sorting on only that number). Also, years BC would not be sorted properly. Therefore, alphabetic sorting has to be enforced. This can be done by putting a non-displayed character after the year, separated by a space.
 
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==Secondary key==