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On my system, ※ causes "correction" to sort before "abbreviation" which is unexpected. Also, TUS just uses the word "correction", not "※ correction" when discussing aliases. I understand ※ appears before the alias in the code charts but it is odd in a table column describing the reason for an alias to exist. DRMcCreedy (talk) 00:29, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, but: let's make it show at the start, and not use it for sorting? (using css)
At last, this is the only one signal Unicode does (to show an alias). The other situations, including illegal characters=iïnformal, aliases, we have to sort out for ourselves. -DePiep (talk) 00:47, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the table I assumed that reason was taken directly from NameAliases.txt which doesn't use ※. We know that all the items in the table are aliases so I think it's enough that ※ is noted in the text of the article. DRMcCreedy (talk) 00:50, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Sure the symbol is not in the defining text file. But it is in the Unicode description/dfinition. Also sure: Unicode uses it (eg in chart pages). IOW, it is officail. Let's find the css form that does show-don't-sort? -DePiep (talk) 01:01, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Go for it. DRMcCreedy (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]