the article is listed in category articles created via the article wizard under l defaultsort is a magic word that sorts the page list in a category using the sort key provided because robert c lautman has defaultsort lautman robert c it will be sorted under l in all categories it appears in by default i don't think the missing date changed whether or not the article was reviewed by someone adding the date parameter put the page in the category unreviewed new articles from december instead of the undated category unreviewed new articles i see now there is a backlog of unreviewed articles going back as far as october so i don't think people looking at those categories would get to it any earlier just because the template was dated or not talk