Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- "James R. Johnson" modean52@comcast.net wrote:
I wouldn't mind having the current wiki catergory system expanded to include (for biology) the various taxonomic categories of a life-form (Kingdom, Phylum, Sub-phylum....Genus, Species). That would (I think) allow someone to search for a creature or article based on its scientific name. I don't, however see it as dividing the biology base, but rather, allowing them to create a basic directory, which the wikipedia expounds upon, with links from the wikispecies article on, say, felis domesticus [having basic scientific information], linking to the wikipedia article for more prosaic style, distribution around the world, role in mythology, cat-worship in ancient Egypt, etc.
The "science stuff" needs to be part of the Wikipedia article as well. This makes Wikispecies redundant.
I think the point is that yes, we can include everything into wikipedia, but then we'll have * normal people bored and scared away by a flood of dull data * scientists (who are to be considered borderline-normal people;-) taking their field so seriously that they'll simply refuse to work on an article about cats that links to [[catwoman]]
The proposed solution therefore is * let normal people have their encyclopedia article, with an "in-house" link to the dull, boring flood of data at wikispecies * let scientists work on the cool, exciting data at wikispecies, amongst their own where they are comfortable, and provide a link to the "other stuff" at wikipedia
Magnus