For a wikispecies, I would expect to be able to click on the Kingdom (Animala), Phylum (Chordata), Subphylum (Vertebrata), and so on so I can narrow down progressively to homo sapiens, homo neanderthalensis, homo erectus, etc., and on the each further down level (i.e. Chordata, then Vertebrata), the most notable species would have higher links on that page. Is that what you mean by category?
James
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mayer Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:42 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] Developers needed!
--- Benedikt Mandl benedikt.mandl@gmx.at wrote:
I totally disagree; I am sure that a lot of information will be overlapping and therefore, the two projects should remain connected. Nevertheless, a species directory would serve a different purpose than the wikipedia as such and have a significantly different structure (as seen in the draft at my last e-mail) to allow highly specific search
functions.
Use categories to create the directory. Done. All we need is something that all projects should have anyway: an advanced search capability so that users can search within any category or group of categories. This will be very useful for *all* areas that Wikipedia covers.
I already got a lot of supportive e-mails by a range of people - and that is eventually what counts for a wiki project, to my understanding. There is a need for an extensive species directory, and I
will keep asking for support!
Your understanding is wrong since well-reasoned and strong opposition often creates a situation where no consensus can be formed.
You are more than welcome to create Wikispecies anytime you wish. But don't expect it to be a Wikimedia project without a great deal of justification that 1) It advances our goals 2) It does not harm existing projects 3) The idea cannot be incorporated into an existing project (sometimes some technical issues need to be fixed to make that possible)
-- mav
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