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
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[mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mayer
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:42 PM
To: wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org
Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] Developers needed!
--- Benedikt Mandl <benedikt.mandl(a)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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