Talk:Magnoliopsida
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Why is the word "children" used within these templates? Wouldn't "members" be better? Also, the text area should probably read "notes" instead of "text" -- the whole article is already text. One last thing; actual article content really should be placed before lists, so I suggest placing the description first in normal wiki-style and have the "notes" section be technical notes or better yet a bulleted list of notable characteristics.
- The term children was adapted from ITIS, but any term that achieves the purpose would be just as good. Similarly I feel no particular commitment to the word "text". In one sense the "placemnt" is a sort of definition in taxonomy, and thus seems just fine where it is. It seems to have more visual appeal than having the information strung-out in a usual sentence format. What you say about the contents of "notes" is also helpful, and it really would be nice to show descriptive characteristics of a taxon. In the short run, however, this is ending up in attempts to reconcile traditional taxonomy with cladistics. -- Eclecticology, Monday, June 10, 2002
For longer entries that also have common names there could also be a split of content between the scientific name and the most common, common name. The more technical lists, taxonomy, detailed evolution and descriptions could then be placed with the scientific names and the more general lay descriptions, relationship to humans, game info, etc. in the common name page. See aves and bird for an example. It would also be interesting to note any differences in usage between the scientific names and the common names within the common name page. See Jellyfish for an example. This way we wouldn't be violating any implied "English only" wikipedia naming convention (because we would be disambiguating the two so that the taxonomy works right) while at the same time ensuring wider access to these articles to non-scientists. --maveric149
- I generally agree. It avoids the problems that come from having everything either under the Latin or common name. Eclecticology