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The taxonavigation section is probably the most important part of wikispecies, and a lot of time is invested to maintain it. This section is also the section that leads to most discussion. This is caused by the unclear state of science about certain taxa. When the scientific community is unclear, the wikispecies community has to take a decision by themselves, and that's exactly what feeds these discussions. But they are more than welcome.
After a lengthy discussion of more than a year, the wikispecies community has made a choice on how this section should be formatted. Finally the decision was made to generate a straight list, without any special formatting. This was mostly based on the fact it is the most flexible presentation.
The taxo-navigation section should rely heavily on templates. See the Help:Project Templates for more information about taxon-templates. An example section:
==Taxonavigation==
{{parent template}}
children: [[child1]] - [[child2]] - ..... [[childN]]
It is essential here to add the -, to ascertain pages are presented fashionably on every computer/browser. If omitted the lists of children may be broken at the wrong places.
For children lower than the rank of genus, wikispecies uses special templates for formatting and ease. It is strongly urged that everyone uses these:
| Type of list | What to type | What it makes |
|---|---|---|
| Species | {{sp|G|enus|species1}} {{sp|G|enus|species2}} {{splast|G|enus|specieslast}} | |
| Subspecies (Non-plantae) | {{ssp|G|enus|s|pecies|sub1}} {{ssp|G|enus|s|pecies|sub2}} {{ssplast|G|enus|s|pecies|sublast}} | |
| Subspecies (Plantae) | {{subspplant|G|enus|s|pecies|sub1}} {{subspplant|G|enus|s|pecies|sub2}} {{subspplantlast|G|enus|s|pecies|sublast}} |
G. s. subsp. sub1 - G. s. subsp. sub2 - G. s. subsp. sublast |
| Subgenus (Non-plantae) | {{subg|G|enus|subg1}} {{subg|G|enus|subg2}} {{subglast|G|enus|subglast}} | |
| Subgenus (Plantae) | {{subgplant|G|enus|subg1}} {{subgplant|G|enus|subg2}} {{subgplantlast|G|enus|subglast}} | |
| Section | {{sect|G|enus|sect1}} {{sect|G|enus|sect2}} {{sectlast|G|enus|sectlast}} | |
| Variety | {{var|G|enus|s|pecies|var1}} {{var|G|enus|s|pecies|var2}} {{varlast|G|enus|s|pecies|varlast}} |
[edit] More than one
One other thing to note is using singular taxon naming convention when there's one child, and plural taxon naming convention, when there's more than one child.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Phyla |
| Classis | Classes |
| Ordo | Ordines |
| Familia | Familiae |
| Divisio | Divisiones |
| Cohors | Cohortes |
| Sectio | Sectiones |
| Tribus | Tribus |
| Genus | Genera |
| Species | Species |
| Forma | Formae |
[edit] Use of italics
Genera and taxa below generic level are always written in italics.
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