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DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR CATEGORISATION OF WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES ON 'BUTTERFLIES'

The proposed method of categorisation for articles on 'Butterflies', and being implemented on a trial basis, is as follows :-

[edit] Category pages

  • Family. Each family should have a category page. This page must have category stubs for 'Lepidoptera' and 'Butterflies'.
  • Subfamily. Each subfamily should have a category page. This page must have category stubs for its parent family, as the case may be, and, 'Butterflies'.
  • Genus.
    • Each genus, for which a wikipage exists, should have a category page. It is not considered desirable to have a category page for a genus if no wikipages belong to it.
    • The genus category page should be named directly as per the scientific name, for example, Ochlodes genus category page will be named 'Ochlodes'.
  • Species. No category is being planned at the moment for a particular species.

[edit] Wikipages

  • Genera.
    • If a genus has a wiki page using the common name, for example, 'Grizzled Skippers', then it should have at least two categories - that of the family it belongs to(in this case 'Hesperiidae'), and the genus or genera it represents (one category per genus, if it represents more than one genus).
    • If a genus is named after the scientific name, firstly please ensure that it's wikipage is titled with the text ' (genus)' following it's scientific name. <Note the space between the 'genus name and the text '(genus)'>. It must also have two categories, that is, in the name of the genus and in the name of the family it belongs to.
  • Species.
    • If a species has a wiki page using the common name, for example, 'Forest Hopper', then it should have at least two categories - that of the family ('Hesperiidae'), and the genus it belongs to.This helps it to be found easily.
    • If a species has a page named after the scientific name, firstly,please ensure that it's taxonomy is correct as per LEPINDEX. Secondly, the name of the page should be the binomial nomenclature itself. Thirdly, it must have only one category, that is, in the name of genus only, and NOT in the name of the family.

(Why? To prevent unnecessary clutterup! If a person can name/find a species by scientific name, we assume he is able to recognise its family from the taxobox info, and follow up the category chain to the family. Please realise each family may have hundreds or thousands of species, and I'm being optimistic about wikipedia and wikieditors :) .)

[edit] Generic Articles

  • This refers to all articles, not dealing with a particular taxon or group of butterflies. For example, 'Butterfly Zoo' is considered a general article, while 'Birdwing' is not.
  • It may be assumed that all such general articles will be directly related to butterflies as a whole, so the category 'Butterflies' is a mandatory category for it to appear anywhere at all in this domain of knowledge.
  • Common sense should be applied for giving any other categories to a general article. For example, if an article, such as 'Morphology of Larva of Papilionidae' <non-existant, at present> relates down to a family (Papilionidae, in this case), or an existing category, such as 'Extinct Butterflies' or 'Regional Lists', appropriate categories may be given in addition.
  • No specific guidelines, aside from those listed above, can be given.
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