Talk:Virus classification

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What does the word "but" refer to in the class VI description? --rmhermen

Shouldn't be there. Fixed now, I think, will also fix in Virus (Biology). Someone else

What about Hantaviruses? -- Emperorbma 21:17, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Nevermind, they are up where they should be now... -- Emperorbma 21:57, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Orf, a parapox virus

This stub article is orphaned: orf - is there a home for it? Ancheta Wis 00:13, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Potexvirus and Pomovirus genera misplaced

Wilke reverted a ViralQuest removal of Potexvirus from the dsDNA viruses, Family Polyomaviridae section. I am reversing that edit (and removing Genus Pomovirus) because these two genera are postive-strand ssRNA virus groups (not dsDNA). Genus Potexvirus is a member of the Family Flexiviridae and the Genus Pomovirus is an unassigned (+)ssRNA virus member. See said listings already in previous Virus Classification edits. See also: ICTV Genus Potexvirus [1] ICTV Genus Pomovirus [2] ICTV Family Polyomaviridae [3] and ICTV Taxonomy Browser (Viruses) [4] Thanks for allowing this edit. --ViralQuest 23:40, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Virus taxonomy

Virus
Scientific classification
Domain: Aphanobionta
Empire: Acytota
Kingdom: Virus
(unranked) Viruses
Orders
see Virus classification

132.205.15.43 04:57, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Possibly, although that's something for them to worry about. However, viruses are an odd case because they don't appear in the normal classification of living things. Kingdom Virus is rare, and Aphanobionta and Acyota are very obscure. More subtly, though, they shouldn't appear in the normal classification of living things because they don't form a phylogenetic hierarchy, and probably don't even have a single origin. So I'm not sure what we should do with them, but I'd say casually giving them a kingdom, domain, or empire isn't the solution. Josh

  • Though we wouldn't casually be giving them a kingdom/domain/empire. People already do that. A rankless taxobox would work as well, as anything above order is controversial, and they are all viruses, and the taxoboxes are nice to have on the virus pages. 132.205.15.43 05:38, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

A few people do that, but it is not very common, and I have not seen it done alongside three domains. As for the taxoboxes, I've moved my suggestion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life. Josh

  • WikiSpecies seems to have a start: WikiSpecies:Virus 132.205.15.43 04:28, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Taxoboxes courtesy of WikiProject:Tree of Life

Siphoviridae

Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Siphoviridae
Genera

Genus 1
Genus 2





[edit] WikiProject?

Is there a WikiProject for viruses? 132.205.15.43 04:43, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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