I agree it is not a formal cladistics diagram because no explanation is given for the arrangements. The non-binary splits were meant to represent currently unknown sequences of binary splits. I also agree that there is a lot of uncertainty that will necessitate future correction. However as a lay person I found such trees a compelling view of taxonomy and I think it gives a different perspective that is not widely known. I am not suggesting that this tree be the main entry point into the wikipedia taxonomy, just an alternate view. --Eob
Ok, now subpages I definitely disagree with. If we have enough information on animals to warrant a separate page, why doesn't that info just go on Animalia? There is already a nice summary chart there, with basically the same structure and content as what one would expect here. --JG
My concept was that these new "tree pages'", such as Tree of life/Animalia, would be parallel and complementary to the current "prose pages", such as Animalia. They would be different to the prose pages in the following ways:
--Eob
Hmm, the quicker and easier I can see. I'll cooperate now. :) As for Linnaean taxonomy, though, it's been undergoing quite a few revisions, and it isn't nearly as far apart from cladistics as most people seem to think. The table on Animalia is, after all, pretty similar to the tree on /Animalia. --JG
When I came to this page I expected to see an article about the Tree of Life from the Genesis story(I think there are corallaries in Norse and American Indian mythologies too). I think maybe this article ought to be renamed because I suspect that most people would make the same mistake. --MemoryHole.com
Perhaps just a note at the top of the page with links to other meanings of Tree of Life would be sufficient. --Eob
As it stands right now, article titles are usually reserved for the most common meaning of the term. I think the Tree of Life from Genesis would be the one here. I do think that this page is a great idea, but if it needs to be moved, it's probably better to do it sooner than later. Moving large numbers of subpages is not fun. :) -- STG