User:Hyperik/Taxon categories

Shared, or not, categories for major taxonomic groups.

Questions:

• Where do articles about specific taxa get categorized? Directly to the main category ("Plants"), or in a subcategory, ("Plant taxa")?
• Should it be articles or categories that are sorted by rank, e.g. should Taraxacum or Category:Taraxacum be categorized as Category:Plant genera?

Right now it's the former, but WP:Gastropods does the latter, at least for families: Category talk:Gastropod families

• How finely should we diffuse rank categories? Plant genera? Asteraceae genera? Cichorieae genera? Prehistoric marine gastropod genera?

Same question for a lot of different types of taxon categories...

Please feel free to edit:

Taxon	Main category	Current taxon sorting system	Taxa	Taxonomy	by location	Lists of	by rank	Order
Algae	Category:Algae		NONE	Category:Algae taxonomy	Category:Algae by location	Category:Lists of algae	Category:Algae taxa by rank	10
Amphibians	Category:Amphibians		Category:Amphibian taxa			Category:Lists of amphibians	Category:Amphibian taxa by rank	800
Animals	Category:Animals		Category:Animal taxa			Category:Lists of animals	Category:Animal taxa by rank	100
Ants	Category:Ants	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Ants	NONE	Category:Ant taxonomy		Category:Lists of ants	Category:Ant taxa by rank	280
Apocrita	Category:Apocrita	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Apocrita	Category:Apocrita taxa	NONE	NONE	NONE	Category:Apocrita taxa by rank	260
Apoidea	Category:Apoidea	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Apoidea	Category:Apoidea taxa	NONE	NONE	NONE	Category:Apoidea taxa by rank	290
Arthropods	Category:Arthropods		Category:Arthropod taxa			Category:Lists of arthropods	Category:Arthropod taxa by rank	130
Bacteria	Category:Bacteria		Category:Bacteria taxa			Category:Lists of bacteria	Category:Bacteria taxa by rank	5
Beetles	Category:Beetles	Inside Category:Beetles by classification	Category:Beetle taxa	Category:Beetle taxonomy	Category:Beetles by location		Category:Beetle taxa by rank	215
Bees	Category:Bees	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Bees	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	Category:Bee taxa by rank	295
Birds	Category:Birds	Inside Category:Birds by classification	NONE	Category:Bird taxonomy	Category:Birds by location	Category:Lists of birds	Category:Bird taxa by rank	975
Bivalves	Category:Bivalves		NONE			Category:Lists of bivalves	Category:Bivalve taxa by rank	610
Cephalopods	Category:Cephalopods		NONE			Category:Lists of cephalopods	Category:Cephalopod taxa by rank	620
Dinosaurs	Category:Dinosaurs		NONE			Category:Lists of dinosaurs	Category:Dinosaur taxa by rank	9999
Fishes	Category:Fish (why not Fishes?)		Category:Fish taxa			Category:Lists of fishes	Category:Fish taxa by rank	750
Flies	Category:Flies	Inside Category:Diptera by classification	Category:Diptera taxa	Category:Diptera taxonomy		Category:Lists of Diptera	Category:Diptera taxa by rank	210
Fungi	Category:Fungi		NONE			Category:Lists of fungi	Category:Fungi taxa by rank	50
Gastropods	Category:Gastropods	Inside Category:Gastropods by classification	Category:Gastropod taxa			Category:Lists of gastropods	see Category:Gastropod families and talk page; Category:Gastropod taxa by rank	605
Hymenoptera	Category:Hymenoptera		Category:Hymenoptera taxa	Category:Hymenoptera taxonomy	Category:Hymenoptera by location	Category:Lists of Hymenoptera	Category:Hymenoptera taxa by rank	250
Insects	Category:Insects	Inside Category:Insects by classification	Category:Insect taxa			Category:Lists of insects	Category:Insect taxa by rank	200
Lepidoptera	Category:Lepidoptera		Category:Lepidoptera taxa			Category:Lists of Lepidoptera	Category:Lepidoptera taxa by rank	300
Mammals	Category:Mammals		Category:Mammal taxa			Category:Lists of mammals	Category:Mammal taxa by rank	1000
Mollusks	Category:Molluscs		Category:Mollusc taxa			Category:Lists of molluscs	Category:Mollusc taxa by rank	600
Plants	Category:Plants	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Plants; Category:Plants by classification was recently deleted	recently deleted Category:Plant taxa	Category:Plant taxonomy	Category:Plants by location	Category:Lists of plants	Category:Plant taxa by rank	11
Primates	Category:Primates		Category:Primate taxa			Category:Lists of primates	Category:Primate taxa by rank	1200
Reptiles	Category:Reptiles		Category:Reptile taxa			Category:Lists of reptiles	Category:Reptile taxa by rank	900
Rodents	Category:Rodents		NONE			Category:Lists of rodents	Category:Rodent taxa by rank	1100
Sawflies	Category:Sawflies	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Sawflies	Category:Sawfly taxa	NONE	NONE	NONE	Category:Sawfly taxa by rank	255
Sharks	Category:Sharks		NONE			Category:Lists of sharks	Category:Shark taxa by rank	700
Spiders	Category:Spiders	NO SUBCATEGORY; grafted directly onto Category:Spiders	soft redirect to Category:Spiders – Category:Spider taxa	soft redirect to Category:Spiders – Category:Spider taxonomy	Category:Spiders by location	Category:Lists of spiders	Category:Spider taxa by rank	140
Turtles	Category:Turtles		NONE			Category:Lists of turtles	Category:Turtle taxa by rank	950
Vespoidea	Category:Vespoidea		NONE			NONE	Category:Vespoidea taxa by rank	275
Viruses	Category:Viruses		NONE			Category:Lists of viruses	Category:Virus taxa by rank	1