Talk:Cultivated plant taxonomy

Redundant text and use of "we"
From the section "Scientific and anthropocentric classification": "The kind of classification schemes we use is determined by the purpose for which it was created. From the time of the ancient world, at least, we have classified plants according to two streams of thinking."

The first sentence is unhelpful and adds no useful information to the article. Rather than informing readers of the generic purpose of classification schemes, it would be better to inform readers how the specific scheme correlates with its purpose. [This is already done later in the section.] From the the manual of style, the use of "we" should be avoided. The section could easily be written without this. Axl ¤  [Talk]  07:44, 23 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The first sentence is critical as it makes the point that classification schemes are devised to achieve specific "ends" or purposes. There is a common belief that classification schemes are in some way "given" or inevitable. Rather than giving readers many examples of this it is best to first alert readers to this simple but all-important general principle. I have adjusted the sentence to remove the "we".  Granitethighs  09:43, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

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