Template talk:Taxonomy/Scomberomorini

what is this?
what is this? Pikachu Bros. ( talk ) 17:03, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a valid question – one that I would have asked two days ago, until I happily stumbled onto these pages... This is a  template, intended to be used in conjunction with the  and  display templates.   Using the older, static, one must manually specify the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, etc. in the pages for each and every species.  Naturally, in a family of hundreds of species, for example, it's hard to keep them all consistent with one another, and if a change is required, it must be made on each page.
 * In my case, I've been looking at the Scombridae family, which includes the tunas, mackerels, spanish mackerels and bonitos – in all, 51 species, 15 genera, 4 tribes, and a handful of subspecies, subgenera and subfamilies for good measure – and frankly, almost every one of them has an incomplete taxobox. Since i need to touch each page anyhow, I might as well switch them to automatic, so that maintenance will be easier going forward.
 * There's great documentation, including an Introduction, which explains the templates, and also the main page.   Groll &tau;ech  ( talk ) 18:17, 1 November 2012 (UTC)