User:Bugboy52.40/Guide to Layout

This is a is an annotated, working Wikipedia Guide to Layout for the basics of laying out an insect-related articles (may work for other arthropods). Complicated articles may be best. modeled on the layout of an existing article of appropriate structure. This guide is not about how to use wiki markup (see Help:Editing for that); nor is it about writing style (see Manual of Style for that). The format and the amount of info may vary between the info and the "highlights" of any givin.

Bolding and italics

 * See also Manual of Style

The binomial name or scientific name is preferable as a name of the species of an article. The binomial name is always italicized and the first letter capitalized (eg., Hierodula bhamoana) and sometimes the first half, the genus, would be abbreviated, specially if the binomial name is repeated repeated (eg., H. bhamoana). The genus and higher taxa are sometimes bolded the first time they are mentioned (eg., in the genus Hierodula). Taxoboxes

Taxoboxes

 * For more and how to use and add see Taxoboxes''

Taxoboxes are ALWAYS used to show the classification (related terms: taxonomy: systematics) of any givin taxa for the article. An example of a stub-class article's taxobox (a species: Hierodula bhamoana) and a good article taxobox (An order: insect).

Name: The name parameter can be removed to italicize the title for species article that are named after the species' binomial name.

Picture: The Taxobox picture isn't completely necessary for species, but if there is one it should be added as it aids the description section. For higher taxa life orders, classes, ect. a collage of sorts is better as it demonstrates the variety of species in that taxa (eg., Insect's taxobox). Sometimes you can add two pictures to demonstrate polymorphism, like differences in sexes.

Classification: The classification would be the body of the taxobox, as it is the main purpose. Have a specific classification, or adding ever taxa isn't necessary, specially for lower class articles; the most important taxa should be added (commonly: Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Subclass: Infraclass: Superorder: Order: Superfamily: Family: Genus; Species: Subspecies, though as you go lower in classification, taxa like Infraclass and Superorder aren't necessary).

Binomial authority: All the binomial authority is who coined the binomial name, which gives the last name of coiner and date coined: Gray, 1864

Categorizing
Adding a category is also important, all articles should have a category. Usually there are categories for order, and now there are categories for each family in there appropriate order. Adding two categories for the order and family can is also allowed but no necessary. You can add a category by adding at the bottom of the article

Referencing

 * For more and how to use and add see Citing sources'' and Reliable sources

The reference is where you tell where info came from. References should be "added anywhere info may be chalenged" a.k.a there should be at least 1 or 2 references for every paragraph. A reference must also be reliable; if a reference doen't site where the info was obtained, it isn't reliable. Books (not kid books) and professional journals are almost always garenteed reliable (though sometimes a book or journal may be outdate and/or disapproved).

The references may be made into a note or citation by using tag in the article after the full stop (period) of the paragraph/sentence being referenced. When a ref is repeated "ref name" should be used to make it look like:  (make sure to use the qutation marks) and then have  after each full stop(make sure the name is the same and different refs with ref anmes have different ref names). A good rule of thumb is to use the authors name as a re name, so the name isn't long, or using the title as a name (as long as it is not long).

And or under the References (sometime Note) section. Use when their are more then ten refs, and then you can split it into two colomns by adding 2 (you should split it only up to 2, but more is possible) like:. The ref can be bare: meaning it only gives an external link by using two brackets or, more preferable you can use the Cite template. Only url, title, last, first, date, pages, and publisher parameters are necessary. The language parameteer is only if it is in a language other then english, and the first and last are the authors name. The date tells when it was published. If it is a journal, you will also need to use the journal parameter and if any other info is givin like the issue, chapter, and volume are givin, use them. The url paramter is only needed if you are citing a web or if you are looking at a book or journal from the web (eg., google books or pdf or image file). For books, a ISBN is a number that is alike an ID, it should be located in the book. The pages section should be the pages that are being referenced and contain the info.

The cite template shouldn't be elongated, but put normally in wikimarkup to make editing after easier and parameters that are not used should be included in the wikimarkup. Like " "

Good book references: Insects:
 * Lepidoptera
 * Dermaptera
 * Lepidoptera
 * Dermaptera
 * Lepidoptera
 * Dermaptera
 * Lepidoptera
 * Dermaptera

The following links are a complete list of parameters that can be used, for more info click the links to the cite template page:

Cite template for web page:

Cite template for book page:

Cite template for journal page:

Stub-class articles:
Stub class articles only give a basic definition; this is only good for specific species that lack any reliable research to use, but if reliable research is available you should add more info, making it a start-class article to even more. Adding things like a See Also or an External links section is common, as it links to pages related to the subject such as list pages and articles that the species. External links give links to other websites that are related to the topic, such as pictures, info, ect., and it would go after the See also section (which is like an Internal links section).

Each stub article should have a stub template, there use to be only order stubs, but now there are stubs for each family. You can add a stub by adding or, specially for higher taxa, the common name is used of the order like  instead of

Making it look like this in wikimarkup:

Binomial name is a species of common name in the family/genus family/genus.

Start-class articles:
Start class articles are still under development."The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas, usually in referencing. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent; but the article should satisfy fundamental content policies... and provide enough sources to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted."

Basic start-class articles would give more then "a definition." The article should include at least a distribution, description, and taxonomy section (if the article is of higher taxa eg., genera, family, ect.). Sections may also be included specifically for unique characteristics such as certain praying mantis' show "polymorphism" in species may have section called "Polymorphism" or may be included asa a subsection under "Description," whichever may the editor prefer.

Here, references ay repeat, so instead of using the same ref over again, you can use use the ref name parameter, see the references section above.

Distribution
The distribution section is useful to the reader as it tells where the species can be found.

Description
A basic section to include is a "Description" section. The description section gives details of what makes the species unique in the way it looks. This section will include features that make the taxa unique compared to other of it's related taxa. This may include such things as polymorphism (eg., sexual polymorphism) and larval forms.

Classification
For higher taxa, there should include a classification section giving everything below the taxa. The section may also be called "Taxonomy and systematic" or the section can be fused with the evolution (if their is one) due to the growing relationship between taxonomic classification and evoltuion in "phylogeny."

For species:

Binomial name is a species of common name of higher taxa in the family/genus family/genus, commonly called "common name"

Distribution
Binomial name/Common name are found in "location", from blank to blank.

Description
Binomial name/Common name are "color" with "varying color such as spots" on the "area" and "other area", "ect." The abdomen is "shape" and the antennae are "shape" compared to other species who's antennae are "shape". Females have "unique characteristic", while males have "characteristics".