Category talk:Cymbidieae genera
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[edit]@Peter coxhead: I started changing several of the former Maxillarieae genera to Category:Cymbidieae genera and I added a new category, Category:Maxillariinae genera (with the parent being Cymbidieae genera) for good measure, but I realized that the guidelines say that Cymbidieae genera shouldn't have subcategories (at least I think that's what they say). Should I get rid of category Maxillariinae genera? JadeSpire (talk) 02:21, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
- @JadeSpire: Category:Cymbidieae genera can broken down ("diffused") into subcategories if it will be "too large" (what this means seems to be a matter of opinion, but 132 is definitely large) and if the subcategories will be "sufficiently large" (again a matter of opinion; at least 10 but preferably at least 20 seems to be acceptable). Two points:
- If you do think that subcategories of an "X genera" category will be ok, then you need to edit the category page to change
subcats=notosubcats=yesin{{Plant taxa category}}. - Articles should never be put into both a parent and a child category. So Maxillaria, for example, should be put into either Category:Maxillariinae genera or Category:Cymbidieae genera but not both.
- If you do think that subcategories of an "X genera" category will be ok, then you need to edit the category page to change
- Peter coxhead (talk) 06:02, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks again! JadeSpire (talk) 15:15, 10 September 2020 (UTC)