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== Commons pictures ==

Hi Gdr, Tried to navigate through the Commons picture database, got down to Perciformes but then could not find Tripterygiidae. Also, instead of talking about Families, Orders, etc, they use the term Category at each level. Could you please tell me how the picture database is structured? Do you need to be a biologist to use it?Thanks [[User:GrahamBould|GrahamBould]] 08:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Commons is intended for all Wikipedias to use as a resource, so its best if the category names use the scientific name instead of the English/German/Japanese/etc name. Gdr 18:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

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I agree entirely, but when drilling down each level is called a 'Category' but not what the category is, ie it doesn't say whether it's at eg Family level or Order level, much less giving the actual Family name or Order name. When I clicked on Perciforme I looked for Tripterygiidae but there was no mention. Does this simply mean that there are no Triplefin pictures?

In Commons there is another group of pictures called 'Fish Drawings'. This seems to be a very useful collection, but seems to be unsorted & filed under short file names which seem to be in code, although the scientific names are there if the picture is clicked. Is there any way these scientific names can be searched?

Many thanks for your help [[User:GrahamBould|GrahamBould]] 07:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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