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Ichneumon Insanity!

Hoo-boy. I was trying to get some of the ichneumons to subfamily, even genus in some cases, but the "Taxonomy" section is all messed up. What I would "like" to do is to be able to "insert" a subfamily above an existing genus guide, and below a family guide page, for example, without trying to "reorder the guides." What happens is that anything already under a subfamily, or tribe, or whatever, won't show up under the "family" taxonomy page. It remains hidden until you go to the subfamily or tribe. Why can't we just have EVERYTHING show up under family, so we can re-order properly when necessary?? Hope I'm making some degree of sense:-) Thank you for any suggestions on this.
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 February, 2006 - 5:41pm

tagged and moved some things
in a way that we hope will be helpful to you, but we don't really know the taxonomy, so it may not be correct. But hope it will be easier for you to work on now. If you have any specific things you need done feel free to write them up. We can do the grunt work of moving things around if you tell us what you want the taxonomy to look like.
… john and jane balaban, 22 February, 2006 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Don't know if it will help
with what you are trying to rearrange, but you can click on VIEW ALL when you are in the taxonomy under Ichneumonidae, and you should be able to see all the guides at one time. Haven't tried it, but guessing you can then tag and move whatever you like
… john and jane balaban, 22 February, 2006 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
I'll have to pay more attention:-) I do appreciate your willingness to help, and sharing your techo-expertise. Thank you both.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 February, 2006 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
I don't know either
but I did read some tips hereMoving Genera (or any other classification level). I don't know if that pertains to your question or not. It's been a while since I've worked on the taxonomy. I saw that both you and Jane/John were in on the original posting, so I'm thinking this won't be helpful.
… Lynette Schimming, 22 February, 2006 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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