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I have two questions:

  • Does it make sense to put identification keys into wikipedia? They could be on a separate site like "key (ants)" or "key to ant subfamilies" or the like. Or do they already exist, and is there a convention for the naming?
  • To what extent can I just copy and paste keys from books or webpages. Can they be copyrighted? I mean, in the end, it is just plane information: "Is attribute X present or not". --Chrischan 17:05, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

First sentence

An identification key does not need to be dichotomous, though it usually is. 24.210.73.62 03:18, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


The link at the bottom "Thonner's analytical key to the families of flowering plants" is broken.