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Also needs some sort of illustration. Richard001 ( talk) 23:28, 6 August 2009 (UTC) reply

The introduction is confusing. The picture is actually much simpler and easier to understand.

The start of the article should be rewritten. Visitors should instantly see what a polytomy is, and the "explanation" with words is ... just confusing right now. 2A02:8388:1641:8380:15C2:A3F1:9A28:71D9 ( talk) 21:52, 13 November 2019 (UTC) reply

I agree. I've attempted to re-write it to make it clearer. Comments welcome. Peter coxhead ( talk) 09:25, 14 November 2019 (UTC) reply