::, just for reference, the anon (actually , you split their comment in two) was responding to your suggestion that bacteria were in protista (which you subsequently tweaked to monera).  So you can perhaps see why they might be assuming you weren't a biologist.  Anyway, kingdoms (at least for distinguishing life's major branches) are a bit passe, but from what I've been able to gather from WP (being, now, many years removed from my original degree) it's still a very fluid subject, with a few competing high-level systems.  It does look like Kingdom Monera has had its day though - putting together bacterial groups as unrelated as the (eu)bacteria and archae, while separating groups as closely related as the eukaryotes is well past its sell-by date.  Retaining the other kingdoms (much like the name "bacteria") makes sense from a practical point of view, but it does then require higher order organisation.  Hence domains.  Cheers,