Talk:David Attenborough

Link "Sir" in infobox?
It has been linked on and off in this page's history—the wikilink was removed in October after having been added in 2018. I couldn't find any significant period of time that it was unlinked since the wikilink was introduced. If we could use the articles of other of British sirs, Elton John and Paul McCartney both have it linked and piped to Knight Bachelor. From what I can tell, Attenborough received the Knight Bachelor award in 1985, so perhaps we should also add a wikilink to the infobox on this article. BhamBoi (talk) 19:57, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I boldly made this change on Isaac Newton and Alexander Fleming, but am hesitant to do so here as I am not sure if he is still considered a Knight Bachelor, or if we should link to the article Sir. BhamBoi (talk) 20:07, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * He's both a knight bachelor and knight grand cross of the order of st michael and st george. The award of knight bachelor does not however carry a postnominal. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 04:12, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Then we should link "Sir" to Knight Bachelor at the beginning of his infobox, imo BhamBoi (talk) 04:48, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The wikilink has now been removed, against precedence of other Knight Bachelor's articles.
 * I'm currently on mobile, so navigating is difficult, but in my opinion, the wikilink should be reinstated.   BhamBoi (talk) 19:12, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * For reference, the following was cut from :
 * For instance, Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Mo Farah, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Elton John, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Billy Connolly, Sir Barry Gibb and Sir Ian McKellen are Commanders of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE); Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Tom Jones and Sir Van Morrison are Officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE); while Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr), and Sir Nick Faldo are Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).
 * In all of those articles, "Sir" is linked in the infobox and piped to the Knight Bachelor page.
 * So, Edward Jocob Philip Smith, I think the precedent is to include the link, and the exceptions you mentioned in your edit summary are just that—exceptions. BhamBoi (talk) 19:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok I understand, but I don't think they are exceptions, Rather them having other prefixes such as Rt. Hon. and Excellency, but I see your point. Edward Jocob Philip Smith (talk) 15:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Climate control
Just a thought or a reminder that while our planet is warming is there a possibility that we ( the human race) can refreeze our Glacier’s by using the 3” black balls that are currently being use in California re; Los Angeles drinking water to block out the sunlight, in Los Angeles there used to stop bacteria and the photosynthesis process but by introducing the same balls to the melting streams, rivers and lakes we can refreeze the fresh water before it reaches our oceans, slowing the process of global warming, I’m not a smart man , I’m 60 yr old with cancer but if this idea can work, then we owe it to ourselves to try , if it dose work then it’s my foot print in this world I call home Kvn999 (talk) 23:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

why does it say 2 on children
it sais the amount of children not his children 2A00:23C8:A5B2:FF01:B6E1:A2D1:7619:36EC (talk) 18:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * See WP:BLPNAME. As Attenborough's children are not public figures, we don't need to draw attention to their names, although they are mentioned in the article. Pawnkingthree (talk) 21:27, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Sir David Attenborough
In the main article that I just read someone stated that Sir David Attenborough is considered a National Treasure in the UK. I'd like to revise that statement because it's incorrect. I'm sure that there are millions of people that would agree with me when I state that Sir David Attenborough is a WORLD Treasure, not just a National Treasure. He is known by many & loved by all!!! Mr. Attenborough the occupants of this planet thank you for your decades of service to the conservation of ALL life on this planet that we call HOME! IamJoeLynn (talk) 16:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There are reliable sources calling him a "National Treasure", do you have a couple reliable sources calling him a "World Treasure"? Just for the record I agree with you, but we don't post opinions in an article. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 16:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)