User talk:Benjamint444

Featured picture candidates/Crested Tern
Hi Benjamin,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Crested tern444 edit.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 30, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-05-30. I seem to have skipped this one earlier. Sorry for the late appearance.  howcheng  {chat} 18:44, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Image on Squamata
You recently removed an image of a brown snake creeping up on an anole in the taxobox on Squamata with the edit summary that the previous image was of too low a resolution. I am not aware of any reason that a taxobox needs a particularly high resolution image, although, just on principle, and for a printed version, high resolution is better than low resolution. However, I think that the image previously in the taxobox was very impressive for having squamates in to two different groups interacting, and I think that a picture of a single species is of less encyclopedic value as an illustration for the squamates as a whole. Enuja (talk) 01:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Red-capped plover chick
Hi Benjamin,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Red-capped plover chick444.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 18, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-05-18.  howcheng  {chat} 05:05, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Swallow chicks
Hi Ben,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Swallow chicks444.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 25, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-07-25.  howcheng  {chat} 00:14, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Butterfly vindula arsinoe
Hi Benjamin,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Butterfly vindula arsinoe.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 14, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-09-14.  howcheng  {chat} 20:01, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Lens length
Copied from WP:ERRORS:


 * The description of the camera given lists the incorrect focal length of the lens used. The lens is "35-420 mm" equivalent on a 35mm camera. The a quick google revealed that the actual focal length is 7.4-88.8mm. I'd suggest that "Lens: Built in 35-420mm" is replaced with "Lens: Built in 7.4-88.8mm (35-420mm 35mm equivalent)". Noodle snacks (talk) 02:52, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

This is in regards to your template Commons:Template:benjamint444 (which BTW should be in your userspace, and subst'ed on your image pages).  howcheng  {chat} 23:28, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Panorama from Mt. Feathertop
Hi Benjamin,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Mt. Feathertop444 edit.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 27, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-11-27.  howcheng  {chat} 06:22, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Gum tree leaf
Hi Benjamin,

Thanks for your message. Principally, the upper and lower sides of a leaf are distinguishable in embryogenesis. If, in any given species, they are the same, this is typically a secondary adaptation, that is, one that tries to compensate for the earlier (possibly latent) differentiation. Unfortunately, Blechnic did not provide a source for his opinion that the upper side is used for identification in this species, so we may not be able to clarify this question entirely during this nomination. He does have a point though in pointing out that your claim that the photo would be sufficient for identification (at least as far as it is possible to ID based on just a leaf at all), is similarly unreferenced. Best wishes, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:24, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * This is just how plant ids work, if it is describing the underside of the leaf it says so, somewhere. However, this can be referenced, and I'll provide a reference when I find a moment.  --Blechnic (talk) 21:35, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Leaf
I didn't say it was the leaf of an immature tree, or if I did I misspoke. Leaves don't materialize full grown, they start as buds, then grow. According to the herbarium specimens I viewed a mature leaf on this tree should be at about at least another 50% longer than this one. I actually know what a eucalyptus tree is, and this is the underside of the leaf, and you haven't disagreed with that, so I'm not sure why you're arguing against the botanical description. --Blechnic (talk) 21:34, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I said "adult leaf" not adult tree. --Blechnic (talk) 21:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Images
Hi, Benjamin! Thank you for your beautiful images. You are the great photographer! Best regards. Oleg N (talk) 04:16, 25 July 2008 (UTC) Thanks!

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POTD notification
Hi Benjamin,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Dusky moorhen442.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 3, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-11-03.  howcheng  {chat} 00:52, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Ben,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Parma wallaby crop2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 8, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-11-08.  howcheng  {chat} 05:28, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Tawny Frogmouth
According to my book I think your bird is actually a "rufous morph" of the Tawny Frogmouth. Might be worth updating the relevant captions (I'll do it if you can't be bothered and don't object in a while). Noodle snacks (talk) 04:36, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've been away for a week so haven't been online --Benjamint 12:59, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Galleries
See WP:IG and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Birds/archive_29 "Images are typically interspersed individually throughout an article near the relevant text (see WP:MOSIMAGES). However, the use of galleries may be appropriate in Wikipedia articles where a collection of images can illustrate aspects of a subject that cannot be easily or adequately described by text or individual images." Snowman (talk) 14:57, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you're refering to here, I did clean up a gallery yesterday but I believe everything I removed was unequivacally removalble. You may be refering to the gallery of Rainbow Lorikeet sub-species that J Milburn removed...? If so, I mildly agree with it's restoration but on the whole I leave article structure to others and merely add my photos. Benjamint 23:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Lorikeets
What would be useful is a good photograph of an Ornate Lorikeet. I think that they have some at Jurong Bird Park. It may look like a Rainbow Lorikeet from a distance, but it has a red chin and yellow on both sides of its head. Snowman (talk) 16:10, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I tried to get a good shot for every species they had in the "lory loft" but the heat/humidity was really getting to me and I probably got less than half. I Probably won't visit Singapore again for ~9 months but definitely pass it my way if you have any more species found in singapore that you want an FP quality shot for. Benjamint 00:09, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Green Naped Lorikeet

 * You may find this interesting --Muhammad (talk) 12:36, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
The High Fin Sperm Whale 02:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Steppe Eagle

 * An excellent image but not of a Steppe Eagle but a Black Kite (Milvus migrans). Some of the pages have been moved around, so please updated them as needed. Thanks for the contribution. Shyamal (talk) 12:48, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * In case you have more birds, butterflies or other insects from Nepal that need help with identifications, let me know. Shyamal (talk) 04:00, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2
Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 12:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Gear
Hi, Apart from a Canon 5D, what other accessories/lenses do you have? --Muhammad (talk) 04:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Wow! That's an impressive lineup. The Nepal pics have turned out quite good so I would say you are living up to the high standards --Muhammad (talk) 00:24, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2 results
Hi, because you contributed to FPC's recent review, I'm letting you know that the results of the poll have been posted. We appreciate your contributions to the first stage and hope you take part in this next step, here, to move towards implementing several changes to the process. Regards,  Mae din\ talk 18:34, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Steppe-Eagle444.jpg
This image isn't used in any article, and was removed with a claim it was misidentified. I hope we can salvage its FP status, as it's a great image. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:28, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

VPC
— raeky  T  00:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

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Medium Tree Finch
An anonymous editor just changed Medium Tree Finch with the comment that File:Medium-tree-finch-floreana.jpg is not of this species. Any thoughts on the identification? &mdash;innotata 19:04, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * haven't been on wiki for ages, I nominated the file for deletion and I will re-upload after confirming the true species —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.172.80.142 (talk) 02:23, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Benjamin,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Ti-tree sprig2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 16, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-08-16.  howcheng  {chat} 18:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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POTD notification
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