User talk:Peter Wallack

Hi Peter, thanks for your excellent images. Just a few points about captions Hope this helps  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:14, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The caption should not normally include the name of the species the article is about. It's assumed the image is of that species
 * alt text is to help people with visual impairments who are using screen readers; it should therefore describe what is being shown. You might have something like this for American White Ibis  alt = large white bird with long curved bill standing on a beach|On a beach in Florida  Although only the second part is visible as a caption, a screen reader will speak the alt text too
 * The caption should describe the image. so Feeding on a beach is a caption, but this species has two flyways is not, unless your image is a map of the flyways.
 * Captions only end in a full stop if they are complete sentences

PS: Good to see another bird-watcher as an editor. Getting an article to Good Article or Featured Article is a great way to preserve one's toil at wikipedia. The main barrier is finding sourcing for material. See here. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:21, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Hey Peter, please always complete the edit summary when making edits so that other editors can see the reason for your edits. They should comprise of a brief description of what you changed and why so that the article history can be followed. Mfield (Oi!) 18:26, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Edits to Bird
I have removed the section you added to bird's ecology section and moved it to the talk page for discussion. The section had no supporting citations and was (and you will have to forgive me for being honest here) below the standard required for a Featured Article, the reasons for which I have briefly explained in the talk page. I understand the gist of what you are trying to convey (birds provide important ecosystem services) and am happy to work with you on the talk page to try and get the point across in the article. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  03:50, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia principles
Hi there, I just noticed you had not been welcomed ! Some of the key principles can be found in the canned welcome message above and one of these - "Reliable sources" is of special importance. A reliable published source needs to be cited for any additions made. Shyamal (talk) 15:21, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks messages
Please don't create file pages with "thanks" messages; these won't be seen by anyone and administrators have to spend time deleting them. If you want to thank someone, please use that user's talk page. Stifle (talk) 12:55, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

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Canvasback picture
It seems your picture is not of a pure male Canvasback, but a Canvasback-Mallard hybrid. Frankyboy5 (talk) 23:19, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

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