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Thank you[edit]

Thanks for fix my photos of birds, regards!! Ezarateesteban 13:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Unused?[edit]

I wonder about this edit. Why unused? --MGA73 (talk) 10:20, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Under the 'implausible' part of the reasoning. The problem is if a photo of a misidentified item has erroneously been put into dozens of articles in numerous wikipedias, Commons does not have a clear, easy method of doing a single-edit bulk removal (or replacement with a correctly identified photo), so I had to use this work-around of deleting the redirect. - MPF (talk) 11:41, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Mapa pinus pinea.png[edit]

You should upload it with a different name since it is a completely different image from that originally uploaded by Patrol110.--Carnby (talk) 12:04, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

The old version is woefully inaccurate and very low resolution; emendation of inaccurate maps is permitted under the guidelines for uploading new versions. If I uploaded it under a new name, it would need editing into the numerous wikipedia articles the map is used on. - MPF (talk) 12:17, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
According to Polunin & Walters (and my direct observations) your version is inaccurate as well. The delinking editings are not a problem: they can be done in a few minutes (I can help).--Carnby (talk) 20:32, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
What's inaccurate about my version? It is derived (as cited) from the work of noted authorities on the species. Patrol110's version by contrast, shows it (because of the thick sweep of pen used for drawing) native across e.g. extensive high altitude areas of the Rhodope mountains of southern Bulgaria, where the species cannot even be cultivated, let alone occur naturalised or native. - MPF (talk) 22:16, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

I think now is better:

  • Mapa pinus pinea.png
  • Mapa Pinus pinea.png

Take a look at the description page; I have corrected also all the wikilinks.--Carnby (talk) 20:19, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Though File:Mapa pinus pinea.png remains highly inaccurate; the Bulgaria example I gave was just one of many errors, another is e.g. showing it as native along the entire southern and eastern Black Sea shores, which it isn't, and another is its absence from the extensive areas of inland Spain where it is native. - MPF (talk) 10:35, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
I have copied it from an Italian book written by a renowed botanist (Luigi Fenaroli). As far as Italy is concerned your version is inaccurate too: two of the most famous Italian pinete are that of Ravenna and Grado (North Adriatic sea), completely absent in your map; the pine is also present along all the coasts of Ligurian and Tyrrhenian sea, sometimes also on the hills in Tuscany countryside (I know it well, since I live there).--Carnby (talk) 11:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Ravenna, and the other Italian sites you mention, were deliberately excluded by Critchfield & Little: "we have omitted those stands known to be artificial in origin, such as the well-known forest near Ravenna in Italy" (Critchfield & Little 1966). The problem in determining exactly what is native and what is human in origin, for a species cultivated for over 6,000 years, is a tricky one; Rikli concluded that it can only be considered genuinely native in Iberia, the only area where it occurs widely away from known trade routes. This is supported by the distribution of its primary seed dispersal agent (Cyanopica cooki), also restricted to Iberia. - MPF (talk) 15:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Your map anyway says "Ancient cultivation and/or naturalised" and, in my humble opinion (and that of most Italian botanists), the Italian area with ancient cultivations or naturalised populations is too small.--Carnby (talk) 17:40, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
If you'd like to add some pink on my map as relevant, that would be helpful, thanks! - MPF (talk) 21:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
I have added Italian pinete in pink according to Fenaroli.--Carnby (talk) 00:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
Excellent, thanks! - MPF (talk) 20:52, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Eadweard Muybridge-related bird categories[edit]

Hi MPF,

Yes, feel free to rename them to whatever you think appropriate. There were more than 16,000 images in a single category to begin with, so I didn't bother deviating from the titles of the individual motion studies in the initial subcategorization, but we certainly don't want people placing images in these categories thinking their scopes are broader than they are. Thanks for the message!

Neelix (talk) 20:47, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi MPF,
A bot sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately, I've never created any bots and I don't know of anyone who could create one for this purpose. I'd also like to see the words "in the USC digital library" removed from all of these titles and replaced with a "Images from USC digital library" hidden category to be added to all of the individual images in these categories; there are a few rare cases in which some images in these categories are not held by the USC digital library, but creating sub-subcategories (like "Eadweard Muybridge's 'Storks, swans, and other birds' in the USC digital library" for the "Eadweard Muybridge's 'Storks, swans, and other birds'" subcategory) seems like a ridiculous way of taking these rare instances into account. Both of these tasks are too extensive for me to consider doing them manually. Do you know of anyone who is savvy enough with bots to do this for us?
Neelix (talk) 21:17, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks! A very old file from before the standardisation of sourcing details. I've added the missing info. - MPF (talk) 21:09, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

File:Unidentified bird, Gembira Loka Zoo, 2015-03-15.jpg[edit]

  • Thanks for the recategorization. Do you think Acryllium vulturinum is a reasonable guess? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:44, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
    • You're welcome! Yes, it is; I'll change the category - MPF (talk) 13:10, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
      • Thanks. I'll move the page. (And thanks for picking up the pied myna earlier. I knew I recognized the bird, but couldn't think of the name. It was in the avarium, so there were no name plates to refer to). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

File:Equisetum_arvense_growing_as_a_weed.jpg[edit]

I just found you -- seemly an expert about plants -- moved my uploaded file in 2014 to a file with the name of Equisetum arvense. I think it is a good chance to discuss with you. The plant Equisetum arvense form fertile shoots like File:Equisetum_arvense_fr.jpg, but my plants did not. They were indeed Ephedra sinica that I bought from a professional in Taipei. Nothing was sown then. If you agree with me, I would like to move the file back to the one with a proper name, or maybe you can help me with this. --KasugaHuang (talk) 03:12, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! Unfortunately, there is no Ephedra in your pot; if it was there when bought, it has died. The plant in the pot is readily recognisable as Equisetum arvense by its distinctive branching structure. The lack of fertile shoots can be explained by the small size / young age of the plant in the pot; fertile shoots are only produced by large, long-established specimens. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 08:37, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Special:Diff/154893241: removal of the ITIS link?[edit]

Curiously, what was the reason for the removal of {{ITIS}} from Category:Strix? The link looked sane, and the template doesn’t seem to be obsolete. Thanks. ⁓ [Gyft Xelz · talk] 17:44, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Because ITIS isn't a useful reference in birds (and also plants); its taxonomy and nomenclature is decidedly dated, and coverage poor, particularly for taxa outside of North America. In some other taxonomic groups, it can be a useful reference, so there is currently no justification for the deletion of the template overall, but it is best not used in taxa of Aves and Plantae. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 18:10, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Could you please add a note to that effect to Template:ITIS/doc? Something along the lines of “This template should not be added to the pages related to the subtaxa of Aves and Plantae because of (the above)”? I guess that’d be helpful to the newcomers to the field. (And even more so given there’s already a somewhat similar note regarding fish taxa.) ⁓ [Gyft Xelz · talk] 11:53, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Done! - MPF (talk) 15:22, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
This is good to know. Thank you for doing that. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:41, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Alcedo Atthis location[edit]

Hi! I don't see where do I add a location now on the picture... Anyway, it was taken in Tel Aviv, Israel Artemy Voikhansky (talk) 18:54, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks! - MPF (talk) 19:15, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

"Passer domesticus" on my table[edit]

How did you understand that the bird was male? (I was so near and could not say the difference with a female one... :-) Best. --E4024 (talk) 12:58, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Compare the head pattern with the plainer brown females ;-) MPF (talk) 13:06, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Which gull species[edit]

Hi MPF,

Do you happen to know the species of this gull (side view)? I think it is a very commons species, I am just gull-ignorant ;-) -- Slaunger (talk) 11:06, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Larus canus (Stormmåge), first-winter - I've recategorised them ;-) MPF (talk) 11:12, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. You are both fast and very helpful (as usual)Face-smile.svg. -- Slaunger (talk) 11:16, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for interrupting again. Is this Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)? -- Slaunger (talk) 11:35, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes! ;-) MPF (talk) 12:31, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you (again)! -- Slaunger (talk) 12:39, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Eurasian Oystercatcher[edit]

Hi for the third time today, MPF

OK, so I am becoming more confident now; I think this is a pair of Eurasian oystercathers (Haematopus ostralegus). Can you confirm that? Can you say anything about age (juvenile/adult) or male/female from the picture? I observed them at a lake about as far away from the coast as you can come in Denmark, which I think is slightly unusual, unless they were just passing through? -- Slaunger (talk) 17:19, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Ja! Both are adults; the sex differences are very small, but males usually have a slightly thicker bill, so the one on the right is probably a male, but not definitely so. The white marks on the throat of the left bird are the last traces of winter plumage (white half-collar in winter, all-black throat in summer). In many areas (including where I am in northern England), they commonly breed inland in summer, so it is not unusual for me; in Denmark is it less common, but does occur (map). They may be breeding on the flat roof of a nearby industrial building (a good safe place for them!). - MPF (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
Hehe, thanks again, MPF. I had a look at the same database for observations accumulated over the last 15 years. This species has only been reported 5 times since year 2000 at or near the town of Viborg. I have just asked to get an account, such that I can enter my observation in the data base. -- Slaunger (talk) 17:50, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
A good find, then! Maybe increasing in the area. - MPF (talk) 17:54, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Swans[edit]

There may be a very good reason to 'de-localise' the Black Swan photos - policies and principles and all, but I havent seen an explanation somewhere... also due to the drastic reduction of numbers in the wild in western australia, the context is, in itself of interest. sats (talk) 03:56, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Because Commons has so few photos of Black Swans in their natural environment (95% of the Black Swan photos are of captive or feral birds), it makes good sense to keep them all together so they are easy to find. When the main species category becomes full (close to or over 200 pics), then it becomes useful to add further subcategories, but not until then - MPF (talk) 09:14, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
OK I happen to believe the opposite, but will leave your edit as is. Thanks for your reply. sats (talk) 11:08, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
The other option (done fairly widely) is (if they aren't already in it) to add them to Category:Birds of Western Australia, or to create a new Category:Anseriformes of Western Australia, to include all ducks, swans, etc., in WA, while retaining each photo also in its species category. - MPF (talk) 12:25, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the suggestion. The thing is with some species of animals, plants that are endemic to west australia that are now found around the rest of australia - like the black swan issue - eds from the heavier populated states in the east add their photos from their local contexts, to the point there hardly any in the local endemic context... this goes for a whole range of plants and trees. But thanks again for your replies. appreciated. sats (talk) 13:53, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

user box[edit]

Dear MPF, I have been trying to reach you with email, did you get it? Did you see this userbox Template:User Specadmin? Dan Koehl (talk) 23:42, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Yep, thanks! Replied now! - MPF (talk) 06:53, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Re: Location?[edit]

The location of File:Tordo negro o zorzal entre las ramas.JPG is Aguascalientes, México. You're welcome. --Luisalvaz (talk) 05:44, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Gracias! - MPF (talk) 11:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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Nyctiprogne[edit]

Hello my friend,
A contributor discovered Nyctiprogne which is a valid bird genus for which we sadly have no media.
But strangly, Nyctiprogne is a redirect to Chordeilinae which is a gallery showing 1 pictures of Chordeiles henryi + 1 of unknown species.
Clearly I would have suppressed the gallery without any doubt, but an admin (non interested in biology) decided to keep it.
Would you mind taking a look at Commons:Deletion requests/Nyctiprogne, please ?
Cheers Liné1 (talk) 12:06, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Liné1 - thanks! Normally an empty gallery would just get deleted, but it doesn't do any harm being left as a redirect so I'm not greatly bothered by its being kept. But more usefully, I just found a pic of one of the two species on biodiversity heritage library (a pd-old license painting), so I'll upload that later today, and then convert the redirect into a proper gallery. Just off out birding now, so it'll be in 2 or 3 hours before I do so. - MPF (talk) 13:14, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
You rock my friend.
Because clearly, Nyctiprogne showing Chordeiles henryi botheres me a lot.
Cheers Liné1 (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Location?[edit]

Hi Wmpearl - do you have a photo location for File:Setophaga aestiva.JPG, please? Also for any other bird pics without locations ;-) Thanks! - MPF (talk) 15:31, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

The picture was taken on the Galápagos Islands, but I don't remember which island. Wmpearl (talk) 17:35, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! That makes it Setophaga petechia; I'll rename the file - MPF (talk) 19:25, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Convite - Concurso Wiki Loves Earth Brasil 2015[edit]

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I checked the image source and it is cc-by-3.0 license (as expected for PLOS-ONE material), so I've restored the files and corrected the missing license details - MPF (talk) 08:05, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! Much obliged! :) --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 16:42, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

English vernacular names and the uppercases[edit]

Hi MPF, can you help me a bit please? in English when must I put uppercases in the vernacular names:

  • Order : Bucerotiformes (Hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes)
  • Order : Bucerotiformes (Hornbills, Hoopoe and Wood hoopoes)
  • Order : Bucerotiformes (Hornbills, Hoopoe and Wood Hoopoes)


-- Christian Ferrer 17:10, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Christian - the usual convention is upper case for individual species, and lower case for genera and families, but also upper case for the first word; thus: Hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. In the past there was just one Hoopoe, but now it's been split into two species, so "hoopoes" rather than "Hoopoe". Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 19:35, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Yes it helps me, thank you, you're friendly :) -- Christian Ferrer 20:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

add GeoGroupTemplate to better find images with coordinates[edit]

Hi MPF, thought [1] to be a service for all trying to identify and describe images. It helps to filter out those images that do have coordinates and can be localized by them. Sure, it does not make much sense for things that do not have a geographical meaning, it simply will keep the map empty. But people working on unidentified should be able to cope with. Now, I will do it the tedious way and put the template individually to the categories I'm interested in. (For me it's just a small number) regards --Herzi Pinki (talk) 07:35, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Moving Columba-livia-f.-domestica-categories to domesticated-pigeons-categories[edit]

While moving categories, please use "domestic pigeon" (Columba livia). Some authors do believe the streptopelia roseogrisea (Category:Barbary Doves) and geopelia cuneata are domesticated pigeons, as well. --PigeonIP (talk) 15:08, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Move them on if you wish - MPF (talk) 16:45, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Pinus ponderosa[edit]

Not sure if you've seen this... maybe you disagree with it (with evidence?)... but this says your subspecies labeling is wrong: File:PonderosaRangeMap.png [2] Famartin (talk) 22:47, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, seen it; while Callaham's work is very good, it does contain some results at variance with multiple previous studies, which (apart from their lack of any nomenclatural conclusions, using informal terms like "race" and "ecotype" rather than formal subspecies) give the distributions mapped in File:Pinus ponderosa subspecies range map 1.png. In this map, your photos are correctly allocated to subsp. brachyptera. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 07:18, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Curlew location[edit]

Hi! I've added approximate location for File:Eurasian stone curlew.jpg in "details" section per your request

Many thanks! - MPF (talk) 16:30, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Files renaming[edit]

As for renaming File:Platycladus orientalis20140713 131.jpg to File:Thuja occidentalis 20140713 131.jpg and File:Platycladus orientalis20140705 080.jpg to File:Thuja occidentalis 20140705 080.jpg.

I bought this plant as Thuja orientalis 'Aurea Nana' (= Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'), and it looks like Platycladus orientalis (see [3], [4]). --Bff (talk) 19:54, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, mislabelled plants are very common in the nursery trade! Yours does not look like Platycladus, lacking the erect branchlet layout (compare e.g. File:Platycladus orientalis Limón.jpg (a yellow-leaf cultivar, as yours was supposed to be), or File:Tree with vertical leaves.jpg (where the very name of the file makes obvious the distinction!), while being very like T. occidentalis.
One good way to test: rub a small shoot between your fingers, and have a sniff - what does it smell like? - MPF (talk) 21:58, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Der WLM-Countdown hat begonnen[edit]

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Hallo MPF,

nun ist es wieder soweit. Vom 1. bis zum 30. September findet zum fünften Mal der internationale Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Monuments statt. Im Mittelpunkt steht bekanntlich das Fotografieren von Kulturdenkmalen. Du hast an einem der letzten Fotowettbewerbe teilgenommen und wir freuen uns auf weitere Bildbeiträge von Dir.

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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For your tireless work to categorise photographs of birds here on Commons - thank you, and please keep it up! :-) Mike Peel (talk) 20:54, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! :-) MPF (talk) 20:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

"Unused"?![edit]

I notice you deleted a redirect as "Unused and implausible, broken, or cross-namespace redirect" two minutes after you renamed the file. Here is the result:

CommonsDelinker edit

I hope you can be more careful in the future. Most Wikipedia editors are not active at Commons and not ready to fight about a deleted file (which is the common reason for CommonsDelinker actions). Files can also be in use in external projects, so even checking "global" file usage is not enough.

(I thought this was handled in some guideline, but cannot find it now.)

--LPfi (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

It seems sv-wp was indeed not the only affected project, see Commons Delinquent log. I hope you can repair these before editors start searching for alternative images. --LPfi (talk) 19:01, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
Not under the 'unused', clause, but the 'implausible' clause. Yes, editors do need to start searching for alternative images, as the deleted filename was misidentified, showing a Phoca largha but included incorrectly on dozens of pages about Pusa hispida in different languages. The problem is if a photo of a misidentified item has erroneously been put into numerous articles in different wikipedias, Commons does not have a clear, easy method of doing a single-edit bulk removal (or replacement with a correctly identified photo), so I had to use this work-around of deleting the redirect. - MPF (talk) 19:59, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
OK. That point was not at all handled in the deletion comment (which editors at other projects will see as it is included by CommonsDelinker – but "Noaa-seal5" does not imply Pusa hispida), the earlier comment "identity" was not very clear and moving to "Spotted Seal" did not ring any bells for me, as I do not know the English names of seals). For sv-wp I used the page history to find the new name of the file, others might have done the same.
If you want editors to change the image, having a good edit comment would be key. Does the rename and deletion interfaces you use not give a possibility to add a handmade comment? Thank you anyway for noticing and dealing with the misidentification (odd: the original uploader had described it as Phoca largha).
--LPfi (talk) 11:01, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Making a redirect to another ("correct") file at Commons or (semi)automatic replacement is problematic, as the file at least on some projects may be appropriately used or used in a context where the replacement image makes no sense (in this case I had to change the caption on sv-wp, which was easy now that I was involved – but had somebody just changed the image I would probably have noticed such a problem only much later). --LPfi (talk) 11:18, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! Yes, perhaps I could have used a clearer reason summary in the rename, though that would not have been used by the Commons Delinker when it did its delinking, it will always and only ever give the edit summary you saw. In an ideal world, if I'd had more time, I would have changed the file in all its page uses before the renaming, but over 20 uses, mostly in languages I don't understand, was more than I had time or will for. Renaming it "Spotted Seal" was because I tend to follow the previous file name (if meaningful) or file description for style; the file name here did not name the species, but the file description used English ahead of Latin, so I used English in the renaming. You're right that the file was originally correctly identified on upload (not surprising from NOAA, they're usually accurate!), it only acquired the misidentification later. Looking at the file history, the scientific name was first changed from Phoca largha to just Phocidae, before being misidentified as Pusa hispida, but the person who did it never changed the English name (which was my first clue that the file was wrongly categorised - I'm lucky that I do know the English names ;-)).
Unfortunate that the Swedish caption was so specific to the misidentified pic; that only happens rarely. I did wonder whether to delete the caption when I added the new photo, but decided to leave it (I knew just enough Swedish to see it was not relevant to the new photo, but not enough to create a new caption!). - MPF (talk) 14:03, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Caspian seal[edit]

Hi. The picture is not mine. Unfortunatelly, as I wrote in the description, I just downloaded it from the english wikipedia long time ago.

--Nanosanchez (talk) 19:36, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

-- I have no idea of who is the author of the picture. I don't know why the link to the original picture is not working. May be, with the fusion of all the different media in wikipedia the original file was deleted. --Nanosanchez (talk) 22:22, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, the en:wiki original will have been deleted with the fusion process, that's normal practice. Someone with admin rights on en:wiki would be able to see the details of who uploaded it originally, but I don't have that. - MPF (talk) 22:26, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Marek Szczepanek photo locations[edit]

Hi, I wrote email to Marek and he confirmed that File:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg was a bird used for hunting, so it could be that it was some kind of a hybrid. --Piotr Kuczyński (talk) 14:12, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks! I'll move it to Category:Unidentified Falco (captive). - MPF (talk) 14:38, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Convite[edit]

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Obrigado por ter participado do concurso Wiki Loves Earth Brasil 2014/2015.

Ao longo destas duas edições contamos com a participação de quase 3.000 fotógrafos e recebemos ao todo mais de 20.000 imagens que estão sendo usadas para ilustrar artigos da Wikipédia e enriquecendo o nosso repositório de imagens aqui no Wikimedia Commons. Devido ao grande sucesso das duas edições do WLE, decidimos trazer para o Brasil o maior concurso fotográfico do mundo, que será realizado de 1 a 30 de setembro de 2015.

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Heads-up[edit]

Hi, as an active colleague on upload projects, I thought I'd drop you a personal heads-up for my request for adminship, today being the last day for views. RFA's tend to only have a small proportion of the community taking part, so it can be difficult to judge if this is representative. :-) --Fæ (talk) 13:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Populus alba[edit]

Hi MPF,

I was looking at the page on Populus alba on en.wiki, which uses several of your photos. How sure are you of the identification? I suspect they may be of the hybrid Populus × canescens (P. alba × P. tremula), rather than P. alba; the leaf shape is quite different, although the trees are otherwise similar. --Stemonitis (talk) 08:43, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll go and check the tree again in the next few days, but I'm pretty sure it's White rather than Grey; the leaves on vigorous shoots are strongly 3-lobed. I suppose there's always the possibility of 2nd, 3rd or 4th generation backcross hybrids, not sure how one would tell them apart!! - MPF (talk) 14:23, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Urocissa erythroryncha v. U. erythrorhyncha[edit]

As far as I can see the second spelling is the right one. Shyamal (talk) 03:08, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Shyamal - no; Urocissa erythroryncha is correct, -ry- is the spelling used in the protologue Corvus erythrorynchus (here; see #622), and that spelling (apart from the gender agreement with transfer to feminine Urocissa) is the one that has to be used. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 08:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Ok. There can however be emendations as seen in most later catalogues (Peters list notes Boddaert's spelling as an error) and the original spelling appears to have been restored recently (when?) as an "unjustified emendation"- and I have not been able to find a source with an explicit statement on that. Shyamal (talk) 07:15, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Image permissions[edit]

I have permission to use images from a few sources you have flagged for deletion, screencaps of emails etc. How do I provide the evidence? It's my first time uploading images but I got permission for all of them first.

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Arses telescophthalmus[edit]

Dear MPF, the scientific name of the Frilled Monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) is in the wikispecies article name misspelled as Arses telescophthalmus. I don't know how to correct this, because I am rarely active on Commons. Maybe you can.--HWN 12:57, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for letting me know! Done :-) MPF (talk) 13:43, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
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Speedy Delete, or advice for other tag[edit]

User:MPF, the image Janie Buck by Pretty Buck [5] that I uploaded needs to be deleted. I apologize, but I misread the copyright notice on the back of the photo before I uploaded it. There are reproductive and commercial restrictions so the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license is incorrect and the image must be deleted from WP. Thanks Atsme😊Consult 02:27, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Done :-) MPF (talk) 09:46, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Nepi y Pacini 1993 Fig 1-A Cucurbita pepo flor masculina y recorrido de las abejas colectoras de néctar.svg[edit]

Hello MPF, your opinion is welcome there, it's about a scientific drawing of a flower. Although your favorite subjects are the birds, you're certainly familiar with scientific drawings copyvio cases. Archaeodontosaurus already said he agree with me that scientific works must be protected. If you have an opinion and whatever is your opinion, can you write it in the DR please? Regards, --Christian Ferrer (talk) 08:23, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Category:Charadriiformes by country[edit]

Hi MPF :) I was near to create a category when I saw the others are not identical, what is the best way : "Charadriiformes in..." of "Charadriiformes of..." ? IMO it's in.--Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:00, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

I think 'in' as well, but most of these categories have been made as 'of' unfortunately. There are important differences between the two terms, which many people don't appear to understand: if one had for example a photo of David Cameron visiting Paris, that photo could be placed in Category:People in Paris, but not in Category:People of Paris. It is the same with birds; non-native birds (e.g. a bird in a zoo) could be in Category:Birds in France but not in Category:Birds of France.
But on another level, I don't think any of these 'by country' categories are a good idea; countries are human political constructs, and wild animals (and plants) don't follow them at all. If any subdivision is needed, it should be by infraspecific taxa or biogeographical regions, not countries. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 22:52, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
It would certainly have been better to class them by Ecoregion , although humans of Wikipedia tend to apply them the same country political constructs. These categories such as "Charadriiformes in Germany", countains the photos of the Charadriiformes taken in Germany, this is a photo classification, in no way a bird classification, we well agree. But it can help for species identification to can look at other photos of similar animals (or plants) taken in the same area. The photos with geolocation can be classified by ecoregion. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 08:13, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Problem with a bot[edit]

A user requested an incorrect orientation of File:Spotted Moray Eel.jpg and a bot obliged by rotating the file into an incorrect orientation. The orientation of the upload was exactly how I shot the image so it was correct. I attempted to undo the bot rotation but it seems I made things worse. Please help? Atsme😊📞 23:52, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

PS - think I got it fixed. I reverted the orientation to the original. Atsme😊📞 00:01, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
@Atsme: Yep, looks OK now! I've edited the file to move the location to its correct position in the description ;-) MPF (talk) 00:20, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you...[edit]

...For the adjustments! Regards, Sturm (talk) 01:50, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Category:Rangifer tarandus caribou[edit]

I notice that you have moved quite a few images to Category:Rangifer tarandus caribou, which is a specific subspecies. I hope you have ensured that each image really is of that subspecies. -- BullRangifer (talk) 02:56, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

They should be, but I'll double-check to be sure - MPF (talk) 11:20, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
That sounds good. -- BullRangifer (talk) 19:58, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Cyanocorax yncas map[edit]

Hi, could you tell me why you changed this distribution map? In English article for green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) we have cited information that inca jay is just subspecies of green jay. Also IUCN map (from where I took the data) both birds treat as one species. And even we want to separate this species, your edition is wrong: you left distribution of inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas yncas), not of green jay (Cyanocorax yncas, which is titled on the map).

Sorry for my English, I'm not a native English speaker, but I hope so that you understand me ;)

Best regards, Netzach (talk) 11:59, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Netzach - the English article is out of date and/or using a non-standard parochial authority; the two are split as separate species by the international standard authority IOC (scroll down about 1/5 of the page for Cyanocorax). Several other wikipedias such as Dutch, Swedish, and others are up to date with the split. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Need some eastside Sierra flowers identified[edit]

Can you help? Are these photographs of Carex or Schoenoplectus? The descriptions and categories disagree:

File:Large sedge Rock Creek Canyon close.jpg
File:Large sedge Carex sp Rock Creek Canyon.jpg

Thanks for any help! — hike395 (talk) 02:08, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Deletions[edit]

Why do you delete my uploaded photos? They are within terms of WP:Licensing because I made them and are not as same as the original ones... --Obsuser (talk) 01:29, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

@Obsuser: They are so similar as to be derivations of the originals, and - sorry to say - that counts as breach of copyright. Take a look at Commons:Copyright for more details. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 01:34, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Maude White shares works for free, and they are not copyrighted as I can make same thing, take photo of it with my hands below, and upload it... If it differentiates in one pixel, it is not as same as original. Can I upload it again? --Obsuser (talk) 01:41, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, no! I looked at Maude White's website, and there is nothing there to say they are free of copyright. Every work of art is copyright unless there is a clear statement that it is free of copyright (which you would need to show proof of!), until it is 70 years old (or older in some situations) - only then does copyright expire. Please read the Commons:Copyright and licensing information very carefully, it is complex! - MPF (talk) 01:44, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Why did you delete F1 steering wheel? How it could be "copyright protected"? --Obsuser (talk) 02:20, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
This one is supposedly "own work" and is not deleted... My is also own work. How do you know it isn’t or the one mentioned is? --Obsuser (talk) 02:23, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
What about this one? Can I use Creative Commons 2.0 GL? --Obsuser (talk) 02:30, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi @Obsuser: - someone had to go and take that photo of the F1 steering wheel: it is their work with their camera, so their copyright! If you take your own camera and go to an F1 car showroom, and take your own photo, then yes you can add it to Commons. But not someone else's photo, unless they have specifically stated with a creative commons license that other people can use it. That is the case with the last one you mention, you can see the photographer (Nic Redhead) is cited, and the link given to the original photo, where the creative commons license "Some rights reserved" is clearly shown. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 10:27, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
How can you know someone went there and took a photo? Maybe he found it elsewhere too. How can someone prove it is his/her own work? It is not revealing a state secret publishing a steering wheel... What’s the matter if ca. 10 web-sites published steering wheel and it is available on internet right now (google images show it too) for anyone that has access to web? --Obsuser (talk) 02:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Could you answer these thoroughly? --Obsuser (talk) 23:33, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Well, yes, illegal "license laundering" as you suggest does happen, unfortunately; users (and particularly administrators) have to be on the look out for it constantly, and delete cases where it occurs. With time and experience, it is often possible to spot cases with ease; image searches on google can help too. On the steering wheel example: just because others elsewhere on the internet have broken copyright, does not mean that we can do so too. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 01:00, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Deceased Naturalis birds done[edit]

Dear MPF,

My overcategorised tsunami of old birds is done - thanks for your patience. The deceased birds reside in Category:Songbird_specimens_at_Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center and number now 136.232. A few thousand of multiple views of 1 specimen have been uploaded erroneously as "new versions" - old ones can be downloaded but cannot be used in articles - with their first view (1 specimen, more photo's). The List of species and genera in Category:Songbird specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center gives an overview of (missing) categories.

  • Shall i do a repair run for those images, and reduce the overcategorisation beforehand this time? Best regards, Hansmuller (talk) 12:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks! As you like on the new versions :-) - MPF (talk) 19:10, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Licensing[edit]

1. Could you please verify this photo is properly licensed? I’ve just cropped it, and it does have now license (CC Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) on Flickr) so I hope it can stay forever on Commons! Face-smile.svg [Autoreview says size not found – that’s because I cropped the image...]

Yes, that one is OK! MPF (talk) 11:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

2. Could you tell me whether these files: File:Bone tumor skull.jpg, File:Zuzi Jelinek Opatija 0510 1.jpg, File:Žuži Jelinek.jpg, File:Žuži Jelinek 1936 godine.jpg, File:Žuži Jelinek sa braćom 1939 godine.jpg, File:Žuži Jelinek sa Jovankom Broz.jpg comply rules so they can stay here on Wikimedia Commons? I’ve been blocked by an admin for one week on .sr because I’ve uploaded these on Serbian Wikipedia but I’m pretty sure they don’t break any rules as they are very old photos (> 70 years) whose author deceased and have [photos, not authors] small resolution (< 300 px) and comply both the Croatian license {{PD-Croatia}} and the {{PD-old-70}}. Note that first image of the skull is not related to the other from-same-group images.

The skull is unfortunately not OK, even though it is widely used on the internet - no guarantee it is validly licensed! The Žuži Jelinek photos, it is very unlikely they are valid; she only died very recently, and the photographers are likely to be of broadly similar age, so won't have died more than 70 years ago ;-) You would need to have accurate details of who the photographers are and when they died. - MPF (talk) 11:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
May I crop the skull? --Obsuser (talk) 23:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
No; any part of an image is as much protected by the copyright as the whole image ;-) MPF (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
What about two photos of 1936 and 1939 which comply {{PD-Croatia}} or {{PD-old-70}} for being older than 70 years? --Obsuser (talk) 23:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
It is not just that the photo has to be over 70 years old; it has to be 70 years after the photographer died. This is very unlikely for photos taken in the 1930s: you would need to find out who took the photos, and if they died before 1945. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

3. Are admins permitted to block an user if he/she sends about ten files that maybe not comply or have proper license on some language project, if that is not because an user wanted intentionally to provocate anything but didn’t know license was maybe not applicable (or even worse if it was actually applicable)? Thank you in advance. --Obsuser (talk) 01:44, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes, though they should warn you first about copyright breaches: always best to negotiate first before blocking (I don't know if they did or not!). - MPF (talk) 11:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

A, let's say, "nice quote" of yours...[edit]

Hello MPF!

I totaly agree with you on the point that there are "there's many far, far worse pics on Commons", but wouldn't it be a bit too cheeky filling up the DR listings with, let's say, 150 to 200 deletion requests all based upon a low image quality? ^^ Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 03:22, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Yep! It's very rare that I put out a DR based on low image quality - I won't say never, just maybe one or two a year perhaps :-) MPF (talk) 09:38, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
So do you have an opinion how useful this deletion ratioanle of "bad quality" is? Actually, I'd plead for a more extended use of it, as the n-th noisy, blurry image of e.g. a seagull (cf. your example of those unidentified Laridae) does really add nothing to Commons as a media source... Hardly browsable (in a reasonable time), hardly findable media could be deleted, I think. BTW, is it worth to port this exchange to the Village pump for a broader collection of opinions? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 20:19, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
I guess it is useful, but haven't devoted much time to detailed thought about it. Every now and then I happen upon a really awful photo, and either ignore it, or nominate it for deletion, depending on how I'm feeling at that moment :-) I usually err on the side of keeping. Sometimes awful photos are actually in use, typically if they're old ones from the early days of wiki when there wasn't much choice available. But yes, I agree, it would be useful to have some clearer community guidelines that those currently in place. - MPF (talk) 22:50, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
You were fully right, it was really not difficult in finding gull photographs that could reasonably proposed for deletion on quality grounds, there are currently nearly ten listed on DR by me... Grand-Duc (talk) 21:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
@Grand-Duc: Aye! As an aside, the series with the young gull on the roof window, with no location information, I'm not sure at all they are Larus argentatus - the contributor has photos from both France (Alps region?) and (I think) Georgia; of these, Larus argentatus only occurs in the north of France and not at all in Georgia. In southern France, L. michahellis is the commonest gull, while in Georgia, L. armenicus is most likely. But unless we can find out where the photos were taken, it is not possible to identify them. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 00:03, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Ouh, OK... Well, that shows well that most, if not all, well-established Wikimedia projects are now in a state where it is hard to contribute without being specially educated in a subject - I'm not an ornithologist and simply was not aware (or did not think about it) that the hatchlings and juveniles of gulls often look similar... This teaches me well to shoot ahead. (And the more, I fell victim of a "false friend", when you wrote "Georgia", I automatically thought about the US state, and not the country. I took a look at old versions of the FR-WP userpage of said contributor, and he is indeed an Georgian by his own saying, even if he seemingly masters at first glance the French language as if it's his mothertongue.) Thank you for reminding me to be a bit more cautious! Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 01:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

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Re:Location?[edit]

Hello! Yes! The photo was taken very close to Ávila, Spain: {{Location dec|40.65423877|-4.64892268|}} I've added this information in the photo description. Thanks a lot! --DPC (talk) 08:20, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

All the serie "Fringilla coelebs 01 by dpc.jpg" to "Fringilla coelebs 06 by dpc.jpg" is taken in the same place. --DPC (talk) 08:29, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Gracias! - MPF (talk) 09:40, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Swiftlet ID[edit]

I appreciate that swiftlets are not the easiest group to id, and if I'd found these birds away from this site and on my own, there might be some room for error. However, unusually for me, I was with an organised group with two professional guides,one of whom was Kamol Komolphalin, illustrator of Birds of Thailand, Lekagul and Round. The site is also, apparently, a known and regular breeding site for this species, so it wasn't a random find. In the circumstances, I think the id is hard to dispute, and German's is widespread along the coast of Thailand. Jimfbleak (talk) 17:12, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I suspect google pointed me in the wrong direction for the temple, it suggested two locations well inland in northern Thailand, not along the coast ;-) MPF (talk) 21:20, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
In truth, I can't remember exactly where the temple was, since we were not travelling under our own steam, but my wife and I both remember it as being in a decent-sized twon at or near the coast Jimfbleak (talk) 06:20, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Pseudhirundo griseopyga Sharpe.jpg[edit]

I note that you have changed the colours of this picture, which I agree with. It would appear as if these swallow illustrations, see Category:A monograph of the Hirundinidae, were printed on yellow paper, which somewhat obscures what the artist had in mind, white plumage would become yellow for instance. I have also given three illustrations a white background, over the original, which seems to restore the illustration. Should I do the same with the rest? JMK (talk) 21:16, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Yep, seems a good idea to me; up to you how many you want to do. I might get round to doing some more myself too, if I can find the time. I'm doubtful they were deliberately printed on yellow paper, it's normal for old paper to go that colour after a century or so. If it had originally been yellow paper, I'd think Sharpe would have used white paint to make vivid white parts white in the pictures - and I don't see much evidence of that (possibly in File:Tachycineta thalassina 1894.jpg as the breast looks marginally lighter than the outer page). - MPF (talk) 22:12, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Location?[edit]

Hi MPF, I just added location info for File:FraserFirFoliage.jpg! I took this picture on my trip to Mount Rogers last summer! Broly0 (talk) 00:32, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks! - MPF (talk) 23:34, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Why did you tag these for rotation?[edit]

File:Nine picea rubens cones from Pisgah National Forest.jpg and the rest of the contents of Category:Picea rubens cones. I do not see that they fit either of the situations presented in Commons:Rotation. The only thing I can think of is that because the cones hang a certain way while on the tree, that means a photo of one must reflect that orientation? Or is there something else I'm missing? I'm all for having multiple versions in case someone wants to use them, but I do prefer them the other way (which is also the way the US Fish and Wildlife Service presents them). — Rhododendrites talk |  14:50, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, to reflect their natural orientation; i.e. USFWS posted the pics up-side-down. They definitely look better / more realistic in their natural position. - MPF (talk) 14:57, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Earth 2016[edit]

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Hallo MPF,

Du erhältst diese Nachricht als Teilnehmer von Wiki Loves Earth 2014 oder 2015. Dieses Jahr wird sich Deutschland wieder am Fotowettbewerb Wiki Loves Earth beteiligen. Wir würden uns über weitere Bilder von Dir freuen. Der Zeitraum für das Hochladen der Naturbilder ist vom 1. bis 31. Mai 2016.

Für die Weitergabe an den internationalen Wettbewerb ist ab diesem Jahr eine Mindestauflösung von 2 Megapixeln erforderlich. Bitte gib an, in welchem Schutzgebiet oder an welchem Schutzobjekt (z.B. Naturdenkmal, Geotop) die Fotos gemacht wurden. Wenn Bilder gar nicht zugeordnet werden können, gelangen sie nicht in die Wertung. In die Bilder eingefügte Zusätze wie der Name des Fotografen, Datum, Beschreibung oder ein Rahmen sind unerwünscht.

Seit der letzten Runde sind unter anderem Listen aller FFH-Gebiete und EU-Vogelschutzgebiete in Deutschland erstellt worden, die nun ebenfalls auf Bilder warten.

Dieses Jahr wird eine Vorjury die Vorauswahl der Bilder nach den Wettbewerbsregeln übernehmen. Als Teilnehmer aus den Vorjahren kannst Du Dich daran beteiligen. Bei Interesse bitte unter WLE-Vorjury eintragen, ein Zugangscode kommt per E-Mail.

Viel Spaß und Erfolg wünscht im Namen des Organisationsteams,

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Removal of useful categories[edit]

hi, I noticed that you are removing files, like File:Joshua Tree National Park - 49 Palms Oasis - 01.jpg from subcategories of Category:Flora of Joshua Tree National Park. Please do not remove useful categories. --Jarekt (talk) 14:50, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

I was restoring it to Category:Washingtonia filifera, so that the file could be easily found there: Commons has very few photos of the species in its native environment (as opposed to cultivated), and it doesn't make good sense for most of the few we have to be hidden away in obscure subcategories ;-) MPF (talk) 15:02, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
So your concern is with the quality of Category:Washingtonia filifera and my concern is with quality of Category:Flora of Joshua Tree National Park, as I am trying to make sure all images of plants from Category:Joshua Tree National Park are also present in Category:Flora of Joshua Tree National Park. So whatever you do to Category:Washingtonia filifera, do not remove them from Category:Flora of Joshua Tree National Park. --Jarekt (talk) 17:13, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
I added Category:49 Palm Oasis in Joshua Tree National Park‎ and Category:Oasis of Mara in Joshua Tree National Park to Category:Flora of Joshua Tree National Park, were they all in that? If not, I can add them directly to Flora of Joshua Tree National Park (or do that anyway, if that's preferrable) - MPF (talk) 20:34, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Phalacrocorax capillatus[edit]

  • I have reverted some of your nonsensical edits (a, b, c et al). Being a Phalacrocorax capillatus does not necessarily mean that it always stays on rocky coast. See for example this document issued by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, if you can read Japanese. --トトト (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2015 is open![edit]

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Cygnus atratus[edit]

Hi MPF, in biologischem Englisch bin ich nicht so firm, aber unter "captive" hätte ich tatsächlich (nur) ein Tier in Gefangenschaft eingeordnet. Mein Bild vom Max-Eyth-See in Stuttgart mit den Betonsteinen sieht auch nicht gerade nach freier Wildbahn aus ... Grüße, --Pjt56 (talk) 08:44, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Commons talk:Photo challenge/themes[edit]

Thanks for commenting on some existing themes. I see you opposed "three of a kind" and "black and green" as a "gimmick". Themes do not need to be subject categories in order to be very successful. We have had great abstract themes, some similar to those, that result in wonderful educational images. Commons:Photo challenge/2016 - January - Diagonals is just one of well over a dozen examples. Why don't you look at see what worked and what inspired people to take great photos. On the voting result page you can see how many people submitted entries, how many voted and how many photos were entered. Ideally we want all three of these to be high. Themes that are very specific on specialist subjects, for example, will not be popular, and themes that are not popular will not attract voters. At the end of the day, the popularity of a theme will determine how many high-quality educational images we get, not how worthy the theme topic it is. -- Colin (talk) 14:17, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

@Colin: Thanks! Looked through the Diagonals set, and agree there are many decent pics there, but they are very random in subject; this makes it trickier to get them all correctly categorised, as no-one has any expertise covering all of them. This contrasts with more subject-defined topics, where a person with expertise in that topic can go through the whole lot to verify identities, categories, etc., in one easy go. Also it isn't a good way to attract really high value photos (photos of items with no representation on Commons). I guess the latter is a real niche, but also a serious challenge (one I'd like to see is conifers in the mountains of Mexico - numerous endemic species, most of which don't have any photos on Commons at all yet). Having a photo challenge like that might make a Mexican contributor or two realise we have a major gap there that they can fill; Diagonals doesn't do that. - MPF (talk) 15:19, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
The reality is that photos where Commons lacks good representation are that way for a reason -- nobody is interested in taking the pictures or we have so few contributors from that region. We simply can't run a challenge on Mexican conifers. Even a challenge on conifers would likely not attract the kind of photos you want (i.e. it would get lots of images of unidentified conifer forests and none/few of individual specimens with correct name/category). While a PC might move some photographers outside their comfort zone to try new things, that isn't going to work for many. Someone who likes taking photos of bugs, or of buildings, isn't necessarily going to be inspired to photograph a Pride march just because someone campaigns for more of those photos on Commons. The thing is that if you run a challenge on birds, then that's all you get. And if someone isn't interested in photographing birds, they don't contribute at all. If you run a challenge on "three of a kind" then who knows what you get -- three birds, three bugs, three buildings, three people, three fruit.... Serendipity is wonderful, and the challenge is open to far more people. So I think that PC should have a mix of concrete subject themes and a mix of abstract concept themes -- that way everybody is happy.
The problem with categorising challenge images is no different to the problem of categorising any photographer's work, if they are unfamiliar with Commons and don't do it themselves. Really the best categorisers are the photographers once they get familiar with Commons.
What we are seeing with PC is an increasing number of entries from developing nations. That makes it hard to manage as so many seem to have problems getting their submissions right -- probably because there is no translation in their language. Whenever I look at newbies contributions to the challenges, I often see they have uploaded other photos too. It inspires people to join and contribute, and we want them to contribute outside of PC too.
So I think the best way to look at it is as a bit of fun for regulars and a hook to lure newbies. The actual photographs entered, a few hundred at most, are a drop in the ocean for Commons -- so we really aren't going to right-any-wrongs wrt representation on individual challenge themes. But if PC can start attracting contributors from developing nations, for example, then it is solving a systemic bias issue, and perhaps a few of those are interested in conifers... -- Colin (talk) 16:15, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Help with names, please?[edit]

I screwed up when I named two images I just uploaded but I'm not sure if they need to be changed. The 2 images are File:Texas thistle bud.jpg and File:Texas thistle.jpg. My concern is that they may be confused with the Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum). I'm thinking it might be better to rename them to File:Texas Milk Thistle bud.jpg and File:Texas Milk Thistle.jpg, both of which are Silybum marianum. Can you advise, please? Thank you in advance...Atsme 📞 13:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

No problem, I'll do it! - MPF (talk) 13:57, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
@Atsme: ... Done! - MPF (talk) 14:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Ohhh THANK YOU, MPF!! You're amazing! Atsme 📞 14:04, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
No problem, it's easy! - MPF (talk) 14:08, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
I'm so happy to read that it's easy because I screwed-up. 8-[ Remember what we were taught in school about changing our answers on a test - that in some cases the first answer was the correct one? Well, my first titles may have been the correct ones, but before I ask for your help again, I've queried some botanists in Texas hoping they can positively ID the images. Atsme 📞 22:10, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Is it possible for you to simply revert the name change? The images are definitely not a milk thistle. The original names were actually "safely" accurate. Once a botanist confirms the actual species of Texas thistle, I will simply add it to the infobox. My apologies. Atsme 📞 10:43, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
It's easy to change the file names, no problem there. But I've been checking up; it isn't Cirsium texanum, the bracts below the flowerhead are the wrong shape, and it isn't Silybum marianum, either. It is extremely like the UK/European native Musk Thistle Carduus nutans, and I've found that this is listed as an invasive weed in North America, so I'm sure now that's what your pics are. Compare e.g. File:Chardon dans la vallée de l'Avérole.jpg or File:Carduus nutans 3.jpg, showing identical bracts. So I'll rename & re-cat them to Musk Thistle shortly - MPF (talk) 12:21, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
No, I don't think so. The center of the flower is different. I shot the photos the other day here at my ranch in North Texas. I'm getting close to an ID and will advise as soon as I know something. Thank you for your help. Atsme 📞 15:19, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

I uploaded a full shot of the plant File:Texas thistle FS.jpg, and also found the following images which are almost exact University of Texas, and a photog's site and a variety of Texas thistles. Atsme 📞 15:53, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

I fear I'll have to disagree, File:Texas thistle FS.jpg is Musk Thistle again ;-) I checked some more serious botanical sites, University of Austin, TX (& photo gallery), Flora of North America, USDA, and Applied Medical Botany; Texas Thistle is quite constant (note the short, slender bracts below the flowerheads) and does not resemble your plants at all. Musk Thistle by contrast is quite variable (Flora of North America) and does resemble yours. The photo on Albert Vick's site is also Musk Thistle, misidentified, and none of the photos on the asergeev.com site labelled Cirsium texanum resembles yours. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 17:17, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

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You may be absolutely correct. My hesitation at this point rests on the fact that none of the thistles in my pastures are "nodding". All are upright. Also, none have that circular daisy-like center as the photos depict of a musk thistle. I'm waiting for a botanist friend to get back to me with a positive ID. Just want to make sure of a proper ID before we make further changes. Atsme 📞 18:49, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! The 'nodding' isn't a hard-and-fast character, particularly with buds / young flowers, happens more with the mature seed heads though. I can put them in Category:Unidentified Carduoideae for the time being until your friend reports back - MPF (talk) 19:53, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
I'm impressed, MPF - you nailed it. Musk thistle it is; Carduus nutans. Will you do the honors? :-D Atsme 📞 23:19, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks! Will do; it'll be tomorrow now (just gone midnight here!) - MPF (talk) 23:24, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Here's the list of images for your convenience:

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Done! I gave them all the same name, just 1-4 at the end, File:Texas invasive Musk Thistle 1.jpg et seq., as I find it useful to keep related images together in their category, hope that's OK! - MPF (talk) 21:40, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

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Hiddenhauser (talk) 11:01, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

MILEPRI[edit]

Hello MPF,
MILEPRI creates hundred of categories for tribes and subtribes from BioLib. He moves 1 or 2 genera in these category to ensure that they are kept, but leaves most of the genera in the subfamilies, leaving me the work of finishing the work. This is not nice but authorized.
Could you look at [6], please?
He must at least respect an unanimous rule: not to create tribe categories when the subfamily has only one tribe.
Best regards Liné1 (talk) 21:29, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your work in identifying birds![edit]

Thank you for identifying the bird in File:Corvid in tree calling.gk.webm! If you get some time to, I hope you get a chance to identify File:Sparrows bathing in fountain.gk.webm as well. It is an astonishing level and quantity of work you're doing here. Thank you very much. grendel|khan 01:20, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Done :-) MPF (talk) 10:58, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Colour-correction[edit]

Look at this, I hope you like my choice of green. :) (updated, see below) -- Fulvio 314 18:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

@Fulvio314: Thanks! Somewhat similar to what I'd got to and not ideal (too blue-green); I fear it probably won't be possible to get anything decently accurate unfortunately. But thanks for trying! - MPF (talk) 21:05, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
We say: "since we did 30, let's do 31!". I just chose a green of my taste and there are many other tones to do the color turn, now I know how to do it without affecting the grays. Pls, show me a picture where there is a good green you like and I'll try again with a reference :) -- Fulvio 314 05:26, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
@Fulvio314: Thanks! Here's a selection of photos of the same species showing typical vegetation colour in its habitat: File:Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicata)- cambaiensis race at Hodal I IMG 5835.jpg, File:Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus) Male Thane Maharashtra IMG 1341 (3).JPG, File:Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus)Kalyan IMG 1341 (4).JPG, File:Saxicoloides fulicatus Bhindawas.jpg. I suspect the real problem though is that the original we've been working from only contains a very limited range of colour, and it is impossible to split a single blue into a mix of different varieties of greenish-yellows. But give it a go if you like! - MPF (talk) 17:42, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
Here there is the green version most similar to the samples (use CTRL-F5 to clear the cache and update the displayed picture), Cascading background (colorized).jpg is it ok? You are right, there are few tones available in the original, but with the help of the color weel (The Gimp) you can expand the range a little. -- Fulvio 314 19:19, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
@Fulvio314: Nice, thanks! Definitely better than anything I'd managed; I'm happy with that as the best that it'll be possible to make - MPF (talk) 20:15, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
Oh, and I'll probably rename both this and the original into something more meaningful soon :-) MPF (talk) 20:17, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello :-) I worked some more on @Fulvio314:s image. Hope its better, otherwise revert. cheers Amada44  talk to me 11:44, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks! Yep, I think that's a bit of an improvement :-) MPF (talk) 12:31, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Buffalos in Berlin[edit]

Hey MPF, regarding File:Tiefwerder Wasserbueffel 01.jpg and File:Tiefwerder Wasserbueffel 02.jpg. You are of course right that those are buffalos are captive ones. But they are most definitely not living in a zoo, but in a large fenced grassland area that is publicly accessible. The buffalos are not "attractions", but basically cheap lawnmowers. They are as much in a zoo as cattle on a meadow or sheep on a dike. --Sebari (talk) 21:35, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

@Srittau: Thanks! I've checked the category tree, there's a better cat at Category:Water buffaloes of Germany, I'll move them there - MPF (talk) 21:45, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Thank you, that category fits well! --Sebari (talk) 21:55, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Category:Mixed flowers[edit]

Hello. I noticed you also did some work on unidentified plants. Maybe you can give some input regarding this category. There is an old thread on the talk page where its categorization is questioned. --Averater (talk) 09:45, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Juniperus communis[edit]

Juniperus communis in Parc naturel régional de la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée I ask to be sure: the plant on the picture is certainly Juniperus communis? Is it possible that it has red berries? Tournasol7 (talk) 20:07, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Bonjour @Tournasol7: - c'est Juniperus oxycedrus. I can rename it if you like - MPF (talk) 12:21, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
Ok, thank you, because I can't do it :) Have a nice day! Tournasol7 (talk) 12:29, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks! Doing it now :-) MPF (talk) 14:06, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
And done! MPF (talk) 14:09, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Species confirmation[edit]

Hi MPF,

Can you confirm the species in this photo? -- Slaunger (talk) 19:46, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Slaunger - yes, confirmed! - MPF (talk) 20:14, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
You are providing fast and high quality service! What more could one ask for?Face-smile.svg -- Slaunger (talk) 20:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Review[edit]

Hi MPF I have uploaded this image from Picasa. Could you please review the image. Because if the image has been pass I have to use it on article.IronScientist (talk) 13:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Cavia porcellus, Iguazú National Park 1.jpg[edit]

Hi. I am afraid that animal at the pictures you upload to wikicommons (Cavia porcellus, Iguazú National Park 1.jpg) is not Cavia porcellus (domesticated C. tschudii) but the sister taxon - Cavia aparea or Cavia aperea subsp. pamparum. C. porcellus lives in Andas, not in the Southern Brazil. Look here, and (if you have an access to Jstor) here (at the page 219). The name of that file should be chanded into "Cavia, Iguazú National Park 1.jpg". Greetings, Jacek555 (talk) 09:59, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

@Jacek555: Thanks! I always was a little uncertain of the identity given the location, but took the Flickr photographer's identification at his word. I have renamed the file to File:Cavia aperea, Iguazú National Park 1.jpg, and also the related second file to File:Cavia aperea, Iguazú National Park 2.jpg. Rather sadly, this leaves Wiki Commons without a single picture of wild Cavia porcellus in its native environment - any idea where we can get some?? - MPF (talk) 11:42, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
@MPF:, I am afraid it is unclear where, and how many guiena pigs (understood as Cavia porcellus) lives in the wild. FAO reports here about "family production" at household cultures only. Mammal Species of the World reports that: „This species may be a domesticated animal with no established wild populations”, and I am afraid you can not find a reliable information on wild populations at any scientific publication. Even cavias taken for scientific research tend to be purchased just at any village markets in different parts of the Andes. I am just trying to collect reliable data for a new, completed article at pl:wiki, but I did not find any info about the range of occurrence in the wild. We have to remember, that the domestication of that species happened 2500BC or even 5000BC. Greetings, Jacek555 (talk) 12:23, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
@Jacek555: Thanks! Yes, 5-7,000 years of undocumented domestication makes things difficult! Maybe some genetic studies will get done some day. - MPF (talk) 12:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

RE: Cavia[edit]

Hi. I think the File:Esterros de Farrapos 01.JPG could show C. aperea too, because Esteros de Farrapos is in Uruguay, east from Argentina. But in Uruguay lives also another species of Cavia – C. magna. That species should live in costasal part of Uruguay only, but who knows? File:CobayoColorado1.JPG shows a cavy with colour pelage, so I think it is a pet photographed somewhere in the garden by its owner. Cavies living in the wild have agouti pelage. Maybe the name of that file expalins the palce (Colorado, US), or the name of that pet. Cabayo is one of versions on vernacular name of cavy in South America. Jacek555 (talk) 15:49, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

@Jacek555: Thanks! I looked at the map for C. magna, and it is well away from Esteros de Farrapos; I think it is safe to say C. aperea, then. I'll put the other one in domesticated C. porcellus. - MPF (talk) 16:42, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

File name change affects embed code used elsewhere[edit]

Hi, Thank you for improving the caption of this image. I notice, however, that the filename was also changed by you: "MPF moved page File:CombDuck DSC0259.jpg to File:Knob-billed Ducks and Rock Doves, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.jpg without leaving a redirect: identity)" This is a problem because the previous file name in the embed code used elsewhere will now return an error. Could you please revert to the original file name? Thanks, Shankar Raman (talk) 14:08, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Shankar Raman: - unfortunately, that wouldn't help, as it would mean the image could appear erroneously on pages about Comb Duck (a different species, Sarkidiornis sylvicolor from South America). - MPF (talk) 21:54, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
Well, that's a pity, as the caption and category chosen clearly indicates this is a different species. There can be many such cases with the filename (which is often chosen based on convenience and common names; for instance, 'blue jay' would refer to different species in old and new world.) I do wish the filename can be reverted/retained because it will be impossible to keep track of such edits which end up losing the images from other sites where the pics are embedded. Shankar Raman (talk) 07:57, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi @Shankar Raman: Is there really a problem? The file was not listed as having been in use anywhere; if it had been, it would not have been possible to rename it without leaving a redirect. The rename was done in accord with the Commons:File renaming guidelines (#3, "To correct obvious errors in file names, including misspelled proper nouns, incorrect dates, and misidentified objects or organisms"). - MPF (talk) 11:32, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Apologies for taking so much of your time. This file (and many other similar ones I have on Wikimedia Commons) is used on other sites such as my blog, eBird etc using the embed code. I doubt whether their usage in sites outside Wikimedia/Wikipedia will show up here against filename. When the filename is changed here, the embed code on the blog or eBird will still show the link to original file but fail to display/load image. For an example of what happened to this particular file see this page http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31324624 -- one image displayed (filename not changed), the other image not displayed (only link to CombDuck DSC0259.jpg shows). Shankar Raman (talk) 09:32, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Re: "Pinus wangii var. wilsonii" in the San Francisco Botanical Garden[edit]

Thanks for intervention. I am cautious and check determinations of species on labels (I do not belive them blindly), but I do not know Pinus from Asia... Kenraiz (talk) 10:34, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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Inaccurate paleoart[edit]

Hi, the inaccurate paleoart template should obviously only be used for paleoart, that is, restorations of extinct animals. Not inaccurate depictions of living animals. FunkMonk (talk) 15:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi @FunkMonk: - I realise those images were not of paleoart, but Commons sorely lacks a similar mechanism to deal with similarly inaccurate historical bio-art. At the time I edited those images, I put a request to @Calliopejen1: (creator of the inaccurate paleoart template) to revise the template to make it suitable for non-paleo-art, but he never responded. Could you do so, please? As noted in my request, I don't have the technical know-how to do it myself. Pending creation of a suitable template, I'd rather my edits adding the template stayed in place, please, so that their inaccuracy is evident, and automatically logged in a category. Thanks! - MPF (talk) 15:55, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
I have no idea how to make templates, so maybe it could be requested here[7]? I have not removed the text describing the inaccuracies themselves, but I removed some of the templates, because the paleoart category was getting filled up with non-paleoart. FunkMonk (talk) 16:01, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
Yes, I saw you'd left the text mentioning the inaccuracy, but it was no longer conspicuous, and no longer gathered the affected images together in a category of 'inaccurates', both of which I consider important. Obviously once the template is revised / adapted, then they can be re-edited to accord with whatever gets done. Yep, I'll look in on Commons talk:Templates (not right now, but shortly); thanks for the suggestion! - MPF (talk) 16:05, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Lone Pine table[edit]

Thanks for filling in the gaps. Seriously, I REALLY appreciate it! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:29, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Same here - despite my dribble about spoiling the myths/memories - it is great work - thank you as well JarrahTree (talk) 13:47, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

@Pdfpdf: @JarrahTree: You're welcome! It's been an interesting challenge :-) MPF (talk) 14:39, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Category:Thuja plicata 9-47/B[edit]

Hi MPF, according to the official list the trees are Thuja occidentalis. What do you base your changes on? Braveheart (talk) 07:08, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Braveheart: - thanks for the note! The tree is readily recognisable from the photos as being Thuja plicata, not T. occidentalis. This is far from the first time I have come across this misidentification in Germany (e.g. several cases on the Monumental Trees website, as well as here on Commons). My conclusion is that at some point in the past, a nursery distributed a batch of T. plicata mislabelled as "T. occidentalis", and that these plants (because of the much faster growth, greater size, and greater longevity of T. plicata) now feature heavily among the largest specimens of "T. occidentalis" in Germany. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 13:30, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation! I'll correct the entry on de-wp, since it's more transparent to annotate the list instead of changing it outright. Best, Braveheart (talk) 13:32, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Danke! - MPF (talk) 13:54, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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order[edit]

About the order you said I changed, I precisely emmended it to avoid that the WS gets into the box of VN (which I was working with) (and SN). No problem, I will really not insist, but IMO it looked better. I was not longer here as frequently as then anyway. Thanks. Sobreira (parlez) 19:33, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks![edit]

Hallo! Thanks for correcting identification of the Aythia duck on my picture. Can I approach you for some other birds identification? I`d upload more to the Commons but sometimes it is hard to distinguish. Regards, Mykola Swarnyk (talk) 04:18, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

@Mykola Swarnyk: Yes, of course! - MPF (talk) 08:43, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Category:Herons[edit]

Why redirect this category, which was a subcategory of Category:Birds by common named groups to Category:Ardeidae? It was already a subcategory of Category:Ardeidae, and so was accessible from the Latin name. We have Category:Birds by common named groups in order to make the category system more understandable to the average user, and it does not serve the project to deliberately make the system more obscure to that average user. It should be noted, in particular, that English Wikipedia (along with almost all other major English language encyclopedias) does not categorise birds (even individual species) by their Latin name, but by their internationally agreed common name in English, as it is considered that the Latin version is unknown to the vast majority of readers. A significant portion of users of Wikimedia Commons will be coming here from English Wikipedia, and will be expecting to look for Herons under Category:Herons, not under a Latin name they have never taken note of previously. If that draws more people into the Latin named category, that can only be a good thing. Skinsmoke (talk) 01:23, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Because 'Herons' is a direct synonym of Ardeidae. The only reason things like Category:Ducks were allowed to remain, is that they are not readily redirected to scientific name categories ('duck' is a paraphyletic group); any files placed in them have to be sorted manually (with such sorting getting well behind now, with a huge backlog needing attention). And remember, Commons is international; it is not a sub-project of English wikipedia, more the reverse, along with all the other sub-projects like German wikipedia, Albanian wikipedia, Nahuatl wikipedia, and so on. There has been a long-standing agreement - right from the start of Commons - that plants, animals, etc., must be categorised by their scientific names, as these are internationally understood. The English names are not. - MPF (talk) 10:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Help in identification[edit]

Unidentified Dactylorhiza

In this picture, it is Dactylorhiza elata? I taken this photo in France (departament of Lot). Can you help me in identification or do you know someone who can help me? Tournasol7 (talk) 18:32, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Try asking @Orchi: for the best chance of an identification - MPF (talk) 13:10, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Some birds from the Emirates[edit]

Hello MPF, do you have any idea about the following birds(Acrocephalus and Scolopacidae ?) found in February/March in the UAE? Greetings, --Pristurus (talk) 20:42, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Pristurus: - I've added identifications above. - MPF (talk) 22:29, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
Well done, thank you very much for your great help! --Pristurus (talk) 22:54, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Help[edit]

Hello my friend,
I have a problem with the contributions of User:77.132.127.102.
I don't know if he is a vandal or a very very bad contributor.
I don't know how to manage this.
Cheers Liné1 (talk) 08:32, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Liné1: - I really don't know! As far as I can see, he/she is linking to names provided by wikidata, rather than using 'in house' names. In theory, that's OK, but in practice, it often proves not to be good; wikidata seems to be rather uncritical in its excessive acceptance of often dubious or inaccurate vernacular names. I guess it is something to keep an eye on. - MPF (talk) 19:47, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
You are right, he is only a very bad contributor. He is adding a lot of VN to page having already one. Cheers Liné1 (talk) 06:01, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

"removed Category:Platanus occidentalis; added Category:Platanus × hispanica"[edit]

Hi. Can you please explain why this move (with associated edits) was necessary? The official list of secular trees of Moldova (available in Romanian and Russian) lists this tree under the names "Platan occidental" (Romanian) and "Платан западный" (Russian), these being translated to the botanical name of "Platanus оccidentalis L." further in the indicated document. Please ping me in your reply. //  Gikü  said  done  Tuesday, 23 May 2017 09:39 (UTC)

Hi @Gikü: - thanks for your query! The tree is readily identifiable by the fairly deeply lobed leaf shape, and seed balls often 2-3 per stem, as being the hybrid Platanus × hispanica (both characters inherited from its P. orientalis parent). True Platanus occidentalis has shallowly lobed leaves and only a single seed ball on each stem (see e.g. File:T2 02 Platanus occidentalis par Pierre-Joseph Redouté.jpeg). This is a very common misidentification right across Europe, as many nurseries were selling the hybrid mis-labelled as "P. occidentalis" in the 18th and 19th centuries; true P. occidentalis is extremely rare in cultivation in Europe. If you are in contact with the authors of the official list of secular trees of Moldova, do please let them know about this tree's correct identification. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 10:24, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for the detailed explanation! I will definitely bring this up if I ever meet the botanists who created the list. Regards, //  Gikü  said  done  Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:11 (UTC)

Hi MPF, can you help identify this tree also? It's the second of two secular trees marked as Platanus occidentalis in Moldovan official lists. Thank you in advance. //  Gikü  said  done  Monday, 12 June 2017 17:58 (UTC)

Hi @Gikü: - thanks! Yes, this is another Platanus × hispanica, the leaves are again too deeply lobed for P. occidentalis. Do you want to rename them, or shall I? - MPF (talk) 01:21, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

bird identification help[edit]

Hello MPF, could you identify the bird in File:Nationalpark Müritz - am Käflingsbergturm - Seeadler (4).jpg please? The uploader (on my talk page) noticed that it is not a "Seeadler" (Haliaeetus albicilla), and suggests it is maybe a Black Kite (Milvus migrans). I myself don't know, but i miss the forked tail. The photo is one out of a series for Wiki Loves Earth from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Holger1959 (talk) 11:51, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Holger1959: - it is a European Honey Buzzard / Wespenbussard Pernis apivorus, identifiable by the slender head, small bill, and the tail pattern (two narrow dark bars near the base of the tail, and one at the tip). Nice capture, not a bird that is easy to get photos of! - MPF (talk) 11:56, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
great, thanks for the quick reply! i'll fix the images. Holger1959 (talk) 12:00, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

A common raven location[edit]

The location is in whitehorse yukon, how do I add it's location?

File:A Common Raven.jpg

— Preceding unsigned comment added by CanadianWikilover (talk • contribs) 19:01, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

id of wildcats[edit]

Hi, Could I please ask based on what you re-identified these wildcats? Thanks --SuperJew (talk) 18:07, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi @SuperJew: - thanks for the query! Hope it is OK (and not still your Sabbath rest time!) to reply now (where I am, it is still ~2h30m to sunset). This is on the basis of recent genetic studies on Felis cats, which show that the subspecies found in Israel is Felis silvestris lybica. You can read the study here in Science 317: 519-523 (2007); scroll down to the last page for their map. Congratulations, by the way, on obtaining the only photo on Commons of Felis silvestris lybica in its natural environment - a very valuable photo! Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 18:19, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

merci[edit]

Bonjour,MPF

Merci, pour les arrangements du fichier Tyrannus (pipiri) .jpg

Cordialement--Filo gèn' (talk) 02:11, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 - Nepal[edit]

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Category:Argania spinosa (cultivated)[edit]

Hi MPF,

what's the definition of this category? Only argan trees in botanical gardens or also plantations like this?

Cheers, GDAL (talk) 13:40, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @GDAL: - basically, anything outside of the species' native range in Morocco. Within the native range, there is no realistic way of telling between natural and cultivated, unless they are in obvious straight lines or grid network (in which case, then those too would be best placed in the cultivated subcategory). Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 14:57, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

help with identifying a butterfly[edit]

Hi MPF :) I would appreciate your help in identifying this butterfly I photographed in the Melbourne Zoo, if you know what it is. Cheers, --SuperJew (talk) 13:32, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @SuperJew: thanks for the request, unfortunately, it isn't a species I'm familiar with (I've never been to Australia, and don't have any insect guides for the region). Did the zoo not give any signboard with its identity? - MPF (talk) 15:36, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
It was an open butterfly house (really cool actually - had some butterflies land on me), and there were some signboards around, and I ID'ed the rest of the butterflies I photographed through them, but I guess I missed this one, and now it's about a 20-hour flight away :S I didn't manage to get any info about butterflies from the Zoo's website either. Posted the question on the Wikipedia reference desk for now too, maybe someone there will know. Thanks for trying --SuperJew (talk) 15:40, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks @SuperJew:! If it is an open house, there's a good chance of some getting out, so - given Australia's fears over invasive introduced species - it will highly likely be a local native species, or they wouldn't be granted a licence to keep it. That should help narrow options down a bit. Good luck with the search :-) MPF (talk) 15:48, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi again @SuperJew: - I just did a bit of searching (started with a google search for 'Melbourne butterfly black yellow white'), and found it: a female Hypolimnas bolina; compare e.g. File:Female Varied eggfly (5695912506).jpg. I reckon that's it :-)) MPF (talk) 15:56, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
It looks different to this one, no? (doesn't have the orange patches) --SuperJew (talk) 16:19, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Yep; it appears to be a very variable species; en:wp lists 20 subspecies from different parts of its range (Madagascar, southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand). I'd not be surprised if it gets split into numerous separate species in the future - MPF (talk) 16:46, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Interesting. Cool, thanks so much --SuperJew (talk) 16:55, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

respect[edit]

This kind of modification is not recommanded. It show low respect for others contribution. Liné1 (talk) 16:37, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Liné1: - what's the problem? I hid the VN list because it was pulling in the wrong information [for Sternidae, rather than Laridae] from Wikidata, and removed the out-of-scope external links (they belong at Wikidata, not Commons). I'll make the VN visible again if I can find out how to make the necessary corrections at Wikidata. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 17:11, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Uncultivated Pampas Grass[edit]

So sorry, this File:Pampas Grass Silhoutte Eureka CA.JPG picture is not cultivated, it's in a wild area adjoining Humboldt Bay. The boundary fence keeps the warehouse and construction yard out of the natural area, but there's no cultivation of any plants in there. The bay is tidal and floods. Ellin Beltz (talk) 04:40, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

OK thanks! I've moved it to the invasive category (as it isn't in the species' native range in South America!) - MPF (talk) 08:21, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Bird Species for File:Colorful Bird at San Diego Zoo.jpg[edit]

Hi MPF, I took this photo four years ago so I couldn't remember the name of the birds' species. I felt like you have the experience needed so can you help me figure out the species for the birds?

Thank you a lot, --It's Kong of Lazers talk to me 04:29, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Kong of Lasers: thanks! Done; it's a Nicobar Pigeon, I've renamed the photo to File:Nicobar Pigeon at San Diego Zoo.jpg - MPF (talk) 12:46, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
@MPF: Thanks!!!--It's Kong of Lazers talk to me 15:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Please do not save screenshots as a JPG[edit]

No JPG.svg All images in this user talk were uploaded in the JPEG format even though it consists of non-photographic data. This information could be stored more efficiently or accurately in the PNG or SVG format. If possible, please upload a PNG or SVG version of this image without compression artifacts, derived from a non-JPEG source (or with existing artifacts removed). After doing so, please tag the JPEG version with {{Superseded|NewImage.ext}} and remove this tag. This tag should not be applied to photographs or scans. For more information, see {{BadJPEG}}.
Badjpeg.jpg
JPG, which would be better saved as PNG

As an Administrator on Commons since 2007[8] you should know which file-format to use for screenshots see mw:Help:Screenshots#Take the screenshot.
 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 19:11, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @JoKalliauer: what files are you referring to, please? As I recall, I have only ever used screenshots for one or two very minor instances to use on user talk pages to illustrate transient problems with Commons software, not for "serious" files; the few I have uploaded could probably be deleted now as having outlived their need. - MPF (talk) 19:17, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
I referred the file I linked with screenshots: File:Cat-a-lot_problem_-_screenshot.jpg, which was temporary used on Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2016/07#Cat-a-lot_not_working_properly. It is not (only) about quality(en:Compression artifact), it is that the PNG/GIF/TIFF filesize would be also smaller, therefore it does not make sense for temporary files (Do not convert JPGS to PNG, then the PNG will be bigger.). Also every software (like MS Paint), which can save screenshots as JPG can also save PNGs and GIFs or TIFF, therefore I don't know why to save a screenshot as a JPG.  — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 21:53, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2017 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Ukraine[edit]

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Вітаємо!

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Якщо у Вас дуже багато фото, скористайтеся масовими завантажувачами або зверніться до нас.

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Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Events Nepal during 2015[edit]

Wiki Events Nepal Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal

Dear MPF, we heartily apologize for the delay due to some situational circumstances. It’s our pleasure to invite you to Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal winners awarding ceremony on 2nd September, 2017 at Masala Cottage, 2:00 pm onwards. We would like to ask few minutes of your time to provide your details here. Your contribution as a contributor made the Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal possible. We’d like to have a privilege of having you there.

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Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Events Nepal during 2015[edit]

Wiki Events Nepal Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal

Dear MPF, we heartily apologize for the delay due to some situational circumstances. It’s our pleasure to invite you to Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal winners awarding ceremony on 2nd September, 2017 at Masala Cottage, 2:00 pm onwards. We would like to ask few minutes of your time to provide your details here. Your contribution as a contributor made the Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal possible. We’d like to have a privilege of having you there.

Kind regards,

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Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Events Nepal during 2015[edit]

Wiki Events Nepal Invitation for felicitation program of Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal

Dear MPF, we heartily apologize for the delay due to some situational circumstances. It’s our pleasure to invite you to Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal winners awarding ceremony on 2nd September, 2017 at Masala Cottage, 2:00 pm onwards. We would like to ask few minutes of your time to provide your details here. Your contribution as a contributor made the Wiki Events 2015 in Nepal possible. We’d like to have a privilege of having you there.

Kind regards,

The Wiki Events Nepal Team

Gymnosperm Database[edit]

Hello,
I added source=Gymnosperm Database and {{Gymnosperm Database}}.
Best regards Liné1 (talk) 14:39, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments en Venezuela 2017[edit]

Participa en Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 en Venezuela
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Después de cuatro años de ausencia, te invitamos a participar del concurso de fotografía ganador del premio Guinness: Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 en Venezuela. Ayúdanos a preservar el patrimonio construido nacional, fotografía un monumento y gana premios!

  • ¿Cómo participar? Revisa con cuidado las reglas de participación, no es necesario que la fotografía sea actual, pero si es importante subirla de acá al 30 de septiembre.
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¿Tienes alguna pregunta sobre el concurso? Envíanos un mensaje a info@wikimedia.org.ve. Oscar_. (talk) 15:51, 4 September 2017 (UTC) (Puedes suscribirse o darte de baja de futuras notificaciones de eventos en Venezuela añadiendo o quitando tu nombre de esta lista)


Commons Conference project[edit]

Hello MPF,

I'm writing you as one of the most active Commons users right now. Since a while now, the idea of a dedicated Commons conference has been floating around. But since the last Wikimania concrete steps have been taken to actually make it happen next year. If you're interested in participation or maybe willing to help organize the first ever Commons Conference, I invite you to check out the project page and leave your comments; or just show your support for the idea, by signing up.

Cheers,

--MB-one (talk) 19:52, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Identify Species[edit]

Hi MPF, I need help again on identifying species. Can you identify the species for File:Yellow Flower in San Diego.jpg?

Thanks, --Talk to Kong of Lasers 22:59, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Kong of Lasers: - sorry, not a genus I am so familiar with; I can't go any further than the genus Helianthus you already have it as. It might be worth trying the key in the Flora of North America to see if that helps. Good luck with finding out! - MPF (talk) 00:32, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Kong of Lasers - it looks like Encelia californica, common California brittlebush. Branching shrub to 3 ft. tall with yellow daisy-like flowers. Atsme 📞 17:36, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

@Atsme: - thanks for solving! MPF (talk) 19:39, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
@MPF: Hi, can you help me with File:Green Lizard on Tree.jpg? Sorry for bothering you. --Talk to Kong of Lasers 02:21, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi @Kong of Lasers: - unfortunately, another one I'm not familiar with! Sorry I can't help; can you @Atsme:, please? - MPF (talk) 10:12, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Kong of Lasers - see Anolis carolinensis on a tree. Atsme 📞 21:10, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
@Atsme: and @MPF: Thank you all!!!--Talk to Kong of Lasers 22:22, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Temporary filemover right[edit]

Hi MPF, Since Commons:Requests for rights hasn't been updated in quite a while, I am requesting here for the filemover right up until Halloween. I have found many files uploaded by new users that need to be updated, Pixabay images I transfer, and pictures I have uploaded that the name needs to be updated. I feel like doing it myself doesn't waste other's time. I have way past the requirements in terms of contributions.

Thank you and sorry for bothering you,

--Talk to Kong of Lasers 04:31, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Elks (Cervus canadensis)[edit]

Hi, MPF! It seems that some minutes ago you were in a hurry (and did not make necessary check-up) when you have decided to delete some elk categories and to add others to moose categories. In fact Elks (Cervus canadensis) and Moose (Alces alces) represent different species of Cervidae. Just to facilitate you I would quote the beginning of the article Elk in the en.wiki:

The elk, or wapiti (Cervus canadensis), is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, in the world, and one of the largest land mammals in North America and Eastern Asia. This animal should not be confused with the still larger moose (Alces alces) to which the name "elk" applies in British English and in reference to populations in Eurasia.
So these categories must be restored as they were. Anyway, if you still insist to avoid ambiguity, you could rename them by replacing "elk" with "Cervus canadensis" (move from colloquial to taxon name). --Elkost (talk) 20:08, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi @Elkost: - the reason I deleted them is that most Commons contributors don't read these introductions; nearly half of the entries in each category were of the 'wrong' species to what the introduction specified. Use of the scientific name avoids this ambiguity, so that is what I have done. Please remember that to English speakers, Elk = Alces alces; it is only to American speakers that Elk = Cervus canadensis. - MPF (talk) 20:16, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
Anyway, why the categories about elks (not moose) in N. America have disappeared? This is not correct. --Elkost (talk) 20:48, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
@Elkost: I replaced them with similar categories using the scientific name. I did not leave redirects, as that would just perpetuate the misclassifications, with Alces alces paintings being wrongly redirected to a Cervus canadensis subcategory - MPF (talk) 22:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Don't touch my photos again[edit]

Hi, you tried to delete my photos. Don't do this again. They are completely okay. greeting, --Jensbest (talk) 05:25, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Jensbest: - sorry if you feel hurt by this, but unfortunately it is a matter of law; Italian law differs from German law, in that in Italy, the rights of the artists who made those scarecrows and labels is protected, and you are not allowed to display photos of their work publicly. See Commons:Freedom of panorama#Italy for more details. Compare this with Commons:Freedom of panorama#Germany, where you have far greater freedom over what you can lawfully do with photos you take. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 16:29, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Italian FOP[edit]

Hi MPF, I've seen that you opened several deletion requests about Italian FOP, but I'm sorry I have to note that there could perhaps be some misunderstanding about what Italian prohibitions cover and what they don't. The NO-FOP regime in Italy, together with the general Copyright Act, regard creative works of achitecture (buildings, monuments, statues), it's almost all about that. Not everything exposed to the public sight is necessarily covered by NO-FOP: a drawing is still a drawing and nothing more than that. You can find it in a park, or inside the house of a friend of yours, inside a lift or under the seat of your car: it always is a drawing, NO-FOP doesn't apply. A scarecrow is not even eligible to ever become an artwork, since it's a functional object. So, please, since I'm unpleasantly forced to copypaste some comments in some procedures, I beg your courtesy to re-consider the requests you opened so that FOP issues are mentioned when effectively needed. In several cases I agree with the deletion, but for very different reasons, so this is not anything but a note asking for precision in the use of the FOP tag. I'm sincerely thanking you in advance for your kind cooperation --g (talk) 22:28, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Gianfranco: - thanks for the note! If I have misunderstood what is permitted / not permitted in respect of these files, do please say so on the nominations: that is the whole purpose of the nominations, that the validity of the deletion request can be debated, and if found incorrect, then turned down and the images kept. Grazie! - MPF (talk) 00:09, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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Category:Anthracothorax dominicus[edit]

Hello! Few years ago you helped me with identifying some Carribean birds and properly categorizing them. Some of the pictures I categorized myself and made a mistake (new trip and more photos from here show it very clear). Could you please help me to restore correct names and links properly. File:DRbirds_Antillean_Mango_1c.jpg, and File:DRbirds Antillean Mango 3c.jpg are actually show Category:Mellisuga minima, File:DRbirds Antillean Mango 2c.jpg is a female Antillean mango, and now I have male photos as well. Thank you in advance! Offtop to avoid confusion: I use this account for photos uploaded to commons from Internet, and ZankaM to upload personal photos. --Zanka (talk) 15:31, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

@Zanka: - will do, though it'll be in a day or two - MPF (talk) 23:37, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
@Zanka: - done; the new file names are File:DRbirds Mellisuga minima 1.jpg and File:DRbirds Mellisuga minima 2.jpg - MPF (talk) 17:42, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

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When moving a file that has existed for years (or, really, even weeks), you generally should not delete the old name, however inaccurate, and should let it become a redirect instead. It's significantly likely that something off-wiki links there, and we don't want to mess up the referential integrity. - Jmabel ! talk 00:31, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jmabel: - I can see where you're coming from, but I'd disagree there. If an image of A on Commons was misidentified & mislabelled as being B, the likelihood is that it will be being used wrongly to illustrate an example of B. Without access to the off-wiki site(s), delinking the misidentified photo is the only way of removing the misidentification. One can then hope that the author of the off-wiki site will notice its having been delinked, and find a new image to replace the removed misidentified one. But even if they don't, it is better to have no linked image, than a misleading one. - MPF (talk) 13:49, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Look through the move log, you are practically the only person doing it this way. There's a pretty strong consensus on this. If you want to change it, bring it up and try to get it changed, but don't just undercut it by editing against consensus. - Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
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tax correct?[edit]

200px|right Hi MPF, a quick question: Is Calidris bairdii correct for this birdy? Thanks, Amada44  talk to me 09:09, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

@Amada44: I fear not - it is Calidris alba; note the lack of a hind toe (diagnostic for C. alba), also the dark carpal joint, the weak 'half-collar', and the primaries not extending so very far beyond the tertials. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 12:34, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Great, thank you! I have many more pictures and I wanted to check befor I upload them but I'm not sure if I shoud. We already have 250 pictures of them... Amada44  talk to me 18:44, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
@Amada44: - no problems! - MPF (talk) 19:26, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, BevinKacon (talk) 12:23, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

@BevinKacon: - thanks! Yes, agree, delete it. - MPF (talk) 22:32, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

You say "Orange fruits" is grammar error[edit]

  • Point 1: The term Fruits is generally a grammar error?
  • Point 2: I think Orange fruit means edible fruit. If this right, so I don't know wich category I should give to inedible orange fruits. Orange plant parts? Please help me.

Sorry for my bad english. --Arnaud Palastowicz (talk) 14:53, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Arnaud Palastowicz: - sorry for the delay in replying! Yes, "Orange fruits" is a grammar error; 'fruit' is an uncountable noun and does not normally take an -s in the plural: one fruit, several fruit, a bowl of fruit, a heavy crop of fruit. Not a serious literary error, just a bit quaint and faintly amusing, like seeing "sheeps" or "deers". The problem though is that this is not too well known among people who are not native speakers of English, and the result here on Commons is that there are several duplicate categories for the same colour fruit, one without an -s and the other with. It'll need quite a lot of sorting out! - MPF (talk) 01:17, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Even in the dictionary! --Arnaud Palastowicz (talk) 10:26, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Help with wiki article[edit]

Hi MPF. I uploaded the call of the Cory's shearwater and named it after the tax on the wikipedia site: en:Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis. The image in the article is in the cat Category:Calonectris diomedea. So its either the wrong image in the article or the image has the wrong tax. Could you look into that? Also, do you know if my audio is Calonectris borealis or Calonectris diomedea? Thanks! Amada44  talk to me 08:55, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Amada44: - thanks for the note! Your audio file from Tenerife is C. borealis, as that is the only species of Calonectris breeding there. After a bit of detective work (finding out where the pic was taken, from another file by the same contributor), I concluded that File:CorysShearwaterBottom.jpg is also C. borealis, so it can stay on en:Cory's shearwater; I have also moved it to Category:Calonectris borealis. Some of the other images at en:Cory's shearwater are however Scopoli's, and should be removed. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 01:08, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks @Amada44:. I've got all the files sorted to the right category now. The en:Cory's shearwater page could do with a couple of small tweaks if you want to do them (line 1: English name is after [not 'for'] Cory; Ecology para 3: dive deep 15 m (50 feet) (metric first to match rest of article); Taxonomy line 1 'the Atlantic species [not 'form'] is larger') - MPF (talk) 13:48, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

seagull location[edit]

added latlong to the file description for File:Seagull chicks.jpg

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Bluebells[edit]

Regarding this change, I don't think it is correct. The bluebells show all the characteristics of non-scripta with the exception that these are an albeno white mutant. This is not uncommon. I see no characteristics of hispanica that suggest a cross. -- Colin (talk) 20:13, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

@Colin: - OK, I've changed it back; I thought the bells looked a bit too broad, but guess I was wrong on this one. Thanks for letting me know! - MPF (talk) 20:33, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
FYI, some guides on the difference include this, this, this and this. The second link also shows a white native. The woods I shot in are full of native bluebells. Cheers, -- Colin (talk) 07:34, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Behaviour in Phalacrocorax carbo[edit]

Hi MPF. Sorry to bother you again. Do you know if this behaviour has a specific name? cheers, Amada44  talk to me 09:13, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

@Amada44: Yep, it's just panting in the current very hot weather ;-) MPF (talk) 11:12, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

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gull[edit]

Hi there,

Regarding this, I cannot now remember the process of identifying that one, but what about it indicates it's a herring gull? — Rhododendrites talk |  03:44, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Rhododendrites: - American Herring Gull is the 'default' common medium-large gull in this area; your bird fits it on plumage for an immature (second-winter, or possibly an advanced first-winter), including the rather dusky underparts, paler head, and bill with a pinkish base and dark tip. The only other likely species at this locality are Ring-billed Gull, which differs in much whiter underparts, and Lesser Black-backed Gull (rare), which differs most obviously in an all-dark bill in immatures. Black-tailed Gull is an east Asian species, which does not occur in RI except as an extreme vagrant; there are only 3 accepted records ever (likely a single individual returning over 3 autumns), none of them during the period of your photo. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 08:56, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for that. An East Asian species! I wish I remember how I came to that one. Might've been by looking through pictures of Larus and then failed to check distribution. :) From the looks of your filemoves the other day, I got a couple others wrong, too. Do you have a resource you use to make identification, or is it based on first-hand knowledge? — Rhododendrites talk |  14:16, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
@Rhododendrites: - thanks! A mixture of first-hand knowledge (keen birder :-)) plus an assortment of field guides. For gulls, the best one is en:Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America; for others, books like en:Collins Bird Guide and en:The Sibley Guide to Birds are very useful. - MPF (talk) 14:53, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I have the iBird app on my phone, which seems pretty good, and wind up using allaboutbirds.org mixed with Google Image Searches for everything else. It does seem like I get some false positives, though -- I imagine that's where having some baseline knowledge comes in handy. Next time I upload something and I'm not sure, do you mind if I ping you? — Rhododendrites talk |  14:57, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
@Rhododendrites: - no problem, glad to help! - MPF (talk) 15:09, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Birds[edit]

Thank you so much for identifying the birds! Since we are here, can I ask you one more thing? Do you know the subspecies of this chaffinch? I've read that F. c. gengleri is found in the British isles, but I don't know if it's the only one. -- Syrio posso aiutare? 10:59, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

@Syrio: thanks! As your Chaffinch is from the summer, yes, it will be F. c. gengleri (I've added the subspecies category now). In winter, we also get F. c. coelebs in Britain arriving from Scandinavia, that subspecies is migratory, while ours is mostly non-migratory. - MPF (talk) 11:18, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Awesome! Thank you again ^^ -- Syrio posso aiutare? 11:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
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