Talk:Regent parrot

File:Polytelis anthopeplus 2 edit1.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Polytelis anthopeplus 2 edit1.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on December 6, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-12-06. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 21:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Picture of the day

A juvenile Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus), a parrot species native to wooded areas of subtropical Australia. It grows to approximately 14½–16½ in (37–42 cm) in length, and exhibits sexual dimorphism. The male bird is generally yellow, with several shades on the head and shades of green on the back. The female is generally more green, overall, especially in the head and body.Photo: JJ Harrison

Please fix

@Cygnis insignis:, Please fix Category:CS1 maint: Extra text and Category:CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. maintenance issues. You did not like my fix. User-duck (talk) 17:08, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

P.S. You made 'et al' a name: "|first1=Ian, et al" User-duck (talk) 17:08, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

@User-duck: Please forgive that, you showed me a couple of things and I tried to squeeze my explanation into the summary. I found the article needed some love and have begun adding content, there will probably be other page numbers for the single ref. The finer tweaks will be addressed eventually, when I ask for a check and copyedit. Finding out what to do with et al required time and distraction from what I am doing, adapting and refining content to improve multiple articles on related species requires some juggling. However, getting the citation format correct now will also save me time (and stop it appearing in maintenance categories), so if you know where the guideline is I would appreciate a link. Happy editing, cygnis insignis 18:10, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

@Cygnis insignis: I know what to do about et al, so I did it.(Wikipedia:Be bold) I am not sure whether it should be displayed, "et al", "et al." "et al", I have seen these variations and several more. Luckily, I do not have a preference. I am really not as OCPD as other editors (you would not believe how long I spent composing this response). I assume what the template does is correct. You already know how difficult it is to find a specific guideline. Besides the Wikipedia community does not like to set standards (but they do like to check for them). I agree "Finding out what to do with et al required time and distraction … ", so I try to do this menial maintenance. I see you had an issue with "stacking". I would crop the image a little, use "upright" to reduce the size (suggested for vertical images), and "stack" (bad term, but name of templates) it next to the speciesbox. I can do this for you, you can always revert the edit. I would also suggest you add the "Use" templates to specify preferred date format and English variety. It is not clear what they apply to and they are subject to interpretation. Date format clearly applies to article content, but dates in citations? Some editors change the source titles to match English variety, but I remember reading somewhere not to. Also, they are often ignored but at least you (the first major contributor) have stated your preference. User-duck (talk) 19:08, 7 August 2018 (UTC)