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Orangutan images

The problem with the way you've moved these images (alternately left and right) is that now they sandwich text. Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images#Location says that this should be avoided. So if you really want the images alternated in this way, you need to add breaks at the end of sections (e.g. via {{-}}) although this introduces blank spaces. Image layout is not a simple matter! Peter coxhead (talk) 14:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah you're right! I can never seem to get images to sit well in articles unless there are large walls of paragraphed text. I didn't realise you weren't meant to follow subsections with images, if that's the case we could only use one or two left aligned images, which in my opinion doesn't look great. I'll rearrange them now and see what you think. Cheers, Jack (talk) 14:57, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if it wasn't clear; images and subsections are fine; when I said "breaks at the end of sections" I mean "sections or subsections or subsubsections ...". It's just that you're not supposed to have text between two images, one to the left and one to the right. It looks ok on a normal sized computer screen but if you try looking at it on a 7" pad or some other device with a small screen, sandwiching really doesn't work. Peter coxhead (talk) 18:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I understood you, but found even more rules on the page you linked to! Hopefully I've sorted out the sandwiching issues, but it's difficult to know all aspect ratios. Does it look alright on your screen? How would it look on an iPad? Cheers, Jack (talk) 18:39, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seems fine to me now, and if the images don't sandwich text when you reduce the browser window size to say 500 pixels (about a third of my usual screen), then it should be ok on all systems. (Mobile phones normally pick up the mobile version of the site, which centralizes all images: look at this version.) By the way, I haven't myself studied all the rules at the page I linked to, so you probably know more about this now than I do! I end up putting centralized collections of images on pages, as I did at Cactus#Growth_habit, because (a) I wanted to show the full range of growth habits (b) there's no way individual images could be fitted in. However, some editors object to these collections of images, and they seem to be omitted by the mobile version. It's all very tricky! Peter coxhead (talk) 10:53, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ape References

You complained about a lack of refences in my contribution to Great ape language. But the article is essentially a summary article, and the references are in the obvious detailed articles. So I put them in to make you happy, but this is very tedious and not really helpful.

Good references are indeed invaluable when controvertial statements are being made. But please do not become obsessed about them. You might note that most of the rest of this article is unreferenced, but that does not make it invalid.

So before criticizing again, ask yourself is the statement controversial? Is it easily verified in some way, e.g. by looking at an obviously related wikipedia article? If so, just accept that others may not work to your high standards.

Actually, I don't do much editing these days because I cannot be bothered dealing with the revert artists that are now so common. You did the right thing in posting to my talk page, many others just revert! Tuntable (talk) 23:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Chacma baboon

Hi Jackhynes, thank you so much for your excellent work on the early sections of Chacma baboon. I've done a bit of tidying but as GA reviewer I shouldn't intervene substantially myself. Good news is, there are just a couple of claims (now tagged) in 'Conservation' that need attention, and then I think the article will be ready. If you could take a look at them? Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:26, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review of the page. Personally, I think that the article isn't ready to pass as a GA, the nominator needs to put more time into improving the page. I have just been fixing some of the most obvious omissions and mistakes. Cheers, Jack (talk) 16:11, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh bother, I just passed it, feeling it was ok on each of the criteria. Having seen how much better it looks with your changes I can see there is room for improvement, but then GA is not meant to be as comprehensive as 'Featured', and I think it passes muster defensibly now. As for the nominator, I suspect he's completed his student assignment and departed for pastures new, so I doubt waiting for him will be very productive. Is there anything that urgently needs doing? Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:28, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add a few parts that are desperately needed, but don't really have the time to address the article properly. This is a species with a lot of research behind it so there is a lot to cover, I think that's what makes the article feel sparse to me. There is a lot of opportunity to improve! I'll get on to it now, cheers for reviewing anyway. Jack (talk) 16:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to add to the burden. I'll keep an eye on the article. all the best Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:46, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request: Update the West Buckland School logo

Jack, is there any chance you could update the school's logo with a higher resolution image from the current website? When performing a Google search for the school, the low res wiki image is displayed at a much larger size and thus looks very poor quality.
This request has come from the Bursar
callmepops 12:17, 31 January 2013 (UTC)