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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MTem" data-source="post: 3508353" data-attributes="member: 107707">I wholeheartedly agree with this - and I try on the few occasions I am quick enough (and capable) of contributing to the ID forum to include the reasons why I think the bird is what I'm ID'ing it as. I also value the insight the experts there give into why it's a LSE, not GSE etc etc.However I have found over in 'Gallery' different norms seem to apply - lots of photos are wrongly labelled and try to correct someone's ID, or even when an ID is requested and you try to give a tip as to why it is an 'x', and you can get some very terse responses - even told not to be so 'serious'. Not from all for sure - many are pleased for the input - but from more than a few. Seems there are lots who photograph birds but have no real interest in them, or at least about improving their ID skills - no problem with that I suppose, but equally mentoring will not have much value to them either.Mick</blockquote>