Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but surely you must also understand there were people wasting their own time viewing this new post on this actually interesting thread just to witness someone else's grumpiness with nothing new actually added to the thread. Think about that. Sometimes it's good to look beyond the tip of our own nose, or to have a mirror to look at, or however you want to put that. It's the second ID thread I look into just to see this same post of the posting-rules police guy. Thanks!
Hi Rafael: if you look at the top of the Bird Identification Q & A you will see a 'sticky' thread titled '
Please Read Before Posting To The Id Forum'. Number one on this thread says:
1. The more locational information you provide in the title of the post, the more likely it is that people knowledgeable about the birds of your area will bother to take a look at it. Country--region--state/province--county--town, the further down the location tree you go, the better.
It's not really difficult to put a location in the title, is it? After all, if you don't know where you are, then you have greater problems than not knowing what your bird is.
For some of us, this can be significant. In my case one of the annoying things is threads with the word 'warbler' in the title, but no location. I often look at such threads hoping to learn more about old world warblers as a personal educational exercise. But many of the threads whose title contains the word 'warbler' are about new world warblers which are quite different, and if there was a location in the title it would be helpful.
I agree that if the title contains a unique species name - 'Is this a chiffchaff?' - then it's not a big deal if there is no location. But 'geese' are quite widespread, so a location would be helpful, wouldn't it?
It's the second ID thread I look into just to see this same post of the posting-rules police guy
It would have been easy to do the same for several more threads alive today. It's annoying for some of us, and I don't think reminding people occasionally is wrong.
Hey, don't take any of this the wrong way. Friendly intentions only.