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Image[edit]

The current image isn't the best so I've created cropped a images onto Wikimedia Commons. Do you think we should change the image? My images probably aren't worthy for the main image, but here they are if anyone is interested in improvements:

File:Sir David Attenborough and Bence Mate (cropped).jpg
File:Robert Jenrick welcomes David Attenborough to HM Treasury (cropped).jpg (not formal enough)
File:David Attenborough arkive.org (cropped).jpg (this one isn't great)
File:Bærekraftsprisen 2018 (cropped).jpg
File:1278128502 Premio Tecnosol (cropped).jpg
File:David Attenborough at Great Barrier Reef (cropped).jpg (way too pixelated but worth mentioning)

—Panamitsu (talk) 04:17, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking this on. I like the idea of replacing the lead image, where he looks emotionally flat and dishevelled. Unfortunately, all the suggested replacements are much worse quality. Looking through them in order:

There's a weird light shining on the left side of his profile and it looks like a tear is under his right eye. It also would need more cropping as the thing he is holding is a distraction.
Low resolution and he's squinting in the sun too much.
He has the nicest pose, but resolution is really too low.
Also will be low resolution if cropped to his face.
A bit blurry and posed, but perhaps the best trade off between quality and character.
Very low resolution.

I'm disappointed that there's nothing better out there in the public domain. The guy has to be one of the most photographed individuals of all time. Efbrazil (talk) 22:56, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Link "Sir" in infobox?[edit]

It has been linked on and off in this page's history—the wikilink was removed in October after having been added in 2018. I couldn't find any significant period of time that it was unlinked since the wikilink was introduced. If we could use the articles of other of British sirs, Elton John and Paul McCartney both have it linked and piped to Knight Bachelor. From what I can tell, Attenborough received the Knight Bachelor award in 1985, so perhaps we should also add a wikilink to the infobox on this article. BhamBoi (talk) 19:57, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I boldly made this change on Isaac Newton and Alexander Fleming, but am hesitant to do so here as I am not sure if he is still considered a Knight Bachelor, or if we should link to the article Sir. BhamBoi (talk) 20:07, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He's both a knight bachelor and knight grand cross of the order of st michael and st george. The award of knight bachelor does not however carry a postnominal. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 04:12, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Then we should link "Sir" to Knight Bachelor at the beginning of his infobox, imo BhamBoi (talk) 04:48, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Climate control[edit]

Just a thought or a reminder that while our planet is warming is there a possibility that we ( the human race) can refreeze our Glacier’s by using the 3” black balls that are currently being use in California re; Los Angeles drinking water to block out the sunlight , in Los Angeles there used to stop bacteria and the photosynthesis process but by introducing the same balls to the melting streams, rivers and lakes we can refreeze the fresh water before it reaches our oceans, slowing the process of global warming, I’m not a smart man , I’m 60 yr old with cancer but if this idea can work, then we owe it to ourselves to try , if it dose work then it’s my foot print in this world I call home Kvn999 (talk) 23:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

why does it say 2 on children[edit]

it sais the amount of children not his children 2A00:23C8:A5B2:FF01:B6E1:A2D1:7619:36EC (talk) 18:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]