Talk:Yucca

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[edit] Change photo

I have moved the Yucca schidigera flowers photo down the page, and replaced it with a yukka filamentosa photo which I think better illustrates yukka spiking/flowering. Also, ordinarily I would try to get a non intrusive background, but in this instance I deliberately positioned the shed at the rear to give scale to the magnificent spikes. Moriori 06:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Identification

Anyone know which yucca this is? I photographed it near Orosí, Costa Rica.

[edit] Photo placement

I recently added a photo and changed the placement of two other photos, which got subsequently reverted. So I reverted it back. :) The reason is that in the original version the photos appear scattered over the article. My version may look a bit more boring on a smaller screen, but at least it is consistent. The placement of photos is often a bit of a problem, especially when one tries to get it right for different window sizes (and browsers), and experience has shown me that what I did usually has consistently the best results. DirkvdM 17:35, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it made the page layout worse, as it forced the species list lower down the page, leaving a blank gap in the middle of the text. Also as Moriori points out, it is not an identified species, so is of relatively low value in the page - MPF 23:21, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, that photo is a different issue. The lack of identification is indeed a problem. I just thought is was too nice a pic not to place. Anyway, putting it in the gallery, as Moriori did, is ok with me. But I prefer [that layout] over what you did next. Not a major thing, though, but the yucca brevifolia pic rather breaks up the list. At least, with me, using Firefox. That is another issue. Differences in appearance can be a browser thing. I can check how an edit renders at different window sizes, but to check IE I'd have to restart the computer to start msWindows, and that is asking a bit too much. Anyway, I'll leave it to you guys now. Just wanted to point this out. DirkvdM 11:53, 30 October 2006 (UTC)