User talk:Happy Photographer

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[edit] Removing Photos

Hello. I have placed the following on the discussion page for Australian Magpie:

It seems that some photographers are determined to have "pride of place" for their own photos - even going so far as to remove the photo(s) that held that place before. I have just restored the photo in the lead paragraph which was removed by Happy Photographer, who replaced it with one of his/her own. I've moved Happy Photographer's photo futher down in the article, next to where it better illustrated the text.
While it may make sense to re-order photos to best illustrate different sections of the article, I find it very dismissive of the contributions of photographers to simply eliminate their work entirely. Especially as this swapping/eliminating of images always seems to happen in the "top spots" of the article. This may not have been the intention of Happy Photographer, but I would ask him/her, and others, to be more respectful of the existing images when choosing to add ones own to an article.

It appears from your user page that you are new to Wikipedia, and I assume you are still working out how to contribute. My advice, never replace images, or even substantially remove portions of text without justifying your actions on the discussion page and/or citing your resources. Failing to make a good case for removing someone else's work can and lead to misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Everyone here is donating their work. Please give such generosity the respect it deserves, and hopefully your work will be respected in kind. Cheers KeresH 10:45, 15 September 2007 (UTC)