there are a few comments in this thread from taxon specialists.
I don’t understand your argument here. In the original examples, the images that make up 1/4 (or less) of the montage were the equivalent of taking multiple 2048 × 2048 images and including them as 1024 × 1024 sub-images in a single larger image. I can only see your point making sense if you are assuming that the images placed in the montage were greatly cropped from their original images, but the point still stands that uploading those individual cropped images, if they had more than 1024 pixels on a side, would preserve more detail.
I do agree that overall this is not really a big deal. The quality of images included in montages is often likely to be higher than that in many observations with low-quality individual photos.
The only concrete point seems to be related to zooming in. But if the montages are created in the right way (which is easy enough to do), this is a non-issue, as was confirmed earlier by one of the commenters I assume you’re referring to:
It’s not easy to state it any more simply, but I’ll try. If you take an image, divide it into four equal pieces and reassemble them, it will literally contain all and only the original pixels (but in a different arragement), and the resolution/dimensions will be unchanged. So that’s one easy way to create a montage without any resolution issues (relative to the orignal images). Of course, there are countless other ways to process a photo that will provide less satisfactory results, but that is not in itself a valid argument against any particular format.
It seems that you are arguing that it’s merely possible to create sub-optimal montages, and that (in some people’s opinion) the OP may include some actual examples. However, the topic question isn’t limited to those specific examples, but collages/montages in general.
No it isn’t. Complaining is suggesting that things are wrong or not as they should be and you are unhappy about it. It generally implies that you want someone else to do something to fix the situation.
Saying “x works less well for me than y” is not complaining. It is constructive feedback – i.e., information that we can take into account when considering our actions and how they affect others. It makes no judgment about what is right or how things should be. It does not dictate to others how they “should” behave or claim that my inconvenience ought to take priority over other considerations. It merely indicates that from a certain perspective some practices have advantages over others. And it does not exclude the possibility that other people might have very good reasons why those practices work better for them.
The word “complain” certainly does express dissatisfaction (any reputable dictionary will confirm that), and that’s how I used it in the context of the post you originally commented on. The rest of your comment seems entirely unrelated to anything else I wrote, and is drifting way off topic, so I won’t comment any further.
And in fact, I’ve probably already over-posted in this thread, so I’ll bow out now and wear my maverick badge with honour 
It is not. I was explaining why the posts in question were not complaining. It is possible to note that I personally dislike something (would prefer something different) without it being a complaint. If expressing one’s personal opinions is automatically going to be seen as ungrateful and complaining, then there is no point in having the forum.