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== Allard picture ==
Dear Adrian
Your picture of an [[Allard]] car is very nice, but it is incorrectly labelled. It is actually a P-type (also known as a P1) saloon. I edited the description, but was unable to change the title of the picture on the main Allard page. I am new to Wikipedia, so I hope that I haven't breached any etiquette by doing so.
Kind regards, Marcus Allard

:Marcus, you got it absolutely right (etiquette-wise) because you let me know the problem ''and'' what changes you had made. To change the pic caption (or make any other edit) in an article is easy, just go to the article, click on '''Edit page''', make the change to the article, check it looks OK with '''Show preview''', if OK click on '''Save page'''. Don't forget to say in the '''Edit summary''' what you did. Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:50, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

== Wikimedia Commons ==

I was going to move some of your images to Wikimedia Commons (of Bristol, as it happens). I would, however, be credited as the '''uploader''' - though I would, of course, credit you as the photographer and original uploader to Wikipedia. For this reason, I am asking you whether you would prefer to reupload your pictures to Commons yourself? You being credited as the uploader would not be the only advantage - you could also upload high-resolution versions of images already uploaded as 750px. PLease give me any opinions/feedback. --[[User:OldakQuill|Oldak]] [[User_talk:OldakQuill|Quill]] 17:55, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I have found Your image [[:Image:New.severn.bridge.best.750pix.jpg]] as [[Commons:Image:New_severn_bridge_best_750pix.jpg]], added the credit template there, changed the link in [[Severn Bridge]] and suggested it for deletion. [[User:Ikar.us|Ikar.us]] 13:39, 2005 Jun 19 (UTC)

== Resize warnings ==

I have been removing the resize warnings you have been adding to some of your images. If the resize links are generated in error (they aren't for me) then this is a minor bug with MediaWiki, and something that should be taken up on http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org. As the image will be cached locally by the user's browser, clicking on the download link will not waste any of their time or wikipedia bandwidth, so all we are doing is setting up the task of having to remove all these messages at a later date! [[User:Ed g2s|<font face="verdana">ed g2s</font>]] &bull; [[User talk:ed_g2s|<font face="verdana">talk</font>]] 15:30, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

== images ==

You mention that you compress to 300k on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:RHaworth&diff=9420360&oldid=9395360 rhaworth]'s talk page to be kind to 56k users. Surely if they need the image at the giant size then it's acceptable to wait a bit longer? Probably doesn't matter really.

Oh, and are you using commons now? Not a plug, friendly curiosity from someone who's trying to [[:commons:Category:BesigedB|take more photos]] :) --[[User:BesigedB|BesigedB]] <sup>([[User_talk:BesigedB|talk]])</sup> 17:27, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
*Replied on own talk page at 22:17, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

==Message to anyone interested==
From now on I will be uploading my pics to the Commons, as suggested by the three Wikipedians above. My only dislike of the Commons is that the reader has to do a mouse click to read the Image Description instead of reading the pic info directly under the pic. So I will be adding my Public Domain copyright notice and my image description straight under the pic i.e. no mouse click needed. You'll see what I mean from my first two pics on Commons at [[Nissan Primera]] and [[Nissan Skyline]] Will someone let me know if this direct adding of image data is unacceptable (or unwise) Cheers! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 18:36, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

:It is prefectly acceptable to complement an image on Commons by image desciptions on the Wikipedias. Especially for other languages this possibility is essential.

:However, the new software version automatically includes the description from commons, so it isn't wise to duplicate it any more.

:--[[User:Ikar.us|Ikar.us]] 2005-07-04 19:38:33 (UTC)

== [[English Electric Lightning]] ==

Please forgive my stupidity.
Is the lightning the aircraft at the top of the picture? The caption isn't particularly clear.
[[User:62.252.32.13|62.252.32.13]] 22:58, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

:I've altered the caption to make it clear that both aircraft are Lightnings - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 23:14, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

== [[Concorde]] ==

I seem to be cocking this one up in every way. I'd seen this on other disambiguation pages, and thought I'd follow suit. It certainly looks tidier your way. [[User:Mel Etitis|Mel Etitis (<font color="green">&Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf;</font>)]] 23:18, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)


==Pic of the Day==
Hi Adrian,

Just to let you know that your photo [[:Image:Bald.eagle.closeup.arp-sh.750pix.jpg]] is coming up for Pic of the Day again on the 17th Feb. I've reused the caption from last time, but you can make any corrections at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 17, 2005]]. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 06:53, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

== copyright ==

Hi. I would like to use [[:Image:Crab.nebula.arp.750pix.jpg]] under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ CC-By-SA-2] licence. Are you the copyright owner? Can you relicense this photo? I will use it on [http://portal.wikinerds.org my site]. Thanks, answer to my [[User talk:NSK|talk page]]. It's a great pic. [[User:NSK|NSK]] 02:35, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

:Hi again. I am not sure what is considered commercial use and what is considered non-commercial use. On my website I display advertisements (such as Google AdWords). That's the reason I specifically want photos to be licensed under the CC-By-SA-2 which explicitly allows commercial use, because I don't know whether advertisements displayed together with the pic which is licensed for non-commercial uses is considered a commercial use. Anyway, since you are not the copyright holder I would better send an email to the actual holders. Thanks, [[User:NSK|NSK]] 21:00, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

==Gallery style==
Hi Adrian - there's a problem with the new gallery style, it doesn't support italics. For this reason I've restored the old trad thumbs style at [[Tortoise]] and [[Eucalyptus]] which you'd made into galleries. If galleries can be made to support italics in the future, I'll be happy for them to be put back - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 15:40, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Image==
Hi, I nominated this [[:Image:Llanfair.750pix.jpg]] image for deletion because I moved it to commons [[:commons:Image:Llanfair.750pix.jpg]]) under the same name/description. Do you agree? [[Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion#March15]] [[User:Kotasik|Kotasik]] 14:50, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Mirage III - Picture? ==

Dear Adrian,

I'm looking for a picture of a Mirage III, do have one in your stock. Any ideas were to get one with a proper license (or PD)? I need it for the german wikipedia..... -- 20:53, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:I'm very sorry, but I have not photographed any military aircraft, and it's much too big a job to write down all my pic sources. Put Mirage 3 into Googles Image Search and you might be lucky. The tedious part is trying to decide if the image is OK for WP - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 21:42, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
::Yes, i tried. I contacted Dassault but they didn't gave me an answer (although there are some Mirage III for press uses). I keep trying... -- [[User:Stahlkocher1|Stahlkocher]] 14:54, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Re: SAA ==

Hi Adrian
Hi Adrian


I am not familiar with 'behind the sceens' Wikipedia but I would like to use one of your images. It is the one of my son, Chris Pote, leaving RIAT at Fairford this year in his EurofoxLR G-GBNZ. It is already in the public domain, but I would prefer to be in contact with you and keep you informed of his progress. I am preparing a 'press release' for New Zealand and will send you a copy.
I'm quite puzzled too! I think a brain fart occured on my behalf; I was hunting URL spam, and in the process came across that article -- the specific URL in question is www.africaspotter.at.tt. I seem to remember seeing an edit history of you removing the picture [[:Image:B737-800SouthAfricanAirwaysZS-SJL01.jpg]] with a comment relating to the copyright status, although I cannot for the life of me find it now!
My email is ********.

But I do think I realise what has happened now; the copyright notice was originally added for [[:Image:southafrican.arp.750pix.jpg]], but subsequently modified by [[User:Fluglotse2000]] to extend the statement to the image he added. I've removed the B737-800 image again, seeing as there is a possible copyvio involved. Also, the copyright notice section isn't really appropriate in the main article; rather keep it on the image page, where anyone with an interest in a higher resolution image can plainly see it.

I hope this rather incoherent explanation makes things clearer!

[[User:Dewet|Dewet]] 21:53, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Image:Fedex.a300-600.750pix.jpg ==

Hi Adrian

I am searching for a photo for the German Wikipedia article "Flugpost" (Air mail). I need a picture from airplane of FedEx or UPS (or another private parcle service) and your picture would be great. Are you the copyright owner? Can you relicense this photo? Thanks, [[User:62.47.146.42|62.47.146.42]] 19:07, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:Peterwuttke Peterwuttke] - in the German Wikipedia)

Hi Peter, from Adrian (in Bristol, England). I'm not clever enough to understand licences or copyright and unfortunately the picture is not public domain. However I'm sure you can use the picture if you put the following on the pictures Image Description Page:<br>
''Loading an Airbus A300-600 aircraft of Federal Express.''<br>
''Reproduced with the permission of Airbus UK.''<br>
''Picture prepared for the English Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone, March 2003.''<br>
''This work is copyright Airbus UK and used with their permission. The picture cannot be adapted or altered in any material way.''<br>
I've no idea which of Wikis copyrights this is. Sorry to be so uncertain on all this, Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:56, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)


== RE: Editing Your Images ==

Hi Adrian.

I just thought I'd let you know that I have lightened and adjusted some of your excellent aircraft/aero-engine pictures and hope you don't mind. It seems that every time I find a picture of something (usually an aircraft) that interests me it turns-out to be one of yours - nothing personal!!

Hopefully I've improved them, but if you think I've made them look worse then just revert the image file and let me know and I'll leave them alone in future.

Actually I would have contacted you sooner, but I'm still trying to work-out this Wikipedia communicating-between-users thing, so no discourtesy intended!

Regards,

[[User:Ian Dunster|Ian Dunster]] 15:25, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Hi Adrian.

Sorry to hear about my 'improvements'! - I'll leave yours alone from now-on then, but thanks for at least letting me know what was wrong with them.

Regards,

[[User:Ian Dunster|Ian Dunster]] 17:36, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Image type ==

Hello, For images as [[:Image:Optical.greysquares.arp.jpg]] you should use [[PNG]] instead of [[JPG]]. JPG creates specific artefacts in the image that make the quality of the image worse. JPG should be used for photographies, but not for bitmaps. Best regards [[User:Stern|Stern]] 20:18, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:I absolutely agree with what you say but as I have no idea how to create or use PNG I think it better to do ''something'' (ie put the pic on as a JPG) rather than do ''nothing''! I assume Wikipedia values that pic, even if not in the ideal format. Why not change it yourself? Best Wishes, Adrian [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:27, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

::Of course you did a great job! But, as David mentions, it is impossible to improve an image that was compressed lossy with JPG, since it is hard to remove the JPG squares. [[User:Stern|Stern]] 20:52, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:Unfortunately, once compression artifacts are introduced, they cannot be removed. Without being technical, JPEG is a "lossy" compression format &mdash; it removes information from the image. This information removal is designed for photographic images &mdash; it removes certain small details that a human eye would not usually see (though compression artifacts may be visible if the compression ratio is too small). The thing is, it was ''not'' designed for images such as snapshots of computer displays, precise computer-generated images, black-and-white drawings, etc., where there are sharp transitions between colors.
:In comparison, PNG (which all current image software know how to save) is lossless. Note, however, that it is pointless to load an image encoded in JPEG and save it as PNG to regain quality &mdash; the loss of information was done and cannot be undone (at least, cannot be undone simply).
:In this case, the image was obviously produced with a [[ray-tracing]] or other 3D imagery program. Of course, one could produce another one, but I don't think this would be worth the hassle: I don't see JPEG artifacts in that image. [[User:David.Monniaux|David.Monniaux]] 11:19, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Larger version on the [[Champs de Mars]] picture==
Would you have a non-reduced version of [[:Image:Eiffel.cdmars.250pix.smaller.jpg]]? I like this picture and I think that now that we have server-side automatic resizing, it would be nice to have the large version on commons. Thanks. [[User:David.Monniaux|David.Monniaux]] 11:19, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:Thanks for your PNG info above. Thanks also for your request for a larger Champs de Mars view fron the Eiffel Tower. I'll upload the full res version (which will be 1350 by 3026 instead of the current 250 by 588) in a few hours onto Commons. Then I'll change the filename wherever that pic appears to make the bigger one available - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:05, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Champ de Mars ==

I've always seen it written "Champ de Mars". Thanks for the pictures! [[User:David.Monniaux|David.Monniaux]] 21:21, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Re: B-24 Liberator photo (RCAF) ==

Howdy,
Just curious as to the origins of the B-24 Liberator photo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Liberator.750pix.jpg) ... is this photoshopped or otherwise altered?
I ask because the B-24 was removed from RCAF service in 1948 -- The Maple Leaf flag on the tail was not introduced as Canada's national flag until 1965.
Just curious.
Knave

:No, the pic has not been altered in any way by me. I was looking around the Canadian Air Force site for aircraft pictures, found that one and put it on the page. PS I live in England. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== [[Red Arrows]] ==

Hi, I am trying to get the Red Arrows article up to featured quality, and noticed you contributed those great pictures, just wondering if by any chance you had any more? thanks [[User:Bluemoose|Bluemoose]] 16:04, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
:Thanks for your nice comment, yes I did take more, I'll put a couple on in the next few hours - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 16:07, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

::OK, three added. I hope you like the alternation I've done - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:15, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:::Thanks a lot, those pictures are really great, I still need to add more text I think, so they may get moved around a bit, but I can see this article approaching featured status soon. [[User:Bluemoose|Bluemoose]] 07:18, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

::::I want to use "the art of precision flying logo" from this page: http://www.redarrows.com/home.html do you think I can use it as fair use, or public domain? also the 22 Hunters on this page http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamhist2.html would be awesome (and Yellow Jacks on the next), do you think I can use that under fair use/pd as well, it is from 1958, 47 years ago, so maybe the copyright has expired? Sorry to ask you but I have no idea how this copyright stuff works. Thanks [[User:Bluemoose|Bluemoose]] 10:01, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:::::Sorry, BlueMoose, but I have no clue on Copyright either which is why I only use my own photos (which I always declare as PD). Perhaps you could ask the same question on the Help Desk? I have just put a pic of a 16-Hunter formation on [[Black Arrows]]. - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:01, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

That Black Arrows pic is quite astonishing, you must have been about my age when you took it (22), can i ask how you get clear pictures of something moving so quickly? my sony p100 digi camera shutter speed goes down to 1/1000 sec, would that be good enough for moving planes? (just thinking about next Duxford display.) thanks - [[User:Bluemoose|Bluemoose]] 08:04, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

: Sorry to be so slow in replying. The [[Black Arrows]] picture was taken at around one thousandth of a second on a Pentax non-digital (of course!) SLR camera but not an expensive one. The secrets of success for photographing high-speed aircraft are:<br>
:a) find how to lock the camera at its highest speed and let the camera choose just the aperture.<br>
:b) find how to lock the focus at infinity (for ground to air pictures where the aircraft is far enough away to call its distance infinity) so that the autofocus doesn't have to waste time hunting for focus. I can lock speed and focus on the menus in the camera I now use (Olympus digital C750UZ).<br>
:c) try to photograph in sunny weather so that using a thousandth (or whatever your camera's max speed is) will still give a decent aperture (like f8) for some depth of field.<br>
:d) exactly follow the motion of the aircraft i.e pan with it.<br>
:e) most important of all, throw away the failures and only show or use the successes so that people think you're a really good photographer!<br>
:Hope this is of interest. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:11, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

::Thanks for the tips - point e) sounds like my kind of thing! - [[User:Bluemoose|Bluemoose]] 14:23, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/First Photograph]]==
I just got a high-res version, and the image is public domain. Please support the high-res version. --[[User:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">brian0918</font>]][[User talk:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">&#153;</font>]] 17:00, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:I've already supported the pic, hi-res or otherwise (second person on the list). Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:20, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== [[:Image:Fedex.a300-600.750pix.jpg]] ==

Hi!

I added [[:Image:Fedex.a300-600.750pix.jpg]] to [[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]], because it's not free. I replaced it in [[FedEx]] and [[Cargo airline]] with a free image. Thanks. :) [[User:Kmccoy|kmccoy]] [[User_talk:Kmccoy|(talk)]] 05:55, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
:No problem, thanks for letting me know - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 12:08, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
::My pleasure. In fact, running across your user page via this picture caused me to take a look at many of your pictures, which are really fantastic. It was a good happenstance for me. [[User:Kmccoy|kmccoy]] [[User_talk:Kmccoy|(talk)]] 20:34, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks (PD images) ==

Hi, thanks a lot for your advice. Actually, I discovered your way of dealing with your own PD pictures some time ago and have been copying it ever since (although I have uploaded far fewer photos than you). So this, it seems, is a belated thanks. And by the way, whether it's cows, aircraft, hotels, cityscapes or whatever, I always enjoy your pics. All the best, [[User:KF|<KF>]] 22:50, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

== Works of art ==

Hi there,
I reckon you have an ample quantity of works of art in your photo collections (such as [[:Image:Rubens.adoration.650pix.jpg]]). Would it be possible for your to upload the full-res versions to commons?

Thanks
Regards, [[User:David.Monniaux|David.Monniaux]] 17:42, 6 May 2005 (UTC)


==[[:Image:Merc.280sl.arp.jpg]]==
I believe this is a 380SL, is it not? [[User:Ted Wilkes|Ted Wilkes]]

==[[Duck]]==
Thanks Adrian, I flagged the Mallard stuff up, but didn't move it myself because I wanted to be sure I had support, especially as I'd deleted that section earlier! [[User:Jimfbleak|jimfbleak]] 04:48, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

==[[Newbury==]]
I'm sorry to see that you've removed my picture of Newbury Library. I thought it added a bit of colour to the page and contrasted nicely with the picture of the canal. Whether or not the picture was 'trivial' is a matter of opinion, surely, but I won't bother to re-instate it as I'm sure you'll just cut it out again.

It was completely brainless of me not to sort out the thumbnail/enlarged picture. Thanks for letting me know where I'm going wrong on this.

Do feel free to drop into the libary the next time you are passing - it is rather magnificent and is certainly one of the highlights of Newbury Town Centre
Cheers
Cheers
Jonathan--[[Special:Contributions/122.56.234.66|122.56.234.66]] ([[User talk:122.56.234.66|talk]]) 02:11, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Jerry
[[Special:Contributions/122.56.234.66|122.56.234.66]] ([[User talk:122.56.234.66|talk]]) 02:11, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
:No problem, I have put the picture back. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 16:22, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
:: Jonathon, thank you for writing, I have replied by email. By the way, I have removed your email (having taken a note of it) because to give it here is to invite email harvesting programs to send you lots of stuff you don't want! Best wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 11:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
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:: No, I live near Bristol, in England [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 09:29, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
:::Hi Adrian...I am Sharad from India. Doing fact check story. Need your help. one of your photo is edited and circulating in social media with wrong information. you took a photo of bus in bath city. I want to know when was it taken.
:::https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tour_bus_in_bath_england_arp.jpg [[Special:Contributions/223.233.78.185|223.233.78.185]] ([[User talk:223.233.78.185|talk]]) 05:32, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
::::{{tps}} Hello Sharad. Adrian doesn't seem to have edited here for a little while, so I hope neither you nor he will mind me stepping in, in the hope of helping. If you have a look at the photo's information at the link you gave, you will see that it says {{tq|28 July 2008}} once in the summary and twice in the metadata. Whilst these cannot ''absolutely'' be guaranteed accurate (Adrian ''might'' be a mad deceiver and ''might'' be editing the metadata and simply fibbing in the summary, or his camera's clock setting ''might'' have been wrong) it is very, very likely that they are correct. The metadata is supplied automatically by the camera and is very likely to be right, and most cameras' clocks will tend to be right or rightish. The balance of probabilities is very much in favour of 28 July 2008 though clearly 100% certainty would be hard to attain.
::::For my curiosity and perhaps Adrian's when he sees this, do you mind telling us where the photo is circulating and why the wrong information is a problem? I'm having grave difficulty imagining how this would work! Cheers [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 09:14, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
:::::Update: ah, I see ... stuff like [https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check/city-bus-columbia-america-dr-br-ambedkar-23874 this]. Interesting. Oh and [https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/city-bus-in-columbia-america-br-ambedkar-photo-mark-of-respect#read-more this one]: Adrian, you must watch the video! Does this stuff happen to you all the time?? Cheers [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 09:19, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
::::::Hullo, I am Adrian Pingstone. I have gone back through my photos and checked the date of the bus pic. I definitely took it on 28th July 2008 in Bath (I live about 15 miles away and my wife likes shopping there). Thanks for your question. Big thanks to DBak for a great reply. [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 19:31, 10 July 2022 (UTC)


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== Calculator.arp.600pix.jpg ==


Hello! I am working on the article [[Hypericum]]. The image of [[:Image:Hypericum.flower.750pix.jpg]] has many questions surrounding it and I would like to get in touch with you about it rather than simply remove it from the article. If I cannot resolve that it really is Hypericum calycinum, I will have to remove it. Thank you, [[User:Fritzmann2002|Fritzmann2002]] 19:05, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
:Thank you for your kindness in writing to me. I put that picture on 13 years ago so have no memory of where I took it nor which hypericum it is (but know I took it near where I live in Bristol, England). Since the pic is now very old you are welcome to remove it - I have 2000 pictures on Wikipedia so I won't miss it! - [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 20:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
::Thank you for replying quickly. I am glad can remove the picture without any controversy. Happy Wiki-ing! [[User:Fritzmann2002|Fritzmann2002]] 13:20, 15 December 2015 (UTC)


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Hi there. The picture of a calculator on [[calculator|this page]] is nice, but has a very annoying shadow in it. Any chance it could be updated? --[[User:Malcohol|Malcohol]] 10:43, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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You mean like this?
I'd appreciate if Mr Pingstone would okay this image.
I did some other minor cleanups and colour corrections too.
Apologies for my sense of humour.
--[[User:Kodabar|Kodabar]]


:Looks great. --[[User:Malcohol|Malcohol]] 08:52, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


::Fine by me, thanks for your work on the image. The only change I've made is to put back the fact that I took the photo, and I've used a template for the PD message - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:57, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


== Permission to use figure in a book. ==
:::Glad you like it. I only uploaded it so it could be displayed here. The whole copyright nonsense was just to satisfy the the upload page. I claim no rights to this image whatsoever. I didn't take it and any reworking I did was purely a little enhancement in Photoshop and in no way shall I use that to make a claim of ownership. Everything I put on the internet I regards as public domain anyway and claim no credit or ownership.


Dear Adrian,
:::Hope you don't mind the small alteration to the displayed number.
I am working with Prof. Steven LaValle to help obtain permissions for borrowing figures or pictures in his upcoming book Virtual Reality, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The book is online here:


http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/
:::I hope you enjoyed your trip to London. We capital-dwellers are always happy to welcome visitors who actually speak English. I live in Wimbledon and with the tennis starting on Monday, there's barely a person on the street speaking English.--[[User:Kodabar|Kodabar]] 06:50, 18 Jun 2005 (GMT+1)


We are hoping to include the picture of yours (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Grey_square_optical_illusion.PNG) in this book (Chapter 6, Figure 6.23b). Could we please have your permission for this? Thank you.
[[Image:Calculator.kodabar.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]


Please contact me at (removed)
== Image for deletion ==
Sincerely,
According to [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28policy%29#Image_copyrights]], the [[:Image:Mig19.schem.300pix.png]] image may be deleted - please consider changing the tag. --[[User:Piotrus|Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus]] <sup>[[User_talk:Piotrus|Talk]]</sup> 16:35, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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: Done. Thanks for letting me know - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 15:21, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)


::Unfortunately that incredible optical illusion is not mine, I found it an unknown place on the internet and (naughtily) used it without permission. So sorry I can't help and I have no idea who is the actual "owner" of the pic.
==Image:Ba.b747.750pix.jpg==
::PS We answer questions like this below the question so that other people can know what the answer is. I have removed your email because to give it without disguise is inviting email harvesting prorams to find you. Best wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 18:23, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Adrian.


== Need consent to use your image ==
I know it doesn't matter about the registration, but my to satisfy my curiosity I've established that the "Waves of the City" livery was only applied to two 747-400s, G-BNLV and G-BNLX. [[User:Mark83|Mark]] 18:54, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Hello,
== louvre pic ==


I have written a post on Lynton & Lynmouth and about our visit to it on my blog. Soon I am going to publish a book using all these posts.
Hi! I removed your pics from the pages. I now agree with you, that its a good idea to leave them up there along with the night pic just in case. It couldn't hurt.


As you can see here - http://b-young-forever.blogspot.in/2017/04/lynton-lynmouth-devon-atozchallenge.html, I have used an image (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynmouth.railway.arp.750pix.jpg) from your contribution on my blog, I need your consent to use the same in the final book.
I just pulled it because it was so damn dreary, makes me want to cry, and makes the Louvre look an ugly grey. Perhaps the next time you visit, the clouds will go, and you can publish a nicer pic!
[[User:Muchosucko|Muchosucko]] 09:53, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Look forward to getting your consent.
== Avro 504==
Hello. I looked at a beautiful photo of [[:Image:Avro.504k.642pix.jpg]], and the tag says: ''This image is copyrighted, and used with permission. The terms of the permission do not include third party use. It is not licensed under the GFDL'' and that it might be deleted. Since it is you, who contacted the author: was the permission really limited like this? Or could you possible obtain permission compatible with Wiki?.. It would be pity to lose such photo. The same thing is with [[:Image:Blenheim.550pix.jpg]] [[User:Pibwl|Pibwl]] 10:38, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Regards,
== [[:Image:White-winged.wood.duck.arp.750pix.jpg]] ==
[[Special:Contributions/14.97.144.180|14.97.144.180]] ([[User talk:14.97.144.180|talk]]) 10:25, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Gayatri Gadre


::You are very welcome to use the picture, thank you for asking.
Can you upload the nice picture to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cairina]. Thank you in advance. --[[User:Uwe Gille|Uwe Gille]] 13:09, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
::By the way, we answer questions like this below the question so that other people can know what the answer is. I have removed your email because to give it is to invite email harvesting programs to find you. Best wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 18:23, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


== your picture on wikipedia about a morris minor 4doors saloon from 1953. ==
== english electric lightning ==


I found your really sharp picture of this 4doors morris minor saloon.
Adrian, my most sincere apologies. Chalk one up to inexperience! I was just looking through your pictures and stuff and whoops! I must have slipped my mouse. I was exploring Wiki. I didn't know you could store multiple versions of a pic and I was just poking around. I think you're pictures fabulous. Whatever revisions I made are accidents. It won't happen again. [[User:Muchosucko|Muchosucko]] 28 June 2005 16:44 (UTC)


I recently bought exectly the same minor also from 1953 and I would like to come in contact with the owner for details for my restauration.
== [[:Category:UK Wikipedians]] ==
could you help me out with this?


Kind Regards,
Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the [[Wikipedia:UK Wikipedians' notice board|UK notice board]] was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- [[User:Francs2000|Francs2000]] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&action=edit&section=new Talk] [[Image:Uk flag large.png|25px|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 30 June 2005 18:44 (UTC)


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== Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ==
:Thanks for writing to me. I'm sorry but I have no info whatever on the car. Best wishes, Adrian [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 08:19, 20 August 2017 (UTC)


Random question..


==[[KJAK]]==
Was just poking at the new stub article [[Battle of Britain Memorial Flight]], and trying to find an image to go with it. There's one of their Lancaster on [[Avro Lancaster]], but it's marked as liable for deletion so I'd prefer not to use it... looking around on Commons, I found [[:Image:Spitfire.planform.arp.jpg]], which looks likely to be one of their planes (based on the date, if nothing else), and it struck me I keep seeing your name around these articles. So, thought I'd ask directly.
Hello - I have a question about a word used on the article KJAK. There is a sentence which starts out: "The station had desensing problems". I am not sure of the meaning intended with the use of the word "desensing"; I can't find it in any printed or online dictionaries. Maybe you can clear this up? If you'd like to reply here, I'll be watching for your response, or ping me. [[User:Rudy2alan]] ([[User talk:Rudy2alan|talk]])


1/ Do you know of any photos tucked away that would go well? The one linked above is a nice enough photo, but doesn't seem right for the article somehow...


2/ Whilst I'm at it - do you know what a De Havilland Devon is/was? The Flight apparently used to have one, but the [[De Havilland]] page seems to draw a blank here.


==EC-400==
Thanks. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] 4 July 2005 18:01 (UTC)
Just to let you know that EC-400 has nothing to do with the Spanish Air Force, it is being used as a demonstrator by Airbus Military and is to be delivered to the Royal Air Force as ZM421 at some point. [[User:MilborneOne|MilborneOne]] ([[User talk:MilborneOne|talk]]) 15:11, 12 August 2019 (UTC)


::Thanks for correcting my silly error. I stupidly thought the rear fuse logo was that of the Spanish Air Force! My only excuse is old age!! Thanks again - [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]])
: I ended up using the planform photo anyway - it then made it to the main page as a DYK illustration! Don't know if you noticed, but thought you might like to know. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] 6 July 2005 22:52 (UTC)


::Thanks for your help. I wibbled a bit and decided it was ''probably'' AB910 - the colours matched, and there wouldn't have been that many early Spitfires still flying painted that way. Nice to have it confirmed, though. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] 22:25, 10 July 2005 (UTC)


== [[:Image:Madagascan.hissing.cockroach.750pix.jpg]] ==


== Hello, this is Wastrel Way ==
Hi there, I have uploaded your image to commons, hope you dont mind [[User:DiamondDave|DiamondDave]] 00:32, July 11, 2005 (UTC)


Greetings from across the Atlantic! I see that you wrote the article on Tillandsia, and I thank you. I think this genus of plants is of interest to many people and there is much more to be said. I have done a bit of editing to the article and failed to upload a picture of one of my plants in bloom for a reason that I don't understand. I think there is much more to be done instead of repeating that "some of these plants live in the forest, some live in the desert, some are green and some are grey, some have thick leaves and the leaves of others are thinner" which is almost the way this article reads :-), and without sources. Some of it seems to be badly translated from German, and tried to fix that. If there is a general work on this genus of plants in English that I could obtain by inter-library loan I would like to know about it, if you know of it. Briefly, my background is in biology, zoology, then law and then computers and computer networks. I wrote the article [[Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas]] a year or two ago, and I am working on some others now, but I grow these plants and would welcome any suggestions you have for contributions that I might make. [[User:Wastrel Way|Wastrel Way]] ([[User talk:Wastrel Way|talk]]) Eric
==FPC newcomers==
Hi Adrian,


== Hello ==
I just wanted to remind you of [[Wikipedia:Don't bite the newcomers]]. Whilst I don't disagree with what you said on [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bouillon, Belgium]], it might have been phrased a little more gently.


Hi Adrian. We used to interact many many years ago here when I edited under a different name. I greatly value your contributions and I note you've been a bit quiet recently. Are you OK? I do hope so. With all good wishes [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 13:39, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Ultimately the point of FPC is to encourage people to contribute more pictures, and with Pic Of the Day making a guest appearance on the Main Page we can expect a flurry interest from editors who aren't so familiar with the usual voting patterns on nominations.
:: Hi from Adrian! Nice to hear from you. Yes, I have been quiet for some years now. I mainly worked on inserting aircraft pictures and on editing grammatical errors (my greatest hate is use of the word “current”). However, most aircraft articles are now fully illustrated so I found I could use very few of my aircraft pics, and I have no interest in just adding them into the huge collection on Commons. I grew tired of editing grammatical errors, so have stopped all contributions but could come back one day. I do have a session of adding pictures after each Fairford Air Show so I will always add something each year. Thanks for writing, Best wishes, [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 09:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
:::I'm sorry I never replied to this{{snd}}when I read it I was in India and had plenty of other things on my mind, and then a school trip to Wales and then some wretched pandemic intervened. Sorry, and thanks for the lovely reply, and it is nice to see you around however full-time or occasional it is. With all good wishes, [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 11:14, 1 December 2020 (UTC)


== A brownie for you! ==
In general though, thanks for your many votes and comments on FPC. We need people who are visually literate to keep the place running smoothly. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 11:40, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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:Thanks for your note. I understand your concerns about my remarks on the pic but I was really annoyed to see such nonsense (there I go again!) put forward for a Featured Pic. So I said what I thought and then tempered it with "Better luck next time". So I half accept what you say. Perhaps I'm wrong and everyone else will love it! - [[User:82.33.101.120|82.33.101.120]] 13:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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::It gets to us all at some time or another. I often try to take a different perspective and assume the fault is not with the user nominating, but rather with a lack of clarity in our instructions at the head of the page. I've been thinking about writing a guide for new FPC nominators expanding a little on what to expect in terms of critism and trying to highlight an upside even if their picture doesn't get promoted. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 13:38, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your pictures of South west England! I've studied in Torquay as a high school an international student last year, your pictures brought so much memory for me, especially the Torbay town hall, I used to walk through there every school day. It was a really important year for me, and ones again, thanks for your images! [[User:BjLRC|BjLRC]] ([[User talk:BjLRC|talk]]) 19:02, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

== Morris Oxford pics ==
A voice from beyond the grave writes:<br>
Adrian, your country needs you!<br>
These two articles:<br>

[[Morris_Oxford]]

[[Hindustan_Ambassador]]

are crying out for photos. I know of no-one better to whom I would entrust this dangerous task (and the generous fee associated with it of course <grin>). Go to it!<br>
Your ever,<br>
Ex-user (anon) :)

::Dear Ex-User from Beyond the Grave:<br> Sadly I've never photographed an Oxford (and certainly not a Hindustan) even though I've got 700 car pics taken with my trusty Olympus cheapo digital. I feel sad about my failure and will contemplate how this defect in my collection might be remedied. Best Wishes from Adrian (the generous fee will be spent on a better camera) - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 21:02, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

:::Thanks for the reply: it would be brilliant if you could. I just sort-of assumed that you probably ''already'' had such images. Ah well, another idol with feet of clay! :) Regards, Voice from etc etc.

== Image:Awacs.sentry.750pix.jpg ==
Sir, I wonder if you might crop off the black bar on the far right of the [[AWACS]] Sentry image? If not, perhaps you wouldn't mind if I did so? Certainly appreciate all your hard work on illustrations here.[[User:Randyoo|Randyoo]] 09:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
:Sure, I'll do it soon. Thanks for letting me know and sorry to be so long in replying - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

==G-ARWS==
''"Dear Adrian, could not believe I was seeing my aircraft G-ARWS. Lovely photo. It is a 175C with a constant speed prop. All still original. It is a remarkable aeroplane with very short take off and landing capabilities and a true 4 seater with 5 hours of fuel."''<br>
Thanks for the nice comment on my pic of your [[Cessna 175]]. I'd hoped that one day someone would see their own aircraft on Wikipedia! Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

== SR20 with SR22 picture ==

I'm more than fully aware that the SR20 and SR22 look nearly identical, but the fact that the photo is captioned SR22 and sitting in the SR20 article is enough to make me remove it. There is not yet an SR22 article, but that doesn't mean we should start combining the two aircraft. Putting the photo in the Cirrus Design article is great, though. -[[User:Ericg|eric]]<nowiki></nowiki> [[User_talk:Ericg|&#9992;]] 17:41, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

== [[:Image:Mikoyan.mig29.631pix.jpg]] ==

Hi ! Are you able to add a Commons-compatible license to this image ? I'd like to have this image in the Commons but I need a PD, GFDL or CC-by-SA license for this. It's a nice image worth keeping. Thank you. --[[User:Denniss|Denniss]] 21:27, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

== Coscoroba swan ==

Hi, I have uploaded copied an image to Commons which you uploaded to the English Wikpiedia: [[Image:Coscoroba coscoroba1.jpg|30px|Coscoroba coscoroba1.jpg]]. But then I found this one: [[Image:Coscoroba coscoroba FWS.jpg|30px|Coscoroba coscoroba FWS.jpg]]. The uploader claims that it's from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. So who is right? --[[User:Head|Head]] 12:28, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

:It's very odd that someone is claiming they got the Coscoroba Swan pic from the USA. I've looked at the pic on my hard drive and I can assure you thats it's definitely my pic and it's Public Domain. I took it at Slimbridge Wilfdfowl and Wetlands Centre, England (about 40km from where I live) on 29th March 2004 and the EXIF data tells me I used 1/800th of a second at f3.2. Thanks for letting me know - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 15:17, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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::Thanks for the Brownie (my favourite cake, how did you know!). Your lovely comment is much appreciated. Thanks [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]])


== Should I say HB2U? ==
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Dear Adrian, I have just seen your userpage edit and am wondering if urgent congrats are called for? If so please consider it done, and a certain song sung or played at you too. And I hope you are having an excellent day whether this particular one has an extra numerical significance or not! Cheers [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 11:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
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==Request from Renewable Films==
My name is Gwen and I work for Renewable films on a feature documentary. I LOVE your picture of the Concord and would like to use it in the documentary. I have read that you allowed the picture into public domain, but in order to be able to use it, I need something in writing confirming that. Could you please send me and e-mail saying that it is in public domain? The best address is y_marianna@re-voir.com. Also, would you have a high res copy of that?
Thank you!
:I have sent you an email giving permission, thanks for asking. The highest res I can give you is got by clicking on the pics themselves. I don't have any higher res than that. Sorry! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
==Snowdrop image [[:Image:Snowdrop.penguin.600pix.jpg]]==
Hi Adrian, I really love this picture. Can you maybe upload it to commons in a higher resolution? Thanks in advance and greetings from the Black Forest, --[[:de:user:Flominator|Flominator]] 20:55, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, the pic is a clip from a small area of a much larger pic so only the larger pic is high res (2048 by 1536). I'll upload the larger pic in the next few hours. Greetings from Bristol, England - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
::Job done,the high res is on WP at [[African penguin]] in the gallery, on Commons at Penguin and also on Commons at Albinos - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:51, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
:::Thank you very much for that! --[[:de:user:Flominator|Flominator]] 13:12, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

== Orphan images ==

Hi Arpingstone, it seems you have quite a lot of unused images on Wikipedia... 263, to be exact. You can see a listing of them at [[User:TheCoffee/Orphan_images/1#User:Arpingstone_.28263.29]]. Most of them seem to be really old uploads, predating the MediaWiki feature that allowed automatic resizing. Since they're unneeded I'm going to list them at [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]], but I want to confirm with you first that they really are unused. I don't want to delete potentially useful files.
:Thanks. [[User:TheCoffee|Coffee]] 05:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

==[[User:Zscout370]]==

Adrian, the above user is deleting ''all'' images without formal tags, even if they are clearly labelled as personal images released to Wikipedia. He is not prepared to warn the uploaders concerned, despite entreaties. I've already lost some of my personal images, so just a warning about this kid's apparently condoned pseudo-vandalism. [[User:Jimfbleak|jimfbleak]] 06:11, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

== Capri picture ==

I don't think [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1974.ford.capri.arp.750pix.jpg this] is a 1.3 as described: the wheels, wing shield badge and lights are wrong. I modified the description before I knew about the talk feature: I suspect it's a 3.1 instead, but I'm not enough of an anorak to know for sure from the picture. Maybe you can see it on your original...?
:Well spotted. I know nothing about cars but luckily I still have the full-resolution picture and I can read in the windscreen that it's a 3.0. So I've modified the pic and its Image Description Page accordingly. Thanks for writing - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 13:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

==Silkworm missile question==
[[Image:Silkwormmissile.750pix.jpg]]
This picture was taken from [http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/irfna/images/fig6.gif], if I'm not mistaken, but it's blurrier and larger than the original picture, so I'm guessing you upsized and stretched it. Wouldn't you be better off just using the original picture in a straight conversion to jpeg, cropped if necessary? The upsizing seems to have hurt the image quality significantly. [[User:Night Gyr|Night Gyr]] 10:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
:See your User Page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Night_Gyr] for reply - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 10:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

== Calcot Grange ==

[http://6880.co.uk/cms/content/view/71/2/ Something you might be interested in taking a look at].

You don't by any chance have any other railway photographs? Even rather rubbish black and white ones; see [[commons:category:Historical British steam locomotives]] for what I'm working with. Oh and if you know what the date is then you can win your own compeition ;) Cheers, [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|&#9786;]] 10:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
:Hi from Adrian! Sorry, I have no idea of the date and no way of finding it out. Sadly I only took that one steam pic ever. I 've only ever been an aircraft person. Thanks for writing - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 10:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

== Sheng player on the Thames ==

The sheng player playing "water music" on the Thames looks an awful lot like Guo Yi of the Guo Brothers, resident in England for many years now. Do you know if this is correct? If so, I could add that in the photo caption. Best, [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] 08:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
:Sorry, I have no way of finding who the player was in [[Sheng (instrument)]]. I've looked at an enlarged photo but there are no clues visible to his identity. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:37, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
::It does look an awful lot like him (he's the brother on the right). [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000HO7/ref=m_art_li_1/002-9071188-8410436?v=glance&s=music] [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] 17:59, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
:::I'm sure it's the same person. If I was you, I would take a chance and insert the fact. There's no harm done and if you are wrong then someone will one day correct it - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 18:24, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
::::I've done so...I met the guy when the Guo Brothers played at the WOMAD festival in Columbus, Ohio in around 1993 or 1994. I play the sheng too so brought mine along to his workshop to play for him. He tried to sell me a sheng but lost interest once I told him I already had one. He seemed rather business oriented of a person. I can't find a website for his group so I'd wondered what he had been up to in the intervening years. (Now I know--he plays on the Thames!) [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] 18:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

==Living Statue images==
Hi Adrian, the images you have linked with the [[performance art]] page (of Performance artists in Jubilee Gardens, London, England and in the Montmartre district of Paris) would probably be better suited to the [[Living statue]] article in the [[Performing Arts]]. I am really new to Wikipedia, so I havn't exactly figured out how to do this as yet, so maybe you can change the links. I know it sounds slightly like splitting hairs, but what you describe in the images is not really classed as [[performance art]], and like [[juggling]] and [[mime]], falls under the remit of [[Performing Arts]].
All the Best,rachel
:Hi Rachel, thanks for your comments (by the way, please don't put new chat at the ''top'' of my Talk Page, it makes reading the flow of peoples messages backwards. So I've put your comments down here, in the proper place).
:I'm afraid I can't help you in any way with the changes simply because I have no clue on text or link work. I've specialised in image work only, since I started with Wikipedia in January 2003. That means that all the writing I do is picture captions and occasional editing of badly-written articles. Try putting your comments into the Talk Page for the relevant articles. Just click on "Discuss this page" at the bottom of the article and start typing. Hopefully someone will notice, and help you. - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]]

==Gloucestershire/South Gloucestershire==

It is true that the district of [[South Gloucestershire]] is not in the [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Gloucestershire]]. However, it is in the [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of the same name, and that's the system we generally use for lists of places, stub classification, and suchforth, because all these non-metropolitan counties are quite numerous and twiddly. If you want to revert, fine, I don't care. But ''there is no need'' to observe this distinction in article titles, as long as we make the factual situation in article text clear. Which we do. I'm not trying to promote [[traditional counties of England|atavism]] here, and frankly, I wouldn't mind if people wanted to use "Avon" in article names - that does have the advantage of being even shorter. :) If you look back at my edit history you'll probably see me moving stuff like "Foo, Calderdale" to "Foo, West Yorkshire" at the same time, which should demonstrate that point. [[User:Morwen|Morwen]] - [[User_talk:Morwen|Talk]] 10:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

==Royal Cresent==
[[:Image:Royal.crescent.aerial.bath.arp.jpg|Nice pic]], and what an interesting angle. Well done. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 19:29, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

==The Mall==

Not wishing to rock any boats too much at this stage, just a gentle question. I think (and will check next time I'm there) that, much to the frustration of photographers like you and me, photography is forbidden at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. I wonder whether that fact affects the status of your photograph of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mall.bristol.arp.750pix.jpg The Mall]. You have released it into the public domain, but if (as I believe, but am happy to be corrected) you weren't supposed to take it in the first place, presumably the copyright status is rather suspect. --[[User:SMeeds|SMeeds]] 21:51, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
:Let me be honest with you - I understand nothing and wish to know nothing about copyright because it's a minefield. So I take the simple route: I take my pics, I put them on WP and if they are not acceptable someone deletes them. Since I have about 1500 pics (yes, that's one thousand five hundred) on WP the loss of a few doesn't worry me. A lazy answer, I know, but that's how I am. So if you decide they are unacceptable, then I am happy for you to delete:) Thanks for writing - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 22:05, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

== [[Mosaic]] ==

Nice cleanup. It looks much better now. [[User:Joy Stovall|Joyous ]] [[User_talk:Joy Stovall|(talk)]] 15:33, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

== Thumbnail image sizes (was River Thames) ==

Hi Adrian.

You write/ask:

:Chris, I've reverted all your 180px pics on the [[River Thames]] article back to 250px. I don't why you made them so small, they don't look right so tiny (I have a 1024 by 768 screen) and 250px is a "standard" now for pics. In my view your picture size almost forces the reader to open the big pic, which can be a very slow business! I guess they'd look even tinier on a higher res screen than mine. Let me know why you like 180px on my [[User talk:Arpingstone|talk page]] please. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:47, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Before my change, it seemed like every thumbnail in the article had a different size, which looked messy, and this was my principal motivation for the change.

However you are wrong to say thay I set the thumbnail image size to 180px. What I did was remove the fixed size in the image markup, so as to allow thumbnail images to be shown at whatever size the user has set in his/her preferences. I'm guessing you are seeing the images at 180px because that is what your preferences say (under the file tab).


== File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg ==
I think there are two conflicting issues here. I accept that probably most Wikipedia users don't realise they can control this setting (I only discovered it a few weeks ago), and therefore to them not setting a size is the same thing as setting it to 180px (or whatever the default preference is). On the other hand, it is surely better to allow users to control how they like to see thumbnails. I quite like 180px, but for a partially blind person 250px might be too small.
Hi Adrian, it's been awhile since we've spoken, so I hope all is well with you. Do you happen to have a wider view of the aircraft in [[:File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg]]? Some users are taking the "300" on the fuselage to mean it's an A300, while your file info clearly states that it's an "A310-300". A larger view ''might'' help settle the argumemt, and we could recrop it to show the full designation. Thanks. [[User:BilCat|BilCat]] ([[User talk:BilCat|talk]]) 01:35, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
::Hi from Adrian, nice to hear from you. I'm in good health and reached 80 years old in July (but no celebrations due to Mr (or Mrs) Virus). Nowadays I do very little on WP because the aircraft pages are mostly fully illustrated so I can use decreasingly few of my pictures. I do a little editing for grammar and style.
::In answer to your question, unfortunately I have no copy of that picture and no information on it. I tried looking for that window gap on pictures of prototypes and flight test aircraft, but no luck.
::Sorry I can’t help. I would have no objection to removal of the pic if the aircraft type remains uncertain. Best wishes, [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 18:29, 16 December 2020 (UTC)


:::Over 2 years later the question has come up again. But I also found [https://www.gettyimages.com.br/detail/foto-jornal%C3%ADstica/im-liniendienst-hat-sich-die-a310-300-der-kleine-foto-jornal%C3%ADstica/542870933?adppopup=true this photo of an A310-300] in the same livery, probably the same aircraft. It has the same window gap after the -300. I hope all is still well with you.
As my principal motivation for changing (consistent size) is still satisfied by your change to 250px, I'm not going to make any further changes to the photographic images.


== Larger macaw picture? ==
However I do think you were wrong to make the map a thumbnail. Hard edged maps are not the same as photographic images, and as in this case often do not scale well. I hope you don't mind me reverting this to its original, unscaled form.
Hello! Would you happen to have a higher resolution / wider crop of [[commons:File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg]]? It would make for a nice desktop background. I know the photo is 16+ years old now, so it's probably a long shot. [[User:Codl|codl]] ([[User talk:Codl|talk]]) 19:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
:: What a shame! In those far-off days I was stupid enough not to keep the larger resolution pic when I reduced them in size for WP. I don't remember why I used 750 pixels as my standard upload size. Nowadays of course I wouldn't do that! Thanks for writing, Best wishes [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 08:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


== An edit from 2012 ==
Hope that answers you. -- [[User:Chris j wood|Chris j wood]] 19:05, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Arpingstone - I/m confused by [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Anthony%27s_School%2C_Ranchi&type=revision&diff=477254470&oldid=474407548 this edit of yours] from 2012, where you seem to be overwriting an article about St. Anthony's School, Ranchi, Jharkand, by an article about [[Sacred Heart Convent School (Jamshedpur)]] - a different school in a totally different city.<br>I don't expect you to remember it, but can you throw any light on this? as the page history has not helped me - thanks - [[User:Arjayay|Arjayay]] ([[User talk:Arjayay|talk]]) 12:52, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
::Thanks for writing. Unfortunately I am completely baffled by what has happened! It's really weird!! I would never vandalise Wikipedia and am highly experienced in editing but I can't work out what happened. So, sorry, but I can't help. Best wishes [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 08:01, 20 April 2021 (UTC)


== Using Picture of Kelvin Wake for the textbook Gerthsen Physik (in german language) ==
==[[:Image:Photograph.sept1895.arp.750pix.jpg]]==
Where did you get this image from, I am merely curious about the identity of these people. --[[User:Cool Cat|<small>Cool Cat</small>]] [[User talk:Cool Cat|<sup><small>Talk</small></sup>]] 04:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


Dear Mr. Pingstone,
:These people are definitely in my family, on my side (not my wife's side). The picture was with a bundle of family photos left to me a few years ago by an aunt when she died. I scanned it into my computer. I think its a lovely pic, shame I'll probably never find out exactly who they were. Moral: always write the persons name on the back of a photo (the only thing on the back was the date). Thanks for your question - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 12:37, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


I would like to use your picture (Kelvin wakes on Avon) for an example discussion of
::I see, I hate unresolved misteries, its like a novel that doesn't conclude. It indeed is a lovely pic. Another reason to construct a family tree :) --[[User:Cool Cat|<small>Cool Cat</small>]] [[User talk:Cool Cat|<sup><small>Talk</small></sup>]] 18:17, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
water waves in the german language textbook Gerthsen Physik. I am the editor of the book.


I understand that we could simply go ahead according to the licences announced on Wikipedia.
== Can I use your images ==
Nevertheless I would prefer to have your personal consent.
Hi, I am looking for good quality gemstone images to use in my website. I will make sure you get credit for the image by mentioning your name, and will link to your home page if you have one.
Please reply to me at marksteve(underscore)74atyahoo(dot)com
Thanks.


I was trying to find an email with no success. If you send me a note at
:Hi! I've replied by email but, for the record, here's the answer as well:
"meschede AT uni-bonn DOT (followed by a D and an E)" I could send you the section of the manuscript.
:You are welcome to use any of my pictures from Wikipedia no matter what the subject is. Most have arp somewhere in the filename but all have my name on the Image Description Page (the page you get when you click on the photo).
:I've made them all Public Domain, which means anyone can use them in any way or even alter them. You don't even have to mention my name but it would be nice if you did. Please let me know the URL of any web page you use them on.
:Incidentally it's not a good idea to publish your email address so openly on Wikipedia, spam harvesters will love you! So I've made your address unreadable to harvesters by spelling it out. Thanks for writing - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:52, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


::Replied by email [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 06:54, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
==Thanks!==
Hi -- Thanks for making your photo of the swimmer available! I've used it as an illustration of Newton's third law in an online physics textbook, http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book1.html (near the beginning of ch. 5). You are credited in the photo credits section in the back of the book.--[[User:Bcrowell|Bcrowell]] 20:14, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


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Hi Adrian

I am not familiar with 'behind the sceens' Wikipedia but I would like to use one of your images. It is the one of my son, Chris Pote, leaving RIAT at Fairford this year in his EurofoxLR G-GBNZ. It is already in the public domain, but I would prefer to be in contact with you and keep you informed of his progress. I am preparing a 'press release' for New Zealand and will send you a copy. My email is ********. Cheers Jonathan--122.56.234.66 (talk) 02:11, 14 September 2018 (UTC) 122.56.234.66 (talk) 02:11, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathon, thank you for writing, I have replied by email. By the way, I have removed your email (having taken a note of it) because to give it here is to invite email harvesting programs to send you lots of stuff you don't want! Best wishes - Arpingstone (talk) 11:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you usa? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:448A:304B:14BC:D8A4:A041:4A71:6266 (talk) 08:09, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, I live near Bristol, in England Arpingstone (talk) 09:29, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Adrian...I am Sharad from India. Doing fact check story. Need your help. one of your photo is edited and circulating in social media with wrong information. you took a photo of bus in bath city. I want to know when was it taken.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tour_bus_in_bath_england_arp.jpg 223.233.78.185 (talk) 05:32, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Hello Sharad. Adrian doesn't seem to have edited here for a little while, so I hope neither you nor he will mind me stepping in, in the hope of helping. If you have a look at the photo's information at the link you gave, you will see that it says 28 July 2008 once in the summary and twice in the metadata. Whilst these cannot absolutely be guaranteed accurate (Adrian might be a mad deceiver and might be editing the metadata and simply fibbing in the summary, or his camera's clock setting might have been wrong) it is very, very likely that they are correct. The metadata is supplied automatically by the camera and is very likely to be right, and most cameras' clocks will tend to be right or rightish. The balance of probabilities is very much in favour of 28 July 2008 though clearly 100% certainty would be hard to attain.
For my curiosity and perhaps Adrian's when he sees this, do you mind telling us where the photo is circulating and why the wrong information is a problem? I'm having grave difficulty imagining how this would work! Cheers DBaK (talk) 09:14, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Update: ah, I see ... stuff like this. Interesting. Oh and this one: Adrian, you must watch the video! Does this stuff happen to you all the time?? Cheers DBaK (talk) 09:19, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hullo, I am Adrian Pingstone. I have gone back through my photos and checked the date of the bus pic. I definitely took it on 28th July 2008 in Bath (I live about 15 miles away and my wife likes shopping there). Thanks for your question. Big thanks to DBak for a great reply. Arpingstone (talk) 19:31, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! I am working on the article Hypericum. The image of Image:Hypericum.flower.750pix.jpg has many questions surrounding it and I would like to get in touch with you about it rather than simply remove it from the article. If I cannot resolve that it really is Hypericum calycinum, I will have to remove it. Thank you, Fritzmann2002 19:05, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kindness in writing to me. I put that picture on 13 years ago so have no memory of where I took it nor which hypericum it is (but know I took it near where I live in Bristol, England). Since the pic is now very old you are welcome to remove it - I have 2000 pictures on Wikipedia so I won't miss it! - Arpingstone (talk) 20:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for replying quickly. I am glad can remove the picture without any controversy. Happy Wiki-ing! Fritzmann2002 13:20, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Permission to use figure in a book.[edit]

Dear Adrian, I am working with Prof. Steven LaValle to help obtain permissions for borrowing figures or pictures in his upcoming book Virtual Reality, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The book is online here:

http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/

We are hoping to include the picture of yours (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Grey_square_optical_illusion.PNG) in this book (Chapter 6, Figure 6.23b). Could we please have your permission for this? Thank you.

Please contact me at (removed) Sincerely,

Adam Warkoczewski — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.25.191.254 (talk) 10:21, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately that incredible optical illusion is not mine, I found it an unknown place on the internet and (naughtily) used it without permission. So sorry I can't help and I have no idea who is the actual "owner" of the pic.
PS We answer questions like this below the question so that other people can know what the answer is. I have removed your email because to give it without disguise is inviting email harvesting prorams to find you. Best wishes - Arpingstone (talk) 18:23, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Need consent to use your image[edit]

Hello,

I have written a post on Lynton & Lynmouth and about our visit to it on my blog. Soon I am going to publish a book using all these posts.

As you can see here - http://b-young-forever.blogspot.in/2017/04/lynton-lynmouth-devon-atozchallenge.html, I have used an image (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynmouth.railway.arp.750pix.jpg) from your contribution on my blog, I need your consent to use the same in the final book.

Look forward to getting your consent.

Regards, 14.97.144.180 (talk) 10:25, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Gayatri Gadre[reply]

You are very welcome to use the picture, thank you for asking.
By the way, we answer questions like this below the question so that other people can know what the answer is. I have removed your email because to give it is to invite email harvesting programs to find you. Best wishes - Arpingstone (talk) 18:23, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

your picture on wikipedia about a morris minor 4doors saloon from 1953.[edit]

I found your really sharp picture of this 4doors morris minor saloon.

I recently bought exectly the same minor also from 1953 and I would like to come in contact with the owner for details for my restauration. could you help me out with this?

Kind Regards,

Roel H — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.176.173.225 (talk) 18:51, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for writing to me. I'm sorry but I have no info whatever on the car. Best wishes, Adrian Arpingstone (talk) 08:19, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]


KJAK[edit]

Hello - I have a question about a word used on the article KJAK. There is a sentence which starts out: "The station had desensing problems". I am not sure of the meaning intended with the use of the word "desensing"; I can't find it in any printed or online dictionaries. Maybe you can clear this up? If you'd like to reply here, I'll be watching for your response, or ping me. User:Rudy2alan (talk)


EC-400[edit]

Just to let you know that EC-400 has nothing to do with the Spanish Air Force, it is being used as a demonstrator by Airbus Military and is to be delivered to the Royal Air Force as ZM421 at some point. MilborneOne (talk) 15:11, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for correcting my silly error. I stupidly thought the rear fuse logo was that of the Spanish Air Force! My only excuse is old age!! Thanks again - Arpingstone (talk)


Hello, this is Wastrel Way[edit]

Greetings from across the Atlantic! I see that you wrote the article on Tillandsia, and I thank you. I think this genus of plants is of interest to many people and there is much more to be said. I have done a bit of editing to the article and failed to upload a picture of one of my plants in bloom for a reason that I don't understand. I think there is much more to be done instead of repeating that "some of these plants live in the forest, some live in the desert, some are green and some are grey, some have thick leaves and the leaves of others are thinner" which is almost the way this article reads :-), and without sources. Some of it seems to be badly translated from German, and tried to fix that. If there is a general work on this genus of plants in English that I could obtain by inter-library loan I would like to know about it, if you know of it. Briefly, my background is in biology, zoology, then law and then computers and computer networks. I wrote the article Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas a year or two ago, and I am working on some others now, but I grow these plants and would welcome any suggestions you have for contributions that I might make. Wastrel Way (talk) Eric

Hello[edit]

Hi Adrian. We used to interact many many years ago here when I edited under a different name. I greatly value your contributions and I note you've been a bit quiet recently. Are you OK? I do hope so. With all good wishes DBaK (talk) 13:39, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from Adrian! Nice to hear from you. Yes, I have been quiet for some years now. I mainly worked on inserting aircraft pictures and on editing grammatical errors (my greatest hate is use of the word “current”). However, most aircraft articles are now fully illustrated so I found I could use very few of my aircraft pics, and I have no interest in just adding them into the huge collection on Commons. I grew tired of editing grammatical errors, so have stopped all contributions but could come back one day. I do have a session of adding pictures after each Fairford Air Show so I will always add something each year. Thanks for writing, Best wishes, Arpingstone (talk) 09:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry I never replied to this – when I read it I was in India and had plenty of other things on my mind, and then a school trip to Wales and then some wretched pandemic intervened. Sorry, and thanks for the lovely reply, and it is nice to see you around however full-time or occasional it is. With all good wishes, DBaK (talk) 11:14, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you![edit]

Thank you for your pictures of South west England! I've studied in Torquay as a high school an international student last year, your pictures brought so much memory for me, especially the Torbay town hall, I used to walk through there every school day. It was a really important year for me, and ones again, thanks for your images! BjLRC (talk) 19:02, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the Brownie (my favourite cake, how did you know!). Your lovely comment is much appreciated. Thanks Arpingstone (talk)

Should I say HB2U?[edit]

Dear Adrian, I have just seen your userpage edit and am wondering if urgent congrats are called for? If so please consider it done, and a certain song sung or played at you too. And I hope you are having an excellent day whether this particular one has an extra numerical significance or not! Cheers DBaK (talk) 11:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg[edit]

Hi Adrian, it's been awhile since we've spoken, so I hope all is well with you. Do you happen to have a wider view of the aircraft in File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg? Some users are taking the "300" on the fuselage to mean it's an A300, while your file info clearly states that it's an "A310-300". A larger view might help settle the argumemt, and we could recrop it to show the full designation. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 01:35, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from Adrian, nice to hear from you. I'm in good health and reached 80 years old in July (but no celebrations due to Mr (or Mrs) Virus). Nowadays I do very little on WP because the aircraft pages are mostly fully illustrated so I can use decreasingly few of my pictures. I do a little editing for grammar and style.
In answer to your question, unfortunately I have no copy of that picture and no information on it. I tried looking for that window gap on pictures of prototypes and flight test aircraft, but no luck.
Sorry I can’t help. I would have no objection to removal of the pic if the aircraft type remains uncertain. Best wishes, Arpingstone (talk) 18:29, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Over 2 years later the question has come up again. But I also found this photo of an A310-300 in the same livery, probably the same aircraft. It has the same window gap after the -300. I hope all is still well with you.

Larger macaw picture?[edit]

Hello! Would you happen to have a higher resolution / wider crop of commons:File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg? It would make for a nice desktop background. I know the photo is 16+ years old now, so it's probably a long shot. codl (talk) 19:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What a shame! In those far-off days I was stupid enough not to keep the larger resolution pic when I reduced them in size for WP. I don't remember why I used 750 pixels as my standard upload size. Nowadays of course I wouldn't do that! Thanks for writing, Best wishes Arpingstone (talk) 08:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An edit from 2012[edit]

Hi Arpingstone - I/m confused by this edit of yours from 2012, where you seem to be overwriting an article about St. Anthony's School, Ranchi, Jharkand, by an article about Sacred Heart Convent School (Jamshedpur) - a different school in a totally different city.
I don't expect you to remember it, but can you throw any light on this? as the page history has not helped me - thanks - Arjayay (talk) 12:52, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for writing. Unfortunately I am completely baffled by what has happened! It's really weird!! I would never vandalise Wikipedia and am highly experienced in editing but I can't work out what happened. So, sorry, but I can't help. Best wishes Arpingstone (talk) 08:01, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Using Picture of Kelvin Wake for the textbook Gerthsen Physik (in german language)[edit]

Dear Mr. Pingstone,

I would like to use your picture (Kelvin wakes on Avon) for an example discussion of water waves in the german language textbook Gerthsen Physik. I am the editor of the book.

I understand that we could simply go ahead according to the licences announced on Wikipedia. Nevertheless I would prefer to have your personal consent.

I was trying to find an email with no success. If you send me a note at "meschede AT uni-bonn DOT (followed by a D and an E)" I could send you the section of the manuscript.

Replied by email Arpingstone (talk) 06:54, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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