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== From Robert Grubh, It is about using your Lesser Flamingo photo ==

Dear Adrian,

I need to use the head of your Lesser Flamingo given in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flam.lesser.600pix_%28Pingstone%29.jpg

which you took in Slimbridge (I have visited it ages ago).

It is for a small regional field guide in Tamil Nadu; and I want to put the head (with beak) of this bird next to that of a Greater Flamingo painting, to help distinguish the species. I shall be grateful to receive your permission. You will be acknowledged.

Would love to have you come this side so you can go birdwatching with us. Stay with us. I am in Nagercoil, in India (Google it!). I am 67 but my two sons are a bit older than those of yours.

My email ID is rbgrubh@live.com

Warm regards,
Robert
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== Please respond to my email ID. rbgrubh@live.com Thanks. ==

Please respond to my email ID. Thanks.
rbgrubh@live.com

To
Mr Adrian Pingstone

Dear Adrian,

I need to use the head of your Lesser Flamingo given in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flam.lesser.600pix_%28Pingstone%29.jpg

which you took in Slimbridge (I have visited it ages ago).

It is for a small regional field guide in Tamil Nadu; and I want to put the head (with beak) of this bird next to that of a Greater Flamingo painting, to help distinguish the species. I shall be grateful to receive your permission. You will be acknowledged.

Would love to have you come this side so you can go birdwatching with us. Stay with us. I am in Nagercoil, in India (Google it!). I am 67 but my two sons are a bit older than those of yours.

My email ID is rbgrubh@live.com

Warm regards, Robert (Robert B Grubh) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/59.92.104.250|59.92.104.250]] ([[User talk:59.92.104.250|talk]]) 06:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:Hi!! You are very welcome to use the picture anywhere you wish and to modify it in any way you wish. Luckily I live only about 15 miles from Slimbridge so I have been there often for photography. Best wishes from Adrian [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 15:57, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

== Robin Klein ==

Hi Adrian
Hi Adrian
Just regarding your recent edit of the [[Robin Klein]] article, where you removed the words "well-known" with the comment "She's not well-known to me!". Is there another reason, related to Wiki-preferred style or something, for removing those words other than your own lack of familiarity with the subject of the article? Because I don't understand why a 70 year old non-Australian without a background in education, children's literature or Australia would consider his own lack of familiarity with an Australian author of children's books to be indicative of how well-known (or not) she is. Her bibliography of over forty books, her awards, and the adaptations of her books for plays, television and film would seem to be a better indication of how well-known she actually is. [[User:Eliahna|Eliahna]] ([[User talk:Eliahna|talk]]) 20:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
:Eliahna, I apologise. My Edit Comment was way too flippant. What I meant was that "well known" is not a phrase that should be used because everyone in Wikipedia is well known to some degree or they would not be allowed to have an article. My Edit Comment was clumsily saying that but the Edit Comment line was too short to fully explain. So I usually remove "well known" when I meet it. (By the way what does my age have to do with the issue?) Sorry again, Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 22:52, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
:: Thanks for the clarification. I wondered if the (actual) reason was something like that - and I mentioned your age because you're hardly her target audience ;) [[User:Eliahna|Eliahna]] ([[User talk:Eliahna|talk]]) 10:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC)


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.
== Opal walrus ==
My email is ********.
Your picture of the walrus at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opal_Walros_figurine.jpg. Do you know what the rock surrounding the opal is? Is this type of stone (with opal insets) available to carvers? Thank you, Heather <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/142.68.238.224|142.68.238.224]] ([[User talk:142.68.238.224|talk]]) 14:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Cheers
:Hullo Heather, thanks for your question. Sorry to be slow in replying but I've had a computer virus that took hours to get rid of. I have the walrus in front of me now, it has a brown, streaky, base rock with the surface polished to show the opal within, it's very beautiful. I live near Bristol, England, and bought it for 110 UK pounds at a Gem Fair about 40 miles from my home, held at Cheltenham Race Course.
Jonathan--[[Special:Contributions/122.56.234.66|122.56.234.66]] ([[User talk:122.56.234.66|talk]]) 02:11, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
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:: 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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:I remember that the uncarved walrus chunk was from an Australian opal mine, and I believe the seller said it was then carved in China. Sorry, I don't know the name of the brown base rock.


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:I also own a tiny piece of uncarved opal, with opal flashes showing, only about 2 cms by 2 cms, weighing 4 grams, and that cost 17 UK pounds! (the walrus weighs 145 grams). So you can certainly buy the rough opal stone at UK Gem Fairs but its extremely expensive. I don't know where else you can buy it. Just a disclaimer: I collect gem animals and am not a gem or geology expert (just seen how poor that picture is, I'll upload a better one soon). Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 11:28, 17 November 2010 (UTC)


:[[Kendriya Vidyalaya, Charbatia]]
== Somerset pictures ==
::added a link pointing to [[CBSE]]


:[[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]]
Hi Adrian, I've noticed that you've added loads of great pictures to Somerset articles & I've reused some of them on [[Portal:Somerset]] which I've been trying to improve - hope that's OK. If you have or know of others which would be suitable for the [[Portal:Somerset/Selected picture]] section could you let me know or add them? Also I've been working my way through [[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Somerset]] and wondered if you might have any suitable photos for those articles which are missing them?&mdash; [[User:Rodw|Rod]] <sup>[[User talk:Rodw|talk]]</sup> 09:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
::added a link pointing to [[Shakti Singh]]
:Hi Rod! Thanks for writing. You are very welcome to use any of my pictures anywhere you wish, I enjoy seeing them reused. I'll have a look at what's required and see if I can help. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 09:27, 21 November 2010 (UTC)


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:I'm thrilled! I had no idea anyone was noticing my endless work on the Indian school, college and university articles. I edit a few of them everyday. The main two problems witrh them are the self praise they contain, and the Vision and Mission statements. Thanks again, your Barnstar is highly appreciated (I'll transfer a copy to my Talk Page). - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 16:25, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
:::I have quite a few of them on my watchlists, and I've been following your work for a week or so! And yes, loads of the Indian articles have a long way to go before they can become remotely encyclopedic. Maybe you could take a look at [[SVCE|this]] sometime? It was an article I worked on nearly a year ago. - [[User:Amog|<font color="blue">Amog</font>]] | <sup>[[User talk:Amog|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/Amog|<font color="blue">contribs</font>]]</sup> 18:48, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
::::Done (but with 42 edits, all minor). Unlike many other Indian education articles I didn't have to remove any unencyclopedic chunks so that was refreshing! Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 19:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
::::: Thanks Adrian! I tried getting that article onto GA status 2 years ago. It never came to be, and I eventually gave up! But thank you for all the wonderful work you've been doing so far. Cheers! - [[User:Amog|<font color="blue">Amog</font>]] | <sup>[[User talk:Amog|<font color="blue">Talk</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/Amog|<font color="blue">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:37, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


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)
== A pound of octothorp ==
: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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== Georgia, USA, School District Articles ==
Hey! Thanks for editing on the [[Griffin-Spalding County School District‎]] page. I, being a bored kid with half a life, created over 150 school district article pages for the state of Georgia on Wikipedia during the summer holiday. There were only a few pages started previous to my enormous task that I set for myself. So, with your tip that you added by putting the country tag into the introductory paragraph, could you do this to the other 150 something other articles that I started? If not, that is perfectly fine with me. I was just wondering since you suggested it in your summary of editing; just let me know what you decide. Thanks again though! [[User:Tamer_of_hope|<span style="font-family:Calibri;color:green;font-size:2em">T</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:green">amer_of_Hope</span>]] [[User talk:Tamer_of_hope|<span style="font-family:Calibri;color:royalblue">talk</span>]] 00:26, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
:Hi from England, thanks for writing. The prospect of adding "USA" to 150 articles is a little scary but I'm happy to do it. I'l take it slowly (over, say, a month, at five a day). You think you've got "half a life!! Well I've been editing and adding photos since 2002 for about 340 days of each year! However, because I'm retired, life is one long holiday (happily) and so I've plenty of time. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 16:38, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
::Yeah, it is quite a bit but it's something to do for a month. I spent all of June working on them, creating the pages. I got maybe five or seven created each day. I worry about what my "retirement" days will be but that's way into the future. Why I say this? Because I have a neighbour that is retired and he spends all of his day raking pine straw and keeping his yard really nice. It just seems so boring. I want to thank you for adding the pieces of Wikipedia together for so long, it's people like you and I that make Wikipedia what it is, even when scholarly people look down upon it. :] [[User:Tamer_of_hope|<span style="font-family:Calibri;color:green;font-size:2em">T</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:green">amer_of_Hope</span>]] [[User talk:Tamer_of_hope|<span style="font-family:Calibri;color:royalblue">talk</span>]] 19:13, 27 November 2010 (UTC)


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:You've made my day! Thank you so much for the Barnstar. I assume you refer to the Indian school articles that I'm working on at the moment. I've edited many hundreds and there are hundreds to go. It's a task that particularly needs doing because English is probably not the native language of the writers of these articles so sentence construction is often a little odd. Other problems are padding words like "also", "various", and "currently". I usually have to remove Mission, Aim and Vision statements that are so generalised that they could apply to any school in the world! Every lab and library is "state of the art" or "modern" or "well-equipped". However I don't mean to make fun of the writers because they have done all the real work, just leaving me make the article properly encyclopedic. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 18:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


::Thank you for cleaning up articles of Indian Colleges and Schools Sir, I really appreciate that. Yes I know that Indian articles usually contain words like the ones you've mentioned above, and this is usually because the articles are based on the official websites, and many articles are just mildly reworded in order to avoid copyvios. I am on a drive to clean up and organise Indian college articles myself, and its good to know that you are doing the same! By the way, I noticed your user page, and I must say, I dream of becoming an aerodynamicist like you one day! You have found yourself a fan! Good day Sir. [[User:MikeLynch|MikeLynch]] ([[User talk:MikeLynch|talk]]) 18:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)


== Permission to use figure in a book. ==
== Indian Colleges ==
Hello Sir,
I guess you missed my earlier comment on your talk page. Nevertheless, I appreciate your work in cleaning up Indian College articles. I wanted your opinion regarding an article [[R.V. College of Engineering]]. There is a section 'Student Activities'. Right now, it is a bulleted list, but I feel it doesn't look very elegant. I thought of converting it into prose, but that didn't turn out very elegant either. At the same time, most of the matter there is notable, and are properly sourced, so I can't delete them. It would be helpful if you could give me some inputs on how to rearrange the material. Good day. [[User:MikeLynch|MikeLynch]] ([[User talk:MikeLynch|talk]]) 08:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


Dear Adrian,
:Mike, thanks for writing. No, I didn't miss your nice comments about me (above) but I did forgot to reply. Sorry!<br>
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:
:On the subject of the RVCE article, I agree that the bulleted list looks a little odd for the extracurricular items so I now think that it should be returned to a straight set of paragraphs. Will you do that? I can see only those two ways of formatting that section i.e. asterisks or no asterisks. Thanks to you for all your work, Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 17:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/
::I have done some rearrangements rewordings, and some cleanup as well. Have a look at this article now. Waiting for your opinion. Good day! [[User:MikeLynch|MikeLynch]] ([[User talk:MikeLynch|talk]]) 18:25, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
::I will start working on [[PESIT]] and [[BMSCE]] next! [[User:MikeLynch|MikeLynch]] ([[User talk:MikeLynch|talk]]) 18:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


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.
:::Congratulations! I had not thought of your clever idea of adding new headings to subdivide the Student Activities. Very clever, and it looks good too. I think the article is good now. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 18:47, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


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[[User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai]]- Thanks for your edit. Will seek help again to launch the page.[[User:Patelurology2|Patelurology2]] ([[User talk:Patelurology2|talk]]) 19:59, 16 December 2010 (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.
== Help wantedfor page launches- [[User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai CJM Alumni ]] & [[ User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai ]] ==
::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)


== Need consent to use your image ==
Have launched a page before but because of details seeming like adverisiting, it was reverted to Userpage, so seeking help.
* [[User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai CJM Alumni ]] > to [[Fort Convent School Mumbai CJM Alumni ]] - this alumni list page is likely to be much longer and hence best to use two page format; school is more than 150 years old. If single page is appropriate, info can be merged. All discussion type comments can be transferred to discussion page, but is it appririate to tell visitors to check the discussin page also?


Hello,
* [[User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai]] > to [[Fort Convent School, Mumbai]]
[[User:Patelurology2|Patelurology2]] ([[User talk:Patelurology2|talk]]) 22:01, 17 December 2010 (UTC)


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.
* May be a comma before Mumbai would be appropriate in [[Fort Convent School, Mumbai]], so I am changing that on the list page.


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.
::Apologies for seeming unhelpful to you but the complexities of setting up a new article are too much for my tiny brain! I just do edits on existing articles which is what I enjoy. The actual process of setting up the page in the first place is unknown to me. Sorry again, best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 10:11, 18 December 2010 (UTC)


Look forward to getting your consent.
== IT BHU ==
Thank you for your tremendous and much needed clean-up of Institute of Technology, BHU article.
If you ever visit Varanasi, I would gladly throw you a party!
Amazing work, best of luck and a happy new year! Gaurav Verma, IT BHU, Electronics Engg. (2012)
[[Special:Contributions/117.199.181.238|117.199.181.238]] ([[User talk:117.199.181.238|talk]]) 15:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)


Regards,
:This one of the nicest comments I have ever received, thank you so much Gaurav!! Editing the Indian engineering institute articles had made me nervous because the number of edits needed on each article was (usually) large. I had expected to receive a few complaints about the amount I've had to edit but have received none. Once again, thanks for your lovely comment. Sadly I won't be able to come to Varanasi. Happy 2011 to you, and thanks again - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 21:36, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
[[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.
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::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)
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I found your really sharp picture of this 4doors morris minor saloon.
== Any pics of Avon Valley Country Park ==
Hi Adrian, You haven't got any pictures of [[Avon Valley Country Park]] and/or the [[Strawberry Line (Miniature Railway)]] that you would be willing to share have you?&mdash; [[User:Rodw|Rod]] <sup>[[User talk:Rodw|talk]]</sup> 15:59, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:Hi Rod! Thanks for writing. I have some of the Park but they were taken years ago, and doubtless the place has changed (for example, I've not heard of the railway). I'll have a look and upload any that are "timeless". Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 17:44, 5 February 2011 (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.
== Thank you for beautiful lilac photo ==
could you help me out with this?


Kind Regards,
i wish to say Thank you for beautiful photo of lilac,my favorite flowers.As i see you are very creative person,your presentation here is amazing,and i shall try to learn something of that and apply on my own wiki page.
Best regards,
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== Monarch A321 ==
: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)
Hi. Was your aircraft taken on 12 September 2009 (G-OZBU). If it was, what time was it taken. If it was taken first thing in the Morning, It was off to Malaga as ZB654. If it was taken in the afternoon (around 4:00), It was off to Alicante as ZB676.
Have any More Monarch photos. Any aircraft with the following registration would be nice as they are not on Wikimedia Commons:
*G-OJMR (A300)
*G-MONS (A300)
*G-MONX (A320)
*G-OZBE (A321)
*G-OZBR (A321)
*G-EOMA (A330)
*G-MONK (B757)
Thanks.
--[[User:MKY661|MKY661]] ([[User talk:MKY661|talk]]) 20:14, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


::The date the camera reads for that photo is 12th September as you say (which was a Saturday), yet my handwritten notes say it was taken on 13th September 2009 (which was a Sunday) So I don't know for sure if I took it on the 12th or the 13th. However since I usually go photographing on a Sunday (less traffic on the motorways) it was almost certainly the 13th. I know it was taken at 10.17 in the morning and the aircraft was taking off from Manchester Airport. Sorry I don't have any more Monarch photos. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 22:19, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


==[[KJAK]]==
== Nut Goddess Picture ==
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]])
March 21, 2011


Hi Adrian,


I have been doing some online research trying to find the original information about this particular picture of the Nut Goddess. There are numerous pictures like this on the internet, I came across your picture and thought I'd ask a real person that may be able to help me. I am painting this picture of Nut on a large canvas but I can't seem to find the image's origin and I need to enlarge without distortion or find where I can see the hierglyphics better in order to paint them properly. Thank you!


==EC-400==
Paula P. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/137.186.103.118|137.186.103.118]] ([[User talk:137.186.103.118|talk]]) 18:46, 21 March 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Hi Paula, thanks for writing. Regrettably I can't help you! I have no memory of how I helped with this picture but my guess is that I cleaned it up in some way, maybe by altering the contrast, colours or tilt. I wasn't the uploader of the pic so have no idea where it was found. Sorry! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 10:01, 22 March 2011 (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]])
==File:USAF C-130J Super Hercules at RIAT 2010 arp.jpg==


Adrian, a user [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules&diff=421607817&oldid=420898484 has questioned] if [[:File:USAF C-130J Super Hercules at RIAT 2010 arp.jpg]] is actually of a C-130J. As far as I can tell, from the angle of the 4 visible blades, these are 6-bladed props. Do you remember the aircraft, or have a way to check its tail number to confirm that it is indeed a C-130J? Thanks. - [[User:BilCat|BilCat]] ([[User talk:BilCat|talk]]) 08:03, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
:BilCat, thanks for letting me know of the users deletion. Yes, this is most certainly a J model, it so happens that the other 2 blades lie up with the nacelle and can't be seen. This is proven if you look at picture http://www.abpic.co.uk/popup.php?q=1244860 on Air Britains website, which is the exact same aircraft (serial 78613). I will give the Anon the Air Britain link, and make a note on the Image Description Page that it IS 6-bladed. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 16:20, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


::Thanks! I also asked about the image at [[WT:AIR#C-130 identity]], and got some great responses. It's actually a C-130J-30 stretched model, so if you can update the file comments to reflect that, it would be good. Thanks again. - [[User:BilCat|BilCat]] ([[User talk:BilCat|talk]]) 17:04, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


== Hello, this is Wastrel Way ==
== [[Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology,Rourkela]]==


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
Help for the articles to make for the institution page.---16:42, 4 April 2011 (UTC) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/117.205.177.83|117.205.177.83]] ([[User talk:117.205.177.83|talk]]) </span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::Sorry, it's hard to tell what your question is. I assume you want help with that article, but the article has no content so there's nothing there for me to edit. I can't add to the article because I only do editing not writing. Sorry! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 21:22, 4 April 2011 (UTC)


== Interview request ==
== Hello ==
Hello, my name is Natalia Ioana Olaru and I am a final year master student in the Corporate Communication programme at the Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark. I am currently working on my final paper on the topic of user motivation to create content on collaborative media websites, the focus being Wikipedia. As a sample I chose the English and Danish portals.
I would like to invite you for an online interview on the topic of what motivates you, to participate in editing and creating articles for this platform. I plan on doing the actual interviews in the period between 1st and the 15th of May via Skype, MSN or Yahoo Messenger. I am, however, open to other channels of communication too.
Please let me know if you would like to participate in this interview and the preferred channel, Thank you,
Natalia Olaru<br>
Email removed
[[User:MulgaEscu|MulgaEscu]] ([[User talk:MulgaEscu|talk]]) 13:59, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
::Sorry, I can't take part - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 06:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)


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)
== Red Arrow ==
:: 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! ==
I have nominated your photograph of a [[:File:Single red arrow at speed cotswoldairshow 2010 arp.jpg|single Red Arrow at speed]] as a featured picture. I think it's an excellent shot of the Hawk, and hopefully it will pass. [[User:Harrison49|Harrison49]] ([[User talk:Harrison49|talk]]) 18:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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|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)
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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? ==
==Merge discussion for [[Winterbourne, Gloucestershire ]]==
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)
[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] An article that you have been involved in editing, [[Winterbourne, Gloucestershire ]], has been proposed for a [[Help:Merging and moving pages|merge]] with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going {{ #if:Talk:Winterbourne, Gloucestershire#Merger from Civil Parish of Winterbourne |[[Talk:Winterbourne, Gloucestershire#Merger from Civil Parish of Winterbourne |here]]|to the article and clicking on the (Discuss) link at the top of the article}}, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. [[User:Skinsmoke|Skinsmoke]] ([[User talk:Skinsmoke|talk]]) 10:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC) <!-- Template:mergenote -->


== File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg ==
==Merge discussion for [[University of Roorkee ]]==
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)
[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] An article that you have been involved in editing, [[University of Roorkee ]], has been proposed for a [[Help:Merging and moving pages|merge]] with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going {{ #if:Talk:Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee#Merger proposal |[[Talk:Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee#Merger proposal |here]]|to the article and clicking on the (Discuss) link at the top of the article}}, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. [[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] ([[User talk:Muhandes|talk]]) 10:20, 2 June 2011 (UTC) <!-- Template:mergenote -->
::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.
== History of astrology - for your attention possibly ==


== Larger macaw picture? ==
As someone who has contributed content in the past - you may be interested in noticing this:
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)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_astrology#Deletion_of_unreferenced_content
:: 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)
Cheers, [[User:Zachariel|<font color="maroon">Zac</font> ]][[User talk:Zachariel|<font color="black">Δ talk</font>]] 00:45, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


== Bristol Balloon _Bridgit ==
== An edit from 2012 ==
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)
Good evening; I am impressed with your photography. I am the pilot of the Bristol Balloon and remember the flight well that you captured landing at Yate. I had flown to 8,000' from Bath and had a granny, her grandson (16) and the BBC presnter Sally Chanoller and her partner on board. A very memorable flight and lovely to see it recorded.
::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) ==
I will be flying the balloon tomorow morning (10/08/11) for the Press launch of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta whihc takes placve this weekend. The balloon is now 9 years old and has 310 flying and 60 hours tethering.
Kind regards, Derek Maltby
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Dear Mr. Pingstone,
:Thanks for writing, how interesting to hear about my photo! I remember it well, partly because of your daring manoevre to hop the inflated balloon across the field hedge and onto the Westerleigh road verge (a very busy road!) for easier transport later. Sally offered me a trip round the studios but foolishly I never got round to going. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 08:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
== September 2011 ==
''[removed my message, left in error]''


I would like to use your picture (Kelvin wakes on Avon) for an example discussion of
:Dear Marek69, your reversion of EVERY edit I made to that Kenya school article is a very odd thing to do. I have been editing Wiikipedia since 2002 so I do not need to "learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia". I can justify every single edit I made but life is too short for that. So your reversion of every edit I made, back to the previous low quality article, will remain. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 22:22, 11 September 2011 (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.
::Dear Adrian, I am sorry, my revert on [[Kakamega High School]] was a mistake. I completely mis-read your edit.
Nevertheless I would prefer to have your personal consent.
::I have now [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_High_School&action=historysubmit&diff=449911926&oldid=449866075 reverted my own edit] and removed the message I left you in error. Please accept my sincere apologies for this error. I'm not quite sure what I was thinking.
::Wishing you all the best. :-)
::Kind Regards -- [[User:Marek69|<span style="color:DarkBlue;">Marek</span>]]<small>.</small>[[Special:Contributions/Marek69|<small><span style="color:Blue;">69</span></small>]][[User_talk:Marek69|<small><span style="color:Green;"><sup>'' talk''</sup></span></small>]] 00:28, 12 September 2011 (UTC)


I was trying to find an email with no success. If you send me a note at
== A bowl of strawberries for you! ==
"meschede AT uni-bonn DOT (followed by a D and an E)" I could send you the section of the manuscript.
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::Many thanks for the bowl of strawberries. I live near an an area of England known for its strawberry growing (Cheddar in Somerset). Your strawberries were sweet, just as I like them, so thanks. No problem with your edit, anyone can have a glitch so all is well and thanks for explaining. Best Wishes, - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 08:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
::Replied by email [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 06:54, 6 September 2021 (UTC)


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Are you sure this is your own image? I've got a journal article (by Eli Yablonovitch) from the Scientific American dated 2001 that lists a reference for the same image as being "THE PURCELL TEAM Corbis".
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::Yes, it most certainly is my picture. My wife has the bracelet in her collection and I took the picture myself in February 2003. I declared it Public Domain (as with all my several thousand pictures on Wikipedia) so maybe my note of the photo date is wrong and maybe the magazine was careless and attibuted it to the wrong person. Puzzling! For anyone who wants to see the image go to [[Opal]] (it's the lead picture). Thanks for writing - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 20:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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== Snowflake obsidian pig carving ==
I am very interested in learning about the snowflake obsidian pig carving-I rescue pigs and would love to know if there is a place I could purchase said carving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pig.snowobsidian.jpg
Cheers!
[[User:Catsanctuary17|Catsanctuary17]] ([[User talk:Catsanctuary17|talk]]) 20:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
::Thanks for writing. I bought the pig in 1995 at a shop called Crystals in a shopping centre called The Galleries, in Bristol (England). However, none of that really matters because the shop's stock changes regularly so there is no chance that pig will ever appear again. I still have it, it's 4 inches long and cost £100 at the time. I can't sell it to you because I like it too much! Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 18:05, 16 February 2012 (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]


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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