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Hi Adrian |
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== Image:Paris.louvre.pyramid.750pix.jpg == |
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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. |
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Hello ! Regarding the photograph [[:Image:Paris.louvre.pyramid.750pix.jpg]], I fear that things are a little bit more complicated that one would think intuitively. You can take the photograph, of course, but in French law the pyramid is considered a work of art whose author's rights belongs to the architect. Mr Pei actually already successfully sued people for such reasons. See the debate at [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Deletion_requests#Image:Paris_Louvre_Pyramid_Sunset.jpg]. Similar things happened regarding the illumination of the Eiffel Tower. |
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My email is ********. |
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This being said, stay assured that I deplore this particular law, and that I have a high appreciation for your contributions on Wikipedia. [[User:Rama|Rama]] 13:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC) |
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: To avoid problems consider a reupload under a different name without pyramid. Replace old image in articles with new one then mark old image for deletion. Maybe avoid the 750x (or similar) in image names, sometimes led to confusion. --[[User:Denniss|Denniss]] 18:55, 15 December 2005 (UTC) |
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::Thanks, Denniss, for your ideas. The pic in the [[Louvre Museum]] gallery called [[:Image:paris.louvre.pyramid.750pix.jpg]] has been replaced by [[:Image:louvre.courtyard.paris.arp.jpg]]. The picture has been sharpened, deslanted, upped from 750pix wide to 1800 pix wide and put to Commons. Any mention of the pyramid has been removed from the Image Description Page and the article picture caption. I have retained my PD copyright notice but would not object to a change to some other copyright notice. |
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::Should my rants under the old picture die when it is deleted or should the talk stuff be copied over to the new images IDP? I assume we don't want any mentions of the pyramid left around so I would like to see that stuff die with the picture. I have no idea of deletion procedures so can someone please do that for me? |
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::I notice there is a stub called [[Louvre Pyramid]] so I've changed the pic name there as well. |
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::Special thanks to Rama for tolerating my outbursts on this subject - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:42, 15 December 2005 (UTC) |
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== [[London Eye]] == |
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Hi Adrian |
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My name is Helen and I work for Bosch in the UK. I would like to use your London.Eye.many.capsules picture. I would like to use it in a presentation about Bosch Rexroth, the company who produced all the drive hydraulics and suspension technology. The picture will be seen on a plasma screens in Heathrow airport. I have read the copyright blurb and it looks like there is no legal restriction on use. Since this is for use in a public arena, can you confirm that I can use this for Bosch, without being sued!! |
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Cheers |
Cheers |
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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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Love the picture. |
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[[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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Helen |
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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) |
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:::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. |
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:::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) |
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::::{{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. |
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::::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) |
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:::::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) |
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::::::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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:Hi Helen! The good news is that any pic of mine (and I've got about 1500 of them on Wikipedia) labelled as Public Domain (which is most of them) is yours to modify ''in any way whatsoever'' to suit your presentation. You can show them in public, publish them, etc etc. and there's no possibility of legal come back because by declaring them Public Domain I have relinquished all rights. Theoretically you didn't even need to ask me but I'm glad that you did. I am flattered you wish to use my pics so thanks again. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 16:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC) |
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Hi again, |
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Apologies for showing myself up and thanks for being so gracious about it! Thanks for the confirmation. Go to Terminal 1, Heathrow departures from Jan 10th onwards to see Rexroth presentation on plasma screens - featuring your image! |
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Cheers Adrian. Regards, Helen. |
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:[[Kendriya Vidyalaya, Charbatia]] |
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==Varve== |
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::added a link pointing to [[CBSE]] |
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:[[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]] |
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Re: your edits of the article [[varve]]. Technically varves do fall within the 'calendar band of orbitally forced cyclicity'. I'm happy to leave it out because on reflection it doesn't add much worthwhile to the article at the moment. But it's not 'nonsense' and I'd be interested to hear why you think it is... [[User:NickW|NickW]] 11:00, 16 December 2005 (UTC) |
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::added a link pointing to [[Shakti Singh]] |
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:I've also reinserted the term 'teleconnections'. Not sure why you've taken this one out twice now. If you'd like some references so you can check the literature just let me know. [[User:NickW|NickW]] 11:19, 16 December 2005 (UTC) |
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==Merry Christmas!== |
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Dear Adrian: |
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Hi! How are you? Long time no talk! Merry Christmas! |
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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, [[User:Fritzmann2002|Fritzmann2002]] 19:05, 14 December 2015 (UTC) |
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As you can see, I finally uploaded the [[Menudo]] [[cd]] photo I always wanted. This was very important, because, most people don't realize Menudo's most famous era was actually pre-[[Ricky Martin]], it was when this CD, ''Quiero Ser'', was released. |
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: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) |
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::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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Anyways, I just wanted to say hi and Merry Christmas! [[God]] bless you! |
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== Southern.pinwheel.arp.750pix.jpg == |
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Hi Adrian - I understand that you uploaded this image. I regret to say I have just nominated it for deletion on ground that wikipedia is apparently not supposed to carry images restricted to non-commercial use. I now regret doing this as I have little understanding of the issues. I wasn't thinking. See: [[Wikipedia_talk:Image_use_policy/Noncommercial-use]] for some of the arguments. --[[User:Sf|Sf]] 14:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC) |
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:Don't worry, I understand very little on the complexity of copyright either. So whether it's deleted or kept won't bother me. Just do as you think best and I'll be happy. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 15:09, 22 December 2005 (UTC) |
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== Permission to use figure in a book. == |
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::I've noted my regret/reservations on the nominations for deletions page. I was simply doing a trawl of images checking for trashed licence information at the time. Have a nice christmas. --[[User:Sf|Sf]] 15:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC) |
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Dear Adrian, |
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== Thanks for updating [[Christian art mediums]] == |
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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: |
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http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/ |
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Thanks for adding the gallery to [[Christian art mediums]], it flows much better now. |
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{{User:Sp00n17/sig|Date=14:18, 22 December 2005 (UTC)}} |
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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. |
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== De Havilland link on Sea Vixen Page == |
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Hi, |
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Sincerely, |
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I notice that you changed the link on the Sea Vixen article page from "De Havilland Aviation Ltd" to "de Havilland..." (i.e. small 'd'). |
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I've changed it back as I'm not happy about anyone changing the name of a company of which I am an executive director and, therefore, know precisely how the company is titled. <br> |
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If we choose to adopt a change of company title, now that we've taken over the company, then we will do so, and we will be the ones to notify any official changes of corporate name.<br> |
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In the meantime, De Havilland Aviation Ltd is spelt with a capital 'D'.<br> |
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Thank you. |
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::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. |
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:There is absolutely no need to write so curtly. We have a happy community here at WP and your manner of writing is quite different to how anyone has written before (except for the weird person who wrote in all capitals further up this page). I worked for BAe for 36 years but had no connections with your De Havilland so I genuinely did not know "precisely how the company is titled". I thought it was de Havilland as of old (surely a very understandable mistake that many people must make!) How nice it would have been if your note had read like this - ''Adrian, I don't think you realised that the new DH company now uses a capital on the "de" part. I appreciate that you did not realise this in view of the old lack of capitalisation on the "de" but would very much appreciate it if you used the capital when writing about my company in the future, Thanks''. See what I mean! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 21:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC) |
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::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) |
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== Need consent to use your image == |
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:: Also: ''[[User talk:Lordknowle#De Havilland link on Sea Vixen Page|reference]]'' Thanks/[[User:Wangi|wangi]] 22:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC) |
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Hello, |
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:::That's all very noble and all that, but on an equal footing, would it not have been equally polite to have emailed first asking the correct syntax before just going in an abitrarily removing a valid reference and external link? Anyone can easily go in and just remove or change an entry, but a reason for such, or an editing note to the original author would be just as politically correct. Having gone through a great deal of negotiation and trademarking of company names and marks, it likewise grates somewhat to have changes made without prior consultation with the company that operates the actual aircraft. |
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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. |
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::::You are talking to the wrong person. I had absolutely nothing whatever to do with the removal of the De Havilland link and I agree with you that a note to you from Wangi explaining the intended removal would have been good. I'm glad to see the (entirely relevant) link is back. My only gripe with you was the tone of your message to me. |
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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. |
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::::Incidentally, it would be good if you signed and dated your messages, just type four tildes (on my keyboard it's the wavy thing above the hash key). - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 15:29, 28 December 2005 (UTC) |
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Look forward to getting your consent. |
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:--[[User:Admrboltz|Romeo Bravo]] 01:21, 28 December 2005 (UTC) |
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Regards, |
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==Tarom pics== |
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[[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 |
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::You are very welcome to use the picture, thank you for asking. |
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Ok Adrian I'm sorry for adding pics that aren't not mine. I promise that I will make a picture by myself of an Tarom A and I will add it. |
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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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[[User_talk:NorbertArthur|NorbertArthur]] 28 December 2005 |
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== your picture on wikipedia about a morris minor 4doors saloon from 1953. == |
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:Thanks for your apology, all is forgiven, Best Wishes, - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC) |
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I found your really sharp picture of this 4doors morris minor saloon. |
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::I thank you very much for accepting my apologies, Adrian! I have a question about a pic that I added at [[Tarom]]. That photo is made by yourself, so do I'm allowed to put there? If isn't right, please take it off. |
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::Regards, [[User_talk:NorbertArthur|NorbertArthur]] 28 December 2005 |
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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. |
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:::I'm pleased you used my pic off Commons (I assume you found it on Commons) because that is exactly what Commons is for (a source of pics for WP). You can add any pic off Commons without seeking permission of the uploader so next time you want to use a pic just go ahead and use it. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC) |
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could you help me out with this? |
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Kind Regards, |
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:It isn't me Adrian who put that pic there, I swear! Please believe me because I gave my password to a ''friend'' and that stupid is now writing on my username! I don't know what to do! |
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[[User_talk:NorbertArthur|NorbertArthur]] 2 January 2005 |
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== Welcome to Wikipedia! == |
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: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) |
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Looking though this page I couldn't see a welcome message, so I thought I would give you one! |
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==[[KJAK]]== |
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'''Welcome!''' |
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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]]) |
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:Nice message but a little out-of-date. I started with WP three years ago, in January 2003! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 00:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC) |
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::Well, yes, but I like to welcome all who haven't been welcomed, even if it is a little mad :) [[User:Ian13|Ian]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ian13|13]]</sup><sub>ID:540053</sub> 20:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC) |
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:::No offence intended, your message was very welcome. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:58, 30 December 2005 (UTC) |
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==EC-400== |
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==[[Zulma Aguiar]]== |
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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) |
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Hey Arpingstone: |
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Whats up? I need you to do me a favor, check out the above sent page and vote on it based on what you think. |
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::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]]) |
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Other than that, Happy New Year!!! [[God]] bless you!! |
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Sincerely yours, |
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Your friend always, |
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''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio World Cup 2006 Martin]]'' |
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==Happy New Year!== |
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== Hello, this is Wastrel Way == |
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Dear Adrian, I wish you and your family a Happy New Year! I hope we'll continue to colaborate, please have my best regards, [[User:Bonaparte|<font color="#FFFFFF" style="background: maroon;"> Bonaparte </font>]] [[User talk:Bonaparte|<small>talk</small>]] 20:01, 2 January 2006 (UTC) |
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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 |
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==[[Tarom]] illegal pics== |
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== Hello == |
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Ok Adrian you can delete the pic on Tarom page! I talked with that idiot that was writing on my username and he swore me that he never gonna put again pics there. That pic isn't even well piratated, because it is wrote that the photo was made in December 2005 and after it is said that tha aircraft is in storage. I thank you a lot for spending time for that pic and for caring of the illegal pics and I'm really, really sorry for giving my password to otherone and if you have time, please explain me what kind of images I'm allow to add! I wish you a Happy New Year and all best wishes! |
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[[User_talk:NorbertArthur|NorbertArthur]] 4 January 2006 |
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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) |
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== Elections == |
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:: 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) |
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Hey Adrian: |
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:::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) |
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Happy new year! |
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== A brownie for you! == |
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I just wanted to let you know I am i0n the 2006 elections for [[arbitrator]]. I hope to see your vote there! |
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Thanks and [[God]] bless you!! |
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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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Your friend, |
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''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Southwest Airlines Martin]]'' |
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==Thank you== |
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Thank you for your many excellent images! Regarding this: [[:Image:Typhoon.t1.zj807.arp.jpg]], I notice the rudders of both Typhoon's seem to be fully extended in one direction. Any idea if this is part of the taxying or parking procedure (if there is such a procedure), which also folds the canards? [[User:Mark83|Mark83]] 23:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC) |
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:Mark, there's a reply [[User talk:Mark83|here]] - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:43, 10 January 2006 (UTC) |
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==Mourne Mountains FPC== |
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Adrian, I read your comment regarding the sloping of the image. It isn't something I thought to check but when you pointed it out it was so obvious! I've uploaded a [[:Image:Mournes wikiedit.jpg|straightened version]]. |
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Thanks for getting back to me regarding the query above. I've noticed more images of Typhoons with the rudders like that, it must be a procedure. I know what you mean about it being a nuisance photographically, when I first saw it I thought the RAF might be testing a different shade of paint on the rudder that was incredibly effective at camoflauging! [[User:Mark83|Mark83]] 22:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC) |
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== Illegal A300 pic == |
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Please list it here: [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]] or tag with <nowiki>{{copyvio}}</nowiki> and provide a link to source. --[[User:Denniss|Denniss]] 04:31, 18 January 2006 (UTC) |
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== Apology == |
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I hope you received my email Adrian containing my sincere apologies. I want to attach a list of every single illegal image I've uploaded unaware of the serious damages to the site I have committed. I hope everybody can forgive me, but also help improve my now pictureless Libya pages. Please find legal images for these pages or tell me how to other than actually going to Libya and taking the photos myself.<br> |
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[[Libya national football team]]<br> |
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[[Libyan Arab Airlines]]<br> |
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[[Libya]]<br> |
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[[Tripoli International Airport]] |
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The illegal images:<br> |
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Rice_and_Shalgam.jpg Um_El_Ma.jpg Libyan_Desert_Akakus.jpg Fagonia_Arabica.jpg |
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Tripoli_Libya.jpg Libyan_People.jpg Libyan_tuareg.jpg Libya_Beach.jpg |
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Jamahiriya_Museum.jpg Ghadames_Mosque.jpg Tripoli_International.jpg |
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Tripoli_Airport_Landing_Chart.jpg Tripoli_Airport.jpg |
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National_Team_1975.jpg African_Cup_Of_Nations_82.jpg |
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Othman_Omar_al-Ferjani.jpg Arabic_Coffee.jpg |
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Libyan_Arab_A320.jpg King_Abdulaziz_International_Airport.jpg |
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Please remove these completely from Wikipedia as I no longer want to be involved with them. If you did not receive my email please tell me so that I can rewrite it in this page. The email contains information on uploading images I would really like from you. |
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My sincere apologies and thanking you again, |
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Jaw101ie [[Image:Jawad_picture.jpg|thumb|200px|Sorry again, At least one of my images is legal!!!]] |
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==Image copyright problem with Image:Cessna172-CatalinaTakeOff.jpg== |
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Thanks for uploading [[:Image:Cessna172-CatalinaTakeOff.jpg]]. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] is very careful about the images included in [[Wikipedia]] because of [[copyright law]] (see Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Copyright|Copyright policy]]). |
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The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are [[open content]], [[public domain]], and [[fair use]]. Find the appropriate template in [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]] and place it on the image page like this: <code><nowiki>{{TemplateName}}</nowiki></code>. |
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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from [[Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags]]. --[[User:OrphanBot|OrphanBot]] 09:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC) |
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:This image has nothing to do with me. I merely uploaded a clipped version to show the aircraft off better. I've looked at the picture's Image Description Page, it states it ''is'' PD so I've put a ''<nowiki>PD-user|Intersofia</nowiki>'' on it - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC) |
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== Turned legal == |
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Hello Adrian. I've gone legal. I found a picture of a Libyan jet on airliners.net and I contacted the photographer. I asked him if he would be interested in uploading the image onto Wikipedia Commons and he was more than happy. Check out the cool pic on [[Libyan Arab Airlines]]. [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 14:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Great, but did he actually declare it Public Domain, which is what the Image Description Page says he has released it as? This means that anyone can use it, alter it in any way or make profits from it by publishing it in, say, a book (all without having to credit the photographer). (By the way, please use four tildes like this <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the end of your messages then I'll be able immediately to see who you are and the date and time you left the message) - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 18:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC) |
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== Picture caption in [[Hotel]] == |
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I feel rather sheepish leaving a note about (or doing, for that matter) a one-word revert, but I think the original picture caption is the right one, since the hotel (and head office of the chain) are in the US, the US word "upscale" should be used rather than "upmarket", which is a Britishism not used in the US. Needless to say I don't go around in general changing UK usage or spelling to US usage or spelling, or vice versa, but my understanding is that the consensus is to use UK usage/spelling in articles or references to the UK and US usage/spelling in articles or references to the US. Best regards, [[User:MCB|MCB]] 02:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for your message -- cheers! [[User:MCB|MCB]] 07:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC) |
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==Image deletion warning== |
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Adrian, I've listed [[:Image:Hmsocean.600pix.jpg]] at [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]] because I don't think it falls into the useable category of the CrownCopyright template. The RN copyright notice is ''"Please note all RN images are protected by Crown Copyright and cannot be used without permission from the MOD."''. The "useable" CC sites all have something like ''"The Crown copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission."'' If you know different please let me know/edit its entry at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Regards, [[User:Mark83|Mark83]] 15:29, 30 January 2006 (UTC) |
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:I accept what you say so please delete the pic. Regards, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 15:42, 30 January 2006 (UTC) |
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==Grob picture== |
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Adrian, I agree that there is a need for more pictures in the [[Glider]] article but another picture of the same type of aircraft doesn't illustrate anything extra. I think the Falke picture is clearer and as a mid-air shot, it is more interesting. (I didn't take it incidentally.) It may be better to show an open class or a world class glider because these could illustrate differences between glider classes. There is an article on [[Touring Motor Glider]]s where the differences between a Falke and a Grob might be discussed and illustrated with picures. I hope you agree. [[User:Jmcc150|JMcC]] 18:45, 30 January 2006 (UTC) |
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:No, I don't agree at all. In my view if an article has plenty of remaining space for pictures then it is good to provide them, even if they are a little the same. Visually the Grob has no resemblance at all to the Falke so the reader looking for a pic might want to look at the Falke or might want to look at the Grob. Is it for us to decide that! WP is not only text but also a picture source for our readers so, if they don't like a particular pic or it doesn't suit their purpose then they can choose another. At least they have the choice. So I would be very unhappy if you took my pic away (I have nil connection with the glider world, by the way). I think the problem here lies in that I'm thinking of the readers pleasure and choice and you're thinking technically ie we should not repeat a glider type in the pictures. If you do take it away I won't revert, life's too short to play the reversion game. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:45, 31 January 2006 (UTC) |
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== Image:Jetstream41.eastern.airways.arp.750pix.jpg listed for deletion == |
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<div style="padding:5px; background-color:#E1F1DE"> An image or media file that you uploaded, [[:Image:Jetstream41.eastern.airways.arp.750pix.jpg]], has been listed at [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]]. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. <!-- {{idw}} --></div> [[User:Mexcellent|Mexcellent]] 00:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:<strike>I removed the deletion tag, but maybe we should find someone to rename the file to avoid confusion.</strike> It's been renamed. [[User:Mexcellent|Mexcellent]] 04:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== [[:Image:A320.flightdeck.750pix.jpg]] == |
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I've tagged the above image as unsourced as the current source details only say "Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in September 2003." Does this mean you took the photo? Or does it mean that you found the image somewhere (in which case the source should be listed) and manipulated the image? Thanks, [[User:CLW|CLW]] 10:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Please delete this image, I put it on in the far-off days when I didn't understand the image copyright rules. I only had verbal permission from Airbus Publicity to use this pic. I have no idea what they would say now, and no inclination to find out! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 13:30, 4 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Libyan jet pic == |
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[[Libyan Arab Airlines]] |
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I'm sure that he understands. I told the photographer if he was intersted in releasing the photo and he said yes. He was keen on getting his image out there! [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 14:32, 7 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Olympus cameras and Albury Railway station picture == |
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Thanks for your comments about my picture. I feel very nervous about exposing myself to this sort of process but I did think it showed what Italianate architecture was about. I notice from your user page you too have an Olympus camera. Mine is a C740UZ - yours is presumably a slightly later model in the same series. We bought ours in 2003 - I find the 10* zoom brilliant and the AA batteries very useful - when you are in Condobolin (the middle of New South Wales) and you forgot to recharge the night before and want to click away the next day - any garage will supply the necessaries!:-) Regards--[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]] 20:39, 7 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for writing, I very much liked your picture (don't be nervous, it's all for fun!). I've noticed that pictures don't usually succeeed at becoming Featured if they show only part of a building, however yours illustrates its article beautifully.<br> |
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:My camera is an Olympus C750UZ, I don't know the differences to yours. I too love the 10 times zoom because I especially enjoy aircraft photography so it's essential for that but I would like a faster shutter speed than my max of one thousandth of a second.<br> |
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:The AA batteries are a great feature, they are cheap here (about 12 English pounds (22 Australian dollars)for a pack of 4) and very easily available of course. I use rechargeables but keep a pack of ordinary AA in case they run out. I get at least 500 pics before the batteries run out and yesterday I took 200 flash pictures in Bristol Museum and still the batteries were OK! I use a 512K Xd card (£22English, 50 Australian Dollars, ordered off the internet) which gives me 520 pics at the quality I use (which is high quality JPG at 2288 by 1712 pixels). I've illustrated around 450 of the aircraft/airline/airliner articles, mostly with the C750. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Jaguar.x-type.arp.jpg == |
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Hello Arpingstone! I am new to wikipedia and I currently try to enhance the german wikipedia with an article concerning [[de:Jaguar X-Type|Jaguar X-Type]]. I would like to use your photograph in this article, but it seems that I can only link to photographs on Commons.wikipedia.org or on de.wikipedia.org. So my question: Would you mind moving your photograph to Commons? Thank you, --[[User:De Nucleolus|De Nucleolus]] 12:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Hi Nucleolus! No problem, the photo is now on Commons at 1758 by 1211 pixels and 227K big. I've put it at article "Jaguar X-TYPE" (the capitals are not an error, the cars themselves and the Jaguar website use capitals). You'll find the article at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_X-TYPE.<br> |
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:Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC) |
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::Thank you very much! I could already link to your photo and I will add a referral link to your photos commons page tomorrow! Best wishes, too --[[User:De Nucleolus|De Nucleolus]] 21:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Bristol zoo pics & chew valley == |
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Hi, |
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You seem to have added several pics to the [[Bristol Zoo]] page. I've added a few more that I took today, not as good as yours - could you take a look & see if you think they are good enough to stay or should be deleted? |
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Also I see you are near Bristol - could you take a look at the [[Chew Valley Lake]] page which I've put up for featured article candidate & if you had any pics to add to that or others in the [[Chew Valley]] I'd be really grateful. [[User:Rodw|Rod]] 20:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Hi Rod! Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the Chew area.<br> |
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:I've looked at your zoo pics and (assuming you want me to be absolutely honest) only two of them are OK to stay. The OK ones are the Stag Beetles (although it needs lightening and the format changed so that the pole on the left is gone). The flamingo pic is a good one. The Asiatic lion pic is way too dim, the Red panda is too distant (have you a zoom on your camera, I've got times 10), the pygmy hippo is too distant as well. I'll upload my Lion, Panda and Hippo, put them on the gallery and then you will better understand why your pics are not really up to WP standard (yet!) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 21:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC) |
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::Thanks valid coments & thats why I asked you - my photography is sort of point & clck & mostlyof the kids (which obviously I don't upload here) If you fancied tripping out to the valley to do any illustrations for any of the villages etc that would be great - in the meantime Ill carry on trying to do some myself. [[User:Rodw|Rod]] 22:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:::Thanks for taking the bad news so well. As I promised above I've uploaded another lion (the male), the Red Panda and the Pygmy Hippo to the gallery at [[Bristol Zoo]]. You can see the sort of job my digital Olympus C750UZ (no longer on the market) can do. The best part of the camera is the x10 zoom, that's how I get these closeups - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 22:25, 14 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Image:United.a320-232.n408ua.750pix.jpg on [[United Airlines]] == |
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Did you receive a warning this image was on [[WP:PUI|possibly unfree images]]? Please let me know the status of this image -Thanks -[[User:Nv8200p|Nv8200p]] [[User_talk:Nv8200p|talk]] 14:35, 17 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:I don't remember a warning but I agree this image is not free so please delete it. Thanks - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:43, 17 February 2006 (UTC) |
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==Barnstars== |
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I've created my very own barnstar. Am I allowed to give this to people I think deservant of it? |
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[[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 21:59, 18 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Giving Barnstars is nice, I've been awarded two at the moment. If you go to [[User:Arpingstone]] and then click on the pic of the blackish star you'll see a list of some of the existing Barnstars. You can award one to anyone you want to (or more than one person). Usually the reason for giving the Star is stated, like Great Editing, Great Photography or whatever. What does the (Arabic?) in the middle mean? Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 22:18, 18 February 2006 (UTC) |
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::It says "Wikepedia-Libya" in Arabic, but my question is still, am I allowed to give this barnstar that I have created to other people? [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 22:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:::Please read my reply again, it clearly says ''you can award one to anyone you want to (or more than one person)'' - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 22:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Apologies == |
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Hi, just thought I'd drop a quick (belated) note to whole heartedly apologise for my ill-chosen choice of words at [[Talk:London Heathrow Airport]]. Please do not take them personally - your contributions to Wikipedia are second to none and I'm not even going to question the fact that your photos are a damn sight better than anything I can come up with. |
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Sorry again, [[User:Djr xi|'''DJR''']] <small>([[User talk:Djr_xi|Talk]])</small> 23:00, 19 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Deano, I am very happy to accept your apology. Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC) |
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==Image Tagging [[:Image:Anemone.bristol.750pix.jpg]]== |
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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]]) |
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== Should I say HB2U? == |
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Thanks for uploading '''[[:Image:Anemone.bristol.750pix.jpg]]'''. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the [[copyright]] status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. |
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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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If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "[[Special:Contributions/{{PAGENAME}}|my contributions]]" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on [[wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images.2FMedia|criteria for speedy deletion]]. Thank you. [[User:SteinbDJ|SteinbDJ]] 16:12, 21 February 2006 (UTC) |
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::I have no idea how the picture data was missed off when I uploaded the pic, I have now added it. Thanks for your message - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Buckingham Palace == |
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You may wish to comment here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Buckingham_Palace#Lead_photograph.3F]. [[User:Giano|Giano]] | [[User talk:Giano|talk]] 11:47, 22 February 2006 (UTC) |
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==Image copyright problem with Image:Vampire.rcaf.arp.750pix.jpg== |
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Thanks for uploading [[:Image:Vampire.rcaf.arp.750pix.jpg]]. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] is very careful about the images included in [[Wikipedia]] because of [[copyright law]] (see Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Copyright|Copyright policy]]). |
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The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are [[open content]], [[public domain]], and [[fair use]]. Find the appropriate template in [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]] and place it on the image page like this: <code><nowiki>{{TemplateName}}</nowiki></code>. |
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::I've had a look at the RCAF site and it seems that their pics are not for commercial use, so please delete - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Thanks for the [[:image:bald.eagle.closeup.arp-sh.750pix.jpg|Bald Eagle]] image == |
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I just wanted to drop by and thank you and wikipedia for the use of this beautiful photo of a bald eagle. Look for it on my Good News Network site in a couple weeks (it is about to go live with new cms/blog/php software) |
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accompanying a story called, Bald Eagle Numbers Soar (in USA) ... From 400 pairs of birds some decades ago to more than 7000 pairs today. Thanks for the wonderful photo to enhance the telling of this REALLY Good News story. Oh, I'm going to attribute you as the photographer as well. (hope I used your 'talk page' correctly.) 23:07, 23 February 2006 [[User:G00dnews|G00dnews]] 23:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)Geri Weis-Corbley, publisher |
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::It was kind of you to write to me, thanks. Two very small points you might like to know if you contribute to a Talk page again: firstly your typing on a Talk Page should go at the ''bottom'' of the Talk page. Secondly, so that I can know which pic you were referring to type the pictures name in this format: [[:Image:bald.eagle.closeup.arp-sh.750pix.jpg]] and it appears as a clickable link. Thanks again for writing - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 20:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== New Libya Images == |
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I've spent ages looking for Creative Commons Images on the internet to put in the Libya page. I was very lucky to find many. Please check the page and tell me if the tags are all o.k. We both know i've had a problem with copyright before but I hope these one's are o.k. |
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[[Libya]] |
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[[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 23:19, 26 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:Sorry to seem unco-operative but since I don't know what sort of permission those photographers gave you nor where you found them on the net I can't comment. Sorry about that - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC) |
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::I was under the impression that I didn't need their permission. Because the photographers released their work under a Creative Commons License, they agree to allow their work to be used and shared, sometimes even for commercial purposes without anybody needing to get their permission. I have, however, stated the photographers names and chosen the correct Creative Commons License for each piece, (I was also under the impression that I had to state EITHER the authour OR the url, which I've done). Should I do anything else to ensure these LEGAL images are not deleted, or are they o.k ? [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 12:35, 27 February 2006 (UTC) |
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:::Hi, I didn't mean you had to get direct permission from the photographer, I was using the word permission loosely, to mean the License. Even so I repeat that it's impossible for me to know if you have interpreted the license conditions correctly because I don't have the URLs to check the photographers requirements for myself. In any case, I don't have time to do that check. |
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:::Even worse I know nothing about Licenses because all my pics are off my own camera so they are simply Public Domain which is the simplest of all licenses (in fact, it's no license at all!). |
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:::You definitely should give the URL so that other Wikipedians can check the License allows WP to use the pic. The photographers name is not sufficient because tracking down your pic on the internet would be difficult or impossible from only the name. I hope something of this helps a little - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:31, 28 February 2006 (UTC) |
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== Image:Bank of England == |
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Hi Adrian, I would like to use your image of the Bank of England in a web site. Is there any way to get a higher-res version of the picture from you? The picture in question is http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Bank.of.england.arp.750pix.jpg |
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If it is at all possible I would love to get it! Many thanks, and contact me via aanton22 AT student DOT scad DOT edu |
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:Hi from Adrian. I have uploaded the identical pic, but this time at hi-res, onto the [[Bank of England]] article. Just go there by clicking on that link I've just given, then click on the pic, then click on the "Download High Res Version" link, then right click and choose "Save Picture As". The "new" pic is 2288 by 1712 pixels and 781K big. |
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:By the way, it's not a good idea to give your email address so freely, spam harvesters will love you! So you can see I have modified it. In any case I don't need it because I always reply to questions right here. |
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:For my interest, what is the web site, and what country are you in? A final point you wouldn't have known - new talk goes at the bottom of a Talk Page not the top. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:16, 1 March 2006 (UTC) |
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== [[Paper wasp]] == |
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Hi! Thanks for simplifying a lot of the language in [[paper wasp]], but it would be nice if you could find some way to rephrase the information you deleted instead of just deleting it. After all, the more information, the better... perhaps it could be relegated to a more technical subsection? — [[User:Flamingspinach|flamingspinach]] | [[User_talk:Flamingspinach|(talk)]] 19:50, 10 March 2006 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for your comment but I disagree. The stuff I removed was too technical (in my opinion, of course) to go anywhere on WP, even in a subsection or another article. However that's only my opinion and I may be wrong. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 21:29, 10 March 2006 (UTC) |
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::I asked some admins on [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia #wikipedia] what they thought, and they said it's not advisable to delete content just because it's abstruse. Rather, try using the {{tl|technical}} template, or fixing it up yourself. Also note that the first of the [[WP:5P|Five Pillars of Wikipedia]] is "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia incorporating elements of general encyclopedias, ''specialized encyclopedias'', and almanacs." I'll add back in the stuff you deleted, if you don't mind... — [[User:Flamingspinach|flamingspinach]] | [[User_talk:Flamingspinach|(talk)]] 06:12, 11 March 2006 (UTC) |
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:::OK, my mistake, I'm happy for the stuff to go back in - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 10:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC) |
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==New Libya Image== |
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I've done as you've said with the Libya images and I am happy to now say they are correct copyright wise, Please look at the newly updated [[Libya]] page. [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 22:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC) |
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:Those direct links to the Source were just what was needed. Good work - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC) |
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== Missing Images == |
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Hi, Arp. I'm baffled. Your [[Nicobar Pigeon]] image is fine on that page, but two of us have failed to get it to show on [[dove]] - there's another image on the same page that won't show too. Any ideas? [[User:Jimfbleak|jimfbleak]] 06:33, 19 March 2006 (UTC) |
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:Hi Jim.Yes, I can fix it but only at the expense of having no links in the pic captions of [[Mourning Dove]] and [[Nicobar Pigeon]] on the [[Dove]] page . I have no idea why that works, it's completely baffling! Of course, someone will come along, re-link those two captions and we'll be back where we were. Never seen anything so weird but of course the explanation will be simple! Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 11:12, 19 March 2006 (UTC) |
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::Thanks for fixing the picture up! [[User:Frances76|Frances76]] 06:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC) |
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== Ford Cortina picture == |
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Hi Adrian.Im trying to write a message to yourself.I know this is probably the wrong place to write it but i cant find anywhere else.I beleive i need training on wp (lol).Just wanted to congratulate you on the stunning picture of the cortina crusader but then realised i couldnt find a place to write.Ill leave my e-mail adress for wp training lessons (lol).If you could delete this and then replace it in the correct section it would be apreciated.And any help on how to carry this out would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou. Steve Johnson (jlexv8 AT msn DOT com) |
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:Hi Steve, welcome to Wikipedia! You put your message in exactly the right place (my personal Talk Page). One hint: don't give your email address on WP, spam programs could collect that address and you might get a flood of rubbish emails for ever more. Notice I've changed . to DOT (and @ to AT), spam harvesters then can't read your address but people can. It's better to not give your address at all and do any conversation on personal Talk Pages or on the article's Talk Page (every article has one). |
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:Thanks for your nice comments on my [[Ford Cortina]] pic which I presume is [[:Image:Cortina.mk4.750pix.jpg]]. If you go into Edit on this message you will see that if double square brackets are put around a WP article name (like this: <nowiki>[[Ford Cortina]])</nowiki> then it becomes a blue link. Similarly a pic can be linked to by typing <nowiki>[[:image:Cortina.mk4.750pix.jpg]]</nowiki>. That means you you can click on the blue link and go straight to that article or picture. Try it, just click on that blue-coloured cortina.mk4.759pix.jpg above and you'll see. Get back here with the Backspace key on your keyboard. |
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:Finally, if you register a username with WP then you could have added your username and the time and day by simply typing four tildes (that wavy symbol, which on my keyboard is above the Hash key). Unfortunately, no time for any more WP lessons, I'm too busy adding pics to WP (about 1500 so far , since January 2003) Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:33, 21 March 2006 (UTC) |
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== Pictures == |
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I noticed you have a fare share of pictures on Wikipedia (for instance Image:Clown.fish.arp.750pix.jpg which I decided was good enough to go on my userpage twice). I'm putting together [[Portal:Marine_life|Marine life portal]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Marine life|Marine life Wikiproject]], and was wondering if you have any more fish/coral type pictures? There's dozens of pages of very common marine fish you could find in pet shops/zoos/public aquariums ect. without a picture that could be greatly improved. Any help would be great. [[User:Dark jedi requiem|Dark jedi requiem]] 04:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC) |
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==Your user name== |
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Hello. I hope you don't think me impertinent, but I am curious. Since you reveal your real name Adrian Pingstone on your messages anyway, what was the purpose of creating the different user name "Arpingstone"? Cheers [[User:JackofOz|JackofOz]] 01:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC) |
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:Your question is welcome! I agree it seems odd but the answer is simple. My username is indeed Arpingstone. I used that for a while when signing Talk stuff then I thought that it would be much friendlier if my proper name appeared when I type the four tildes (it seemed nicer if people knew I was Adrian). So I have put Adrian Pingstone in my Prefs to make it appear (instead of Arpingstone) when I sign something. (Did you know you could do that?) Incidentally, the surname is a corruption of a town name in Derbyshire, here in England, called Pinxton. Pinxton has been slowly corrupted to Pingstone since 1350 AD when the town name was first recorded as a surname. Best - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 09:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC) |
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::Thanks for that, Adrian. Most enlightening. [[User:JackofOz|JackofOz]] 23:27, 24 March 2006 (UTC) |
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== Hope you are well == |
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When you are feeling up to it, could you take a look at [[:Image:Suspension bridge-panoramic.jpg]]. You are cited as the photographer. This image seems to have disappeared many months ago. If possible, could you upload a new version of it? Thanks. -- [[User:SamuelWantman|Samuel Wantman]] 20:38, 29 March 2006 (UTC) |
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== Request == |
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Hi Arpingstone, |
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My name is Fernanda Viégas and I have been studying Wikipedia for a while now (you can see a paper I published on the subject [http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~fviegas/papers/history_flow.pdf here]). I would like to ask you a few questions about your activities as a Wikipedia photographer. I am fascinated by the pictorial side of Wikipedia and it would be great to hear about this community from one of its members. Would you be available for an email interview? Thanks, Fernanda. |
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::Yes, that will be OK. I'll be hearing from you? - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 22:05, 31 March 2006 (UTC) |
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==[[Romanians]]== |
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Hello Mr. Pingstone. I'm contacting you because you're my last chance. I will begin with the beggining. On the article about [[Romanians]], we (many of the Romanian users) had a negotiation in month of January, you can look on the talk page, when we decided to leave the article like that: we put the official figures of the Romanian diaspora and we add and estimation, surely with the source. All was Ok, until in late March the [[user:Jayig]] came there and began big modifications, that of course were not true. When I tried to revert his edits to the original version, I was blocked by the administrator [[user:SlimVirgin]] for "vandalism", although I was just reverting the true there. Jayig received the sources of our figures, but when he saw that there're true, he deleted all of them, including those of USA, Canada, Italy and Spain. Now I can't write the estimations because I don't have the sources of my informations, 'cause Jayig removed them. He puted there impossible figures from his sites, and do not listen to what the other says, it's good just what he writes. Please find time and solve this problem, because the entire firgures are just lies. |
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Thank you a lot ! Regards, [[user:NorbertArthur|NorbertArthur]] 2 April 2006 |
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:I'm very sorry but I can't get involved. One more person interfering would be unlikely to help. Your problem has to be solved by the goodwill of yourself and those you talking with - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 16:21, 3 April 2006 (UTC) |
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::Thank you very much and let's hope the problem will be solved. |
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::Regards, [[user:NorbertArthur|NorbertArthur]] 3 April 2006 |
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== The arkive incident == |
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== File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg == |
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The Anon's ([[User:195.188.139.172|{{{2|195.188.139.172}}}]] ([[User talk:195.188.139.172|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/195.188.139.172|contribs]])) edits so far have consisted ''only'' of adding arkive links to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=195.188.139.172&offset=0&limit=500 well over 200 pages], and he had received a warning about it back in March. When I found the links on [[Biodiversity]], and [[Benedict Allen]], I decided to go all out. If the site is indeed a good source, I will personally fix the links, though. [[User:Circeus|Circeus]] 22:32, 5 April 2006 (UTC) |
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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) |
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::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. |
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::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. |
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::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) |
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:::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. |
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:Looks like [[User:UtherSRG]] and [[User:Janderk]] reverted most of it. I undid the leftover,with the exception of articles that were not about species (such as, ironically, [[species]], [[Spider]] and [[List of extinct animals]]). Sorry about the mess. guess I'llleave such things to other, more experienced users next time (it being actually the reason I rarely revert link addition on te few music pages I watch, unless I've seen them reverted before.) [[User:Circeus|Circeus]] 23:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC) |
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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) |
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I noticed you took/uploaded some pictures of [[ATR]] aircraft. Well, the article has been merged with [[ATR 42]] and the pictures from both pages have been combined (with the exception of one which A. Would not fit and B. Had copyright issues)...but I'm not sure as to whether or not you were the one who had uploaded it. Thanks! --[[User:Electrified mocha chinchilla|EMC]] 00:29, 8 April 2006 (UTC) |
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:: 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) |
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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) |
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I'm really angry! The image of the Libyan A320 uploaded by the photographer Thierry Deutsch, [[:Image:TsinjHLLT020106.jpg]], is going to be deleted. I asked permission for him to upload the image and he agreed. He uploadedit himself with his user account and released it under GFDL. Why is it being deleted. I assure you it is LEGAL! Please help, [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 19:19, 8 April 2006 (UTC) |
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::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) |
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== Using Picture of Kelvin Wake for the textbook Gerthsen Physik (in german language) == |
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:Before the tag that is currently on the page was put there, there was a GFDL tag. I asked Thierry to write Libyan Arab airlines bla bla bla... released to the public domain. I thought that putting a GFDL tag and writing "photo released to the public domain" was synonomous. I presume the answer to your question is that the previous tag was GFDL like [[:Image:Leptis Magna market place April 2004.jpg]]. [[User:Jaw101ie|Jaw101ie]] 22:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC) |
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Dear Mr. Pingstone, |
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== [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/SydneyOperaHouse]] == |
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I would like to use your picture (Kelvin wakes on Avon) for an example discussion of |
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Hi, just writing to let you know that I've uploaded a larger version that has the slope corrected. I hope you like the new version :) [[User:Enochlau|enochlau]] ([[User talk:Enochlau|talk]]) 13:58, 11 April 2006 (UTC) |
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water waves in the german language textbook Gerthsen Physik. I am the editor of the book. |
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I understand that we could simply go ahead according to the licences announced on Wikipedia. |
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== Possibly unfree Image:Criccieth.castle.arp.750pix.jpg == |
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Nevertheless I would prefer to have your personal consent. |
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<div style="padding:5px; background-color:#E1F1DE;"> An image that you uploaded or altered, [[:Image:Criccieth.castle.arp.750pix.jpg]], has been listed at [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images]]. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its [[:Image:Criccieth.castle.arp.750pix.jpg|page]] to provide the necessary information on the source or licensing of this image (if you have any), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. <!-- Template:Idw-pui --> </div> -[[User:SCEhardt|<font color="blue">SCEhard</font>]][[User talk:SCEhardt|<font color="#3D9140"><b>T</b></font>]] 05:50, 15 April 2006 (UTC) |
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I was trying to find an email with no success. If you send me a note at |
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== Don't be stupid == |
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"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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::Replied by email [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 06:54, 6 September 2021 (UTC) |
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It's very terrible how you make worse the articles created by many users. |
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You always have to look at each article if all the pictures are copyrighted. |
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Come on. Don't play the copyright guard. |
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Do you know that you are very selfish. You come with some stupid excuses that a |
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picture is not copyrighted (sometimes you are right) but then you take the opportunity making an |
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article worse. I'm not speaking for myself. I'm speaking for the rights of |
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every user. Do you know that it´s our passion to improve articles day for day. |
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Do you know that it's very difficult making an own picture for example |
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like for a plane. So it's correctly if everybody uses the internet |
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to get some pictures although the majority of this pictures are not copyrighted. |
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So I recommend you Pingstone. |
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SHUT UP!!! |
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:You should learn a "little" about [[copyright]]. If you are able to read and understand then upload free images or leave wikipedia. Constantly uploading images stolen from other websites and claiming authorship will result in a ban. --[[User:Denniss|Denniss]] 12:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC) |
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::Dear Youssef90, thank you for your interesting contribution to my User Talk. It is also my passion to "improve articles day by day". However some methods of improving articles are acceptable to Wikipedia and some are not. If we use Airliners.net copyright pictures then it is possible that Wikipedia could be brought to the Courts and fined for violating copyright law. So you must understand that Copyright pics CANNOT be stolen from their owners (who are the original photographers) and put on to WP with a false Public Domain statement. I assume you are an intelligent person in which case you will understand what I am saying. Your contributions are valued by WP but they must be within the rules of WP. Please note that I have NEVER removed a pic that is legally on WP, please let me know if you can find one.(Denniss, thank you for your support) Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC) |
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Dear Adrian, just to let you know that I found that the three pictures merged into one of the [[Photography|Austrian cable car]] are truly amusing! Thank you! |
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:Many thanks, the pic took hours to create so it's really nice of you to comment. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 15:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC) |
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You're welcome. I forgot to tell you that your picture made me feel like I should learn some Photoshop skills, to learn something new and as a way to relax. :) So, I started looking for Photoshop material on the web and I found some amazing websites. This is the one that impressed me the most: http://www.worth1000.com. |
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If you don't know it yet, what I can tell about this website so far is that it has a huge database of all kinds of Photoshop modified pictures, looks like we don't have to pay to register (but I didn't do it anyway) and, despite all the pictures might be copyrighted, they still allow us to see them on the screen in good size, as it might be a great souce of inspiration and amusement. |
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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)
- 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)
Are you usa? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:448A:304B:14BC:D8A4:A041:4A71:6266 (talk) 08:09, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- No, I live near Bristol, in England Arpingstone (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 223.233.78.185 (talk) 05:32, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- (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
- No, I live near Bristol, in England Arpingstone (talk) 09:29, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
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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)
- 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)
- 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)
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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:
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)
- 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)
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
- 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)
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)
- 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)
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
A brownie for you!
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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) |
- 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)
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
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)
- 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)
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)
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