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Hi Adrian
First archived talk at [[User talk:Arpingstone/ArchiveMar3-2003]]<br>
Second archived talk at [[User talk:Arpingstone/ArchiveJul10-2003]]<br>
Third archived talk at [[User talk:Arpingstone/ArchiveFeb20-2004]]<br>
Fourth archived talk at [[User talk:Arpingstone/ArchiveJune15-2004]]


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


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== re: Boeing 737 ==


:[[Kendriya Vidyalaya, Charbatia]]
Hello, thanks for your gentle comment. It was just natural to get rid of that picture, given its dubious &copy; status and the residual advertisement graphics. Had I checked [[Talk:Boeing 737|the talk page]], I might have even done what you suggested there (and what the user who had included all those images in the first place has done now). Cheers, [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] 08:31, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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== Thanks again! ==
Dear Arp:
What would I do without you?? [[User:Sam Spade|Sam]] told me recently he enjoys articles more with photos, and it made me realize how stale they look without pictures, specially airline ones. Im very picky when it comes down to choosing which photos to ask for rights to inclusion here, I like ours to show the airlines name and logo clearly so people can see what their livery looks like.


:[[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]]
That said, you came through again! The next rights I got granted, although I have many, many rights granted, but the next ones are for the [[Dominicana de Aviacion]], [[Aeroméxico]] and [[Aeroperu]] articles. I will send them to you ASAP and dont worry, I know youre a busy man so Im not in a hurry:)
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Thanks from the bottom of my heart and [[God]] bless you!


Sincerely yours,
your friend ,
[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Gotta see the London Underground in my lifetime Martin]]''
(ps: I discovered why I cant upload photos from one site of the net to another: low memory in my ancient ([[1999]]) model..lol)


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


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Hi, I agree that 300px is at the "outer limits" ;-) for thumbnails; so far, I just tried to keep the images at their original size. But, I will try to remember reducing the thumbnails to 250px in the future, which ought to do just as well. For those I already did, feel free to fix them. BTW, thanks for uploading so many great images in the first place! --[[User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]] 22:07, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)


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== Thanks again!! ==
Dear Arp:
Hi! Thanks again for the photos. Once again you come through! Now, Ive been noticing you havent been answering my messages. I hope youre not mad at me!


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I know that you must have a long list of pictures to be uploaded, let me know if you need a breather. But youre one of my favorite persons to work with aat wikipedia. I have the next batch of airliners ready to be sent, let me know if you want them.


Thanks and [[God]] bless you!


Sincerely yours,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Pink Cat Martin]]''


== Permission to use figure in a book. ==
Dear Adrian:
Thanks for uploading the new photos! Its good to hear everythings good at home! As far as here, my mother is getting tested for Cancer again. If no bad news comes before the weekend I will be busy pursuing my other hobby besides wikipedia, planes and boxing: [[autograph]]s. Muhammad Ali, Celine Dion, Prince, Evander Holyfield and Ali's daughter Laila, who is making quite a name for herself as a boxer too, are going to be in town Saturday at a charity event and God willing that mom comes out ok, Im planning to be there.


Dear Adrian,
Well, soon I will send you a new batch, specifically a [[Midwest Airlines]] photo that was supposed to be sent with the last batch but because of a small misunderstanding I had with the airliners.net people (I clicked on the wrong photo ID and thought they'd changed the photo I had permission for was changed into one of a [[United Airlines]] plane) I wasnt able to send it. Thats clarified now, so that one will be sent to you soon, as well as one of [[Skyservice]] and [[Nippon Cargo Airlines|NCA]].
I am working with Prof. Steven LaValle to help obtain permissions for borrowing figures or pictures in his upcoming book Virtual Reality, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The book is online here:


http://vr.cs.uiuc.edu/
Ive been asking for photos to include on articles Ive written about airlines, being specially good to those who have sent me plane models for free but also to hispanic airlines. Monarch was excellent , they sent me one, they were real nice. So was NCA, they, [[British Airways]] and [[Palmair]] each sent me two plane models for free. I see it as a favor back to them. But in BA's case I already saw they have photos at their article anyways...I also have [[Fina Air]], [[Fine Air]], [[Cubana de Aviacion]] and other airline photos coming up pretty soon.


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.
Well keep mom in your rayers. Thanks angain and [[God]] bless you! Idf I were to write an article about you what can I say it would be very POV because youre an excellent friend and wonderful man.


Please contact me at (removed)
Sincerely yours,
Sincerely,
your friend,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Wikijunkie Martin]]''


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==Pic link not working==
Hi Adrian. The Opera House pic at [[Sydney]] is not viewable in the smaller size but ok expanded. Don't know how to fix, so.......Ta. Cheers. [[User:Moriori|Moriori]] 02:12, Mar 28, 2004 (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.
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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)


== Need consent to use your image ==
I've started a new WikiProject: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains|WikiProject Trains]]. I'm inviting all Wikipedians who are interested in trains and railways to take a look and decide if they want to get this going. Thanks, [[User:Morven|&mdash;Morven]] 23:32, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)


Hello,
Hi! I took your great photos of Victor and Vulcan bombers into Polish Wikipedia. Aren't both of your Victor photos the same machine? (of 1961?) Wouldn't it be Victor B.2 variant? As for Vulcan: wouldn't your photo be Vulcan B.1 ? Thanks. [[User:Pibwl|Pibwl]] 18:50, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)


I have written a post on Lynton & Lynmouth and about our visit to it on my blog. Soon I am going to publish a book using all these posts.
:After searching the Net for pics for the last several days, I'm quite convinced they are the mentioned variants. But do you remember, if these towo Victors are the same plane? (it would make the things easier). Thanks for sharing such exclusive photos. [[User:Pibwl|Pibwl]] 22:51, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)


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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About Yate article--struck close to home, eh? ;-) I find that it's usually easier to just change text than it is to try to get someone else to change it to match your ideas (unless I'm being paid as a tech writer mentor, which I sometimes am, but even so--I think people can learn a lot from seeing their writing edited). The current Yate edit could be even more NPOV and downplay the surveys even more. Coincidentally, while I was following some other dubious edits, I found [[Newbury Park|this]]--check the history for original version and very POV editor. I just went in and changed the article (what there was of it to salvage). It's still pretty trivial info but probably accurate and probably NPOV. 'Course, you've been around Wikipedia much longer than I have. I don't think Dash was really throwing down the gauntlet and he might or might not get NPOV and encyclopedic writing, but he did make a lot of edits trying to address some of your concerns, and maybe he benefited/would benefit from seeing stuff edited as well. So I'm all for more/more interesting info on Yate. Imagine--they have a McDonald's! Do they have a Starbucks, too? (trying to keep a straight face...) [[User:Elf|Elf]] | [[User talk:Elf|Talk]] 20:17, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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Dear Adrian:
Hey! Thanks for the message! As far as renaming the [[List of boxers]] to ''List of male boxers'' and then making a [[List of female boxers]], what do you think?


Look forward to getting your consent.
I cant wait til you upload the new photos I sent you, the articles will look great with your pages, as always! You always do a great job, mucho kudos to you!


Regards,
Meanwhile check out my latest, [[Nicole Powell]]. The girl's won so many awards that I thought Id would take me one year to finish the page so I sorta condensed the info a little..lol and check out my latest progress on my ongoing work [[Boxing in the 1930s]], let me know what you think!
[[Special:Contributions/14.97.144.180|14.97.144.180]] ([[User talk:14.97.144.180|talk]]) 10:25, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Gayatri Gadre


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


== your picture on wikipedia about a morris minor 4doors saloon from 1953. ==
Sincerely yours,
your friend,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Wikipedia Rodman Martin]]''


I found your really sharp picture of this 4doors morris minor saloon.
Hey Arp:
You got mail!! hehehe! Oh by the way, Im a [[Puerto Rican]] living in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]....13 years here, and let me tell you, Phoenix is more and more [[Mexico|Mexican]] than [[United States|American]] well, which fits me well, I like being in contact with my [[Hispanic]] culture but for that reason I nicknamed myself the ''Puerto-Mexi'' a long time ago..LOL


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.
Thanks and [[God]] bless you!
could you help me out with this?


Kind Regards,
Sincerely yours,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Puerto-Mexi Martin]]''


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Hey Adrian:
: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)
Thanks again1 Once again, excellent job! I believe the next photos will be destined for the [[Palmair]], [[Air ALM]] and [[Atlas Air|Atlas Air Cargo]] articles..LOL Im only nice to the airlines that have sent me free plastic plane models in that way..lol They send me free plane models, you and I give then free promotion through article and photo here..LOL. (although the ''promotion'' term can be dubious as I list accidents, bad periods and everything related to the airline!) hehehe! gotta be NPOV here..lol!)


Ok anyways, thank you and [[God]] bless you1 Once again, great work!!


==[[KJAK]]==
Sincerely yours,
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]])
your friend,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Mr. Nice Guy Martin]]''
[[User:AntonioMartin|


==Regarding the EK A340 pic==
The pic was mainly for the [[Emirates]] article, to show the "flagship" of their current fleet. [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] 08:32, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)


==Duplicate pics==
Arp - there's no need to upload both 750px and 250px images. If you upload a 750px image, you can auto-resize it on the article: <nowiki>[[image:my_image.jpg|200px|My Image]]</nowiki> - [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]] 14:03, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)


==EC-400==
:Thanks for your message. I'm well aware that the new syntax self-generates a thumbnail but my big and little pics are only for ''taxoboxes''. I don't know how to do a taxobox in the new syntax so rather than do nothing I use the old syntax. It still works fine, I've just done [[Coscoroba Swan]] and [[Emperor Goose]] that way. If you know how to do a taxobox in the new code, please apply it to, say, Emperor Swan then I can copy your method. Best Wishes, Adrian,<br>
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)
:[[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:13, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)


::Thanks for correcting my silly error. I stupidly thought the rear fuse logo was that of the Spanish Air Force! My only excuse is old age!! Thanks again - [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]])
::I've modified both the goose and swan. :) - [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]]


:::Many thanks, I very much appreciate your help, taxoboxes will be loads easier to illustrate from now on!<br>
:::[[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:23, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)


==Muy agradecido==
Hey Adrian! Once again thank you for your hard work putting the photos I asked permission for. Your hard work is very appreciated, and as they say in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]'', Im ''muy agradecido'' that is, very thankful.


== Hello, this is Wastrel Way ==
Thank you and [[God]] bless you!


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
Sincerely yours,
your friend
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio The Vibe Martin]]''


==More Aircraft Images==
== Hello ==


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)
Hi Adrian, how you doing? I hope you won't be too upset but I rm'd the image you added to [[Aviation History]], as I felt it added nothing useful to the article, being neither a historically significant type, nor a specific aircraft that was of historical interest. An image may well help to improve this page, since there is a lot of text there, but this one, I felt, wasn't it - maybe a pic of something more relevant would be better? Also, I'm a bit unsure what the benefit of the 737 pic on the main [[Aviation]] page is, though for now I've left it there. While not irrelevant, it also doesn't really add anything to the article, since I cannot imagine anyone who has heard of aviation not knowing what an aeroplane looks like! I feel (as you know) that we should guard against creeping page bloat, and stay focused on making articles tight and relevant, though I would like to hear your (and others') views on this. [[User:GRAHAMUK|Graham]] 23:12, 18 Apr 2004 (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, [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 09:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
:::I'm sorry I never replied to this{{snd}}when I read it I was in India and had plenty of other things on my mind, and then a school trip to Wales and then some wretched pandemic intervened. Sorry, and thanks for the lovely reply, and it is nice to see you around however full-time or occasional it is. With all good wishes, [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 11:14, 1 December 2020 (UTC)


== A brownie for you! ==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for your pictures of South west England! I've studied in Torquay as a high school an international student last year, your pictures brought so much memory for me, especially the Torbay town hall, I used to walk through there every school day. It was a really important year for me, and ones again, thanks for your images! [[User:BjLRC|BjLRC]] ([[User talk:BjLRC|talk]]) 19:02, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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::Thanks for the Brownie (my favourite cake, how did you know!). Your lovely comment is much appreciated. Thanks [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]])


== Should I say HB2U? ==
==Beech King Air==
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)


== File:Wing.slat.600pix.jpg ==
We have a picture of a [[Beech King Air 100]] available at
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)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Beech_100_King_Air.jpg].
::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.
I listed [[Beech King Air]] on the [[Wikipedia:requested articles|requested articles]] page, but I couldn't find any sources for the aircraft family, neither for the 100 model, so I couldn't sit down to write the article since I'm unfamiliarized with the subject. [[Raytheon Aircraft]] has information about the 350
::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.
[http://www.raytheonaircraft.com/beechcraft/king_air_350/king_air_350.htm],
::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)
the B200
[http://www.raytheonaircraft.com/beechcraft/king_air_b200/king_air_b200.htm],
and the C90B
[http://www.raytheonaircraft.com/beechcraft/king_air_c90b/king_air_c90b.htm]
but no information about the 100. Any help would be appreciated. :-)


:::Over 2 years later the question has come up again. But I also found [https://www.gettyimages.com.br/detail/foto-jornal%C3%ADstica/im-liniendienst-hat-sich-die-a310-300-der-kleine-foto-jornal%C3%ADstica/542870933?adppopup=true this photo of an A310-300] in the same livery, probably the same aircraft. It has the same window gap after the -300. I hope all is still well with you.
As always, thanks for all the contributions that you make to the project,


== Larger macaw picture? ==
[[User:Maio|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &mdash;[[User:Maio|Michael]] | [[User talk:Maio|Talk]] 05:31, Apr 21, 2004 (UTC)
Hello! Would you happen to have a higher resolution / wider crop of [[commons:File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg]]? It would make for a nice desktop background. I know the photo is 16+ years old now, so it's probably a long shot. [[User:Codl|codl]] ([[User talk:Codl|talk]]) 19:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
:: What a shame! In those far-off days I was stupid enough not to keep the larger resolution pic when I reduced them in size for WP. I don't remember why I used 750 pixels as my standard upload size. Nowadays of course I wouldn't do that! Thanks for writing, Best wishes [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 08:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


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


== Using Picture of Kelvin Wake for the textbook Gerthsen Physik (in german language) ==
Adrian, can you have a look at the image formats [[Nicobar Pigeon]] and [[Green Imperial Pigeon]], in both the current revision by [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]] and the previous one by me. There is relevant comment on Uther's talk page too. Since they're your pics, you might wish to express a view. [[User:jimfbleak|jim]]


Dear Mr. Pingstone,
:I looked at the Tree of life talk page, and the decision to reduce the standard picture size down from 250px doesn't seem to be in there, although you suggest that 200-250 px is acceptable. On the project page, the recommendation seems to be yours. I can live without the mag glass, but my view is that the images should go back to the previous 250, and, if we are not using the mag, to revert to the media: format to make it clear that there is a larger image.


I would like to use your picture (Kelvin wakes on Avon) for an example discussion of
However, I don't want to start an edit war just yet, so I want to consult [[User:Big iron|Bigiron]] and [[User:Tannin|Tannin]] as the other main pic contributors. [[User:jimfbleak|Jim]]
water waves in the german language textbook Gerthsen Physik. I am the editor of the book.
==Thanks!==
Dear Adrian:
Once again, you come through! Im gonna start calling you [[John Paxson]]! The player who always comes through when most needed! Thanks for everything, and [[God]] bless you!


I understand that we could simply go ahead according to the licences announced on Wikipedia.
Sincerely yours,
Nevertheless I would prefer to have your personal consent.
your friend,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Basketball Brain Martin]]''


I was trying to find an email with no success. If you send me a note at
==One more time!!!==
"meschede AT uni-bonn DOT (followed by a D and an E)" I could send you the section of the manuscript.
Dear Adrian:
I'd feel like a goose if I didnt thank you again for helping me with the photos of the new airliners before going on to my next article of today. You are making the wikipedia brighter every day both in intellectually and with your colorful photos.


::Replied by email [[User:Arpingstone|Arpingstone]] ([[User talk:Arpingstone#top|talk]]) 06:54, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
By the way, Im into [[Fashion]] as well, so my little part of [[Steven Cojocaru]] in my mind says great choice with that blue shirt on your photo! You really hit it on target. I believe that that type of blue will be the red of the [[2000s]] when it comes to dressing. Nice choice!


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==Photo==
Hello Arpingstone I'm a french wikipedian ([[fr:Utilisateur:Dav 59]]), I do the [[fr:Eurofighter 2000]] and I see the photo [[Image:Euro.typhoon.680pix.jpg|thumb|]]. Can I use this photo wihtout ask at Jo Mitchell?(just put the source of the photo) Sorry for my english, I'm verry bad.
(can you put your answer in my talk page [[fr:Discussion Utilisateur:Dav 59]] thanks) [[User:82.124.133.59|82.124.133.59]] 10:44, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
:Your french is very good. Thanks I'm coping the photo. Dav 59


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==Tony==
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I don't know - the page is blanked, not deleted, but someone has been systematically vandalising it - perhaps he's had enough. [[User:jimfbleak|Jim]]
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Dear Lord of the Pictures, can you get, or tell me where to, something for [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]]? Cheers, [[User:Muriel Gottrop|MvHG]] 13:59, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
*Dear Adrian, thanks for your help. I thought you might know some special place where we could download free use images. By the way, what did you mean by stating in the picture its copyright? What about pictures I did myself? Is the copyright mine or Wikipedia's? Cheers, [[User:Muriel Gottrop|MvHG]] 14:38, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
**Thanks a lot! I have somethings to write in the pictures i uploaded!! All the best, [[User:Muriel Gottrop|MvHG]] 07:26, 13 May 2004 (UTC)


==Featured picture nom==
I saw your [[:Image:Peacock.displaying.800pix.jpg]] picture, and I thought it was so good I listed it on [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates]]. [[User:Raul654|&rarr;Raul654]] 17:21, May 13, 2004 (UTC)

==[[ATR-42]] and [[ATR-72]]==
Hi Adrian. Just wondered whether there was some reason for not moving these to [[ATR 42]] and [[ATR 72]] (since you're right, those should be the titles). --[[User:ALargeElk|ALargeElk]] 14:59, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

== autothumbs etc. ==

I've been listing your old thumbnails and small picture versions on [[WP:IfD|images for deletion]]. (Currently on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IfD#May_15 May 15] section.) They're mostly orphans; the ones that aren't, I've been orphaning. You have an '''impressive''' array of pictures you've taken. This will take me... a while. [[User:Grendelkhan|Grendelkhan]] 05:40, 2004 May 16 (UTC)

==Coot pic==
Hi Adrian - one of the pics at [[Eurasian Coot]] appears to have died and needs re-uploading; I think it is one of yours - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 13:41, 17 May 2004 (UTC)



==Can I use these pics on WP?==
This is the copyright notice for a site I want to use as a picture source, [http://futurshox.net/index.html]:<br>
''"All the pictures on this site were taken by Jo Mitchell (unless otherwise stated) and may be used for legitimate and legal purposes provided credit is given. It would be appreciated if you email Jo to request permission for use of images. Most images are available as high-resolution scans (up to 4000dpi) for use in print and screen media - please do not hesitate to ask for further details. Copyright is retained at all times by Jo Mitchell. Thanks"''<br>
Can I use these pics (if I check with Jo Mitchell first) and what would be the copyright notice I should use on the Image Description Page? Thanks for any help,<br>
[[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 18:51, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

:Goodness whether "legitimate and legal purposes" is, formally speaking, a restriction incompatible with the GFDL, but it does sounds like Jo would respond favourably if you explicitly asked for a GFDL licence (for the low-res versions) via email. [[User:Pcb21|Pete/Pcb21]] [[User_talk:Pcb21|(talk)]] 19:17, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

::There are a couple of pre-written permission-asking templates at [[Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission]] -- they cover most of the important points. Modify as needed for your purposes. [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine]] - [[User_talk:CatherineMunro|talk]] 01:56, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

Hi Adrian. I moved this from the pump in case you hadn't seen it yet. [[User:Angela|Angela]][[user talk:Angela|.]] 19:50, May 17, 2004 (UTC)

thank you for the nicely done Las Vegas photo.

thank you for the nicely done Las Vegas photo. Xah Lee [[User:P0lyglut|P0lyglut]] 02:34, 2004 May 19 (UTC)

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Hey Arp:
Just wanted to introduce you to my [[User:Marine 69-71|dad]], who is a new contributor here. He goes by the name ''Tony''. You and him will be great friends.

Oh by the way the new, [[Iran Air]] photo you put there is my favorite airline photo of all time! Not only does it show the airline's name and logo perfectly, but it gives me the impression its about to hit that house! I got the chills! I loved it!

Well, say hi to dad. Thanks and [[God]] bless you!

Sincerely yours,
''[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Dark Wings Martin]]''

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I was just thinking, it would be nice if you could find a picture of [[Frank Whittle]] to go in the article. I wouldent have a clue where to find one but I thought you might be able to. Cheers. [[User:G-Man|G-Man]] 21:24, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

== Motorway ==

Hi there,

Your tag lines on your edits to the [[Motorway]] article last month were not sufficient. You made other minor edits besides those described. One of your edits had an error which was not detected until today - changing the hard shoulder lane demarkation to "white '''line line'''". Doubly wrong, as the original description, a dashed yellow line, is correct for Ireland. The article is now corrected with both situations mentioned. Please be more careful in your edits. In this case, simply mentioning "minor edit'''s'''" (plural) in the tagline would most likely have gained another's or my own attention.

Thank you, [[User:Zoney|Zoney]] 23:24, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

:I hope Adrian won't mind me springing to his defence on his talk page, but this seems a bit harsh. Adrian is a fine contributor and this is a very minor transgression. There are others who are far worse when it comes to annotating their edits appropriately. It's not as if the annotation is even compulsory! I too find it a bit irritating when people mark their edits as minor when it clearly isn't, but since the guidelines are widely interpreted, we just have to live with it. Personally, I generally never mark mine as minor unless its just a typo fix, etc, but others impose their own rules. I think you might want to wait awhile until you build up more experience before criticising Adrian or others on this sort of level, it only tends to piss people off rather than getting them to conform to your strict standards which are not shared by all. Since you appear to have been here only since April, I would counsel restraint since Adrian has been around significantly longer and is a very reliable contributor. Don't forget we are all here voluntarily, and if it's not fun, we won't bother. Being shouted at by newbie users in general counts as "not fun" in my book. [[User:GRAHAMUK|Graham]] 08:10, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

::Zoney, thank you for your comments on the [[Motorway]] article. It was simply an error on my part to mark the changes as minor. I've been on Wikipedia every day (except holidays) since January 2003 so I know the "rules" even better than you do. Nevertheless I do make mistakes occasionally. It would have been much simpler if you had just made the corrections and saved me the nuisance of typing this. If I was a newbie then your notes would have been useful but I'm not, I'm very experienced on WP.<br>

::Graham, your defence of my innocent error is very much appreciated, thanks for noticing and spending the time writing to me. I would never mark such changes as MINOR and have no idea why I did so.<br>
::Best Wishes to you both - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:40, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

:::Yeah, I know, I was just kind of irritated that the error had remained for a whole month! I would have fixed it had I noticed it, but the comments obviously passed by my watchlist. I only noticed it when another user fixed it! Hence my (perhaps overboard!) complaint! Not to worry! (On the plus side, the above is probably as close as I get to a flame!)

:::As regards usefulness, yeah, some contemplation would have probably persuaded me not to bother. (At this stage, I wouldn't like to have every minor error in my edits alerted to me either!) Sorry to take up your time!

:::[[User:Zoney|Zoney]] 11:03, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
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Dear Mr. Arpingstone:
Hi! I would like to thank you for your welcome message on my talk page. It was a nice gesture of you to welcome me.

My son, [[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio]] has talked so much to me about you and the whole of wikipedia that I decided to give it a try. I am convinced that here, I am with the best of the best. It is an honor to share space with people such as my son and you.

I was in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and I went to the [[Vietnam War]]. However, if you look at my user page, I found multiple disparities while in the Marines. We were serving the same country, but I felt as if the minorities in my company ([[Hispanic]]s and Blacks) were a world apart from the rest.

My main concern here are the biographies of [[Puerto Rican]] legends who may otherwise be not known to others. Those who think all Puerto Ricans want to be American citizens should look at the biographies I have written so far. Many of them were patriotic and pro independence.

I have seen several of your photos as well as the photo jobs you have done for my son. My son is always delighted with your work, and I have to say that you are a very talented photographer. My son was so impressed with the [[Iran Air]] photo in particular, that he even told me it was the best airplane photo by far he had ever seen.

Well, Mr. Arpingstone, I hope that we can collaborate on future articles. Anything you want to add to my articles, feel free to do so. Thank you very much for your greeting.

Best regards,
[[User:Marine 69-71|Marine 69-71]]

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==Bird ID question==

Hi Adrian, I wanted to ask you advice on a [[:Image:Female Red-crested Pochard 800.jpg|duck I've photographed]]. I thought it was a female Red-crested Pochard, but [[:Image:Questionable bird.jpg|the male it was with]] doesn't look quite like your picture or examples I've found in books. Mine seems less crested, although everything else looks OK. Is the size of the red crest variable? Do you think it is the real thing or is it a hybrid? Thanks for any help -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] [[User talk:Sannse|(talk)]] 19:29, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)

:Thanks, that's great. I feared mine just wasn't crested enough :) I'll add the female to the article. Regards -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] [[User talk:Sannse|(talk)]] 20:43, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)


==ToL and Categories==
Please weigh in: [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Tree_of_Life#MW_1.3_categories]]

==Wildfowl==
Adrian, I've done [[Black-billed Whistling Duck]], if you have a pic. Incidentally, this page is now 45k [[User:jimfbleak|Jim]]

Adrian, I've done the other two articles for which there were available images, [[Ashy-headed Goose]] and [[Ruddy-headed Goose]], [[User:jimfbleak|Jim]]

If you upload any other wildfowl images you have and put media links to them in [[user:jimfbleak/sandbox|my sandbox]], I'll do the rest of the articles to go with them. [[User:jimfbleak|Jim]]

==Paris pics==
Bonjour Adrian. Just saw your pics on the Eiffel Tower page. Absolutely fabulous views. I also noticed you seem to be an avid "French fan". I'd like to discuss use of your pictures of France on a website I have. I don't know what your policy is on this, but I'd like to know... I've just started to get to know Wiki... is there anyway to have personal contact via email?

Thanks, Samk (living just outside of Paris)

:Samk, 'allo! I love Paris very much even though I've had just two weeks there (in two separate one week holidays). However, I worked for British Aerospace in Bristol for many years and had to go to meetings in Toulouse, so I've been to Toulouse 36 times! (but never, stupidly, took any photos). Feel free to use any of my photos anyhow you like, they are all public domain and so no need to ask my permission, just let me know your web site address. Have a look at:<br> [[France]] [[Geography of France|Geography]] [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]]
:[[Eiffel Tower]] [[Paris]] [[Seine]] [[Pere Lachaise]] [[Louvre]] [[Tour Montparnasse|Montparnasse Tower]] [[Statue of Liberty]] [[Performance art]]
:[[Moulin Rouge]] [[Tourism in France|Tourism]] [[Baron Haussmann]] [[Tower]]
:[[Edith Piaf]] [[Axe historique]] [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]] [[Pyramid]]
:[[Bouches-du-Rhone]]

:Sorry, I'm too busy for e-mail contact so make any comments or requests via WP, please. I'll know you've written because Wikipedians can have something called a Watchlist which tells them when a watched article (or talk page) has been edited. Bon chance avec votre web-site, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 17:01, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

==License==
Hi, when you'll be back from vacation, could you tell me the license of the picture [[:Image:Michelangelo.pieta.350pix.jpg]]. We use it on french wikipedia so I'd like to know if it is GFDL or public domain. Thanks in advance. [[User:Tipiac|Tipiac]] 21:52, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

== Barnstar ==
Hey Adrian:
Just to let you know I awarded you a [[Barnstar]] on your [[User:Arpingstone|user page]], for your hard and meritorius work. I hope you like it. Thanks and [[God]] bless you!

Sincerely yours,
"[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Godfather of Nicknames Martin]]"

== [[Hotels]] ==

Hi Adrian, I thought your beautiful photo was rather wasted down there in the "See also" section of the article on hotels (and, by the way, I do believe that three pictures of the same building showing exterior and interior make sense), so I found a nicer place for it in the newly created [[star (classification)]] article. If you don't like it there I'll go and remove it again, as I don't think the same photo should be used twice if it can be avoided.

By the way, all the pictures taken by you (which I've come across so far) are great! All the best, [[User:KF|<KF>]] 09:34, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

:Kurt, thanks for the kind comment on my photo quality, I do only picture work and no writing (except the captions, of course). So I'm especially keen to get the placement, and appropriate article, correct.<br>
:I can't agree that 3 pics of the same hotel is OK because, since the hotel article is fairly short (and likely to remain so) no one can get in another hotel pic, which is a bit restrictive. So I'm asking if you will be kind to me and leave the Castle Combe pic on the [[Hotel]] article.<br>
:It wasn't deliberately placed in the See Also section, that positioning just happened to be a good spacing from the bottom of the last picture.<br>
:I'll get another pic of a hotel as soon as possible for the [[Star (classification)]] article.
:I hope my pic can stay on the Hotel article but should you want to revert to the arrangement you had I won't complain!<br>
:Best Wishes, [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 14:39, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

==Thanks!==
Hey Adrian, its me Antonio again. I have been so involved in writing articles and trying to work around my computer, which is messing up badly again, that I havent been abkle to thankl you for the [[Ben Charles Padilla]] photo. We have done this with the hopes that he gets back well and alive.

Once again, thanks and [[God]] bless you! (check the article on [[Eye Spy Magazine]], BTW).

Sincerely yours,
your friend,
"[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Ringmaster of Nicknamed people Martin]]"

Hey Arp:
I cant thank you enough for putting the photo on the [[Pedro Montanez]] article. I always think a photo in a wikipedia article is the "topping of the ice cream" and youre the only o-ne basically putting the topping or "reaching the iceberg" at wikipedia! Everyone else here should express their respects here to you as I do. The last name Montanez, by the way, means something like "Mountain person" in Spanish.

The photo, as you can tell, is very old. I just found it there laying and decided to put it to good use. Besides illustrating Montanez, people can see what I looked like...in 1985! lol

Well, thanks and God bless you!

Sincerely yours,
your friend,
[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Happy to be unblocked Martin]]

==Can you hear the gnashing teeth?==
Hi Adrian. I have a problem and you're the expert, so...... I uploaded an image today, (Child from Akha hill tribe} which worked ok as normal. Then I uploaded another image, [[Image:Gemito's Fisherboy.jpg]], but only half of it appears in wiki. So I decided to upload again, with the same file name. Same thing -- only half of it appears. Help! Cheers [[User:Moriori|Moriori]] 02:27, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
:Tks for response Adrian. What a strange thing. I posted a new article today [[Vincenzo Gemito]], and thought I'd give one more try with a new image upload. So I went to the image to see what I had named it, and would you believe it, the WHOLE image was indeed there as you can see above, not half of it. What a mystery, but all's well that.........Hey, tks too for sending the sun on its way back downunder -- warming up nicely here. [[User:Moriori|Moriori]] 20:35, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)

== About the fan photo ==

I noted you removed the 'Wikipedia' brand I had put on the photograph of an electric fan I uploaded. But that's okay, I airbrushed out the original 'Vornado' logo on it myself before I uploaded it. In response to the comment on the picture, I took it and have explicitly declared it public domain.

Paul [[User Talk:Rfc1394|Rfc1394]] 19:47, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)


== A380 picture [[Image:A380.emirates.736pix.jpg|50px]] ==

Hi! I just found this picture looking for an A380 picture for the german [http://de.wikipedia.org/Wiki/Airbus_A380 Wikipedia]. The License says: "Reproduced with the permission of Airbus UK." Does this mean, the picture is licensed under the GNU FDL? Greetings from Finkenwerder! --[[User:Xeper|Xeper]] 15:51, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

:Hullo from Bristol, England!
:Yes, I understood from BAe at the time they gave me the pic (on a CD of Airbus pics) that GDFL was OK with them but I don't have that in writing. So go ahead and use the picture under GDFL.
:I went to the Finkenwerder aircraft factory way back in 1993 when it belonged (I think) to Deutsche Airbus. I was an aerodynamicist on Airbus and I went to what was called the A321 1g wing bend test when the wing of an Airbus A321 was bent up to full flight shape. I had to measure the fit of all the control surfaces. I remember a huge river just outside (the Elbe was it?)
:Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 16:50, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

==Caption==
Thanks for reminding me of the need for descriptive captions (as in [[Sodalite]]), mine was rubbish! I'll try to remember your example for the future! - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 08:53, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
: :) Thanks for your pictures! [[User:Gracefool|··gracefool]] |[[User talk:gracefool|&#9786;]] 11:58, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

== Image:Mercury.e6b.650pix.jpg ==

{{User:Diberri/Image tag request|Image:Mercury.e6b.650pix.jpg}} --[[User:Diberri|Diberri]] | [[User talk:Diberri|Talk]] 23:54, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

: [[:Image:Mercury.e6b.300pix.jpg]] too, please :-) --[[User:Diberri|Diberri]] | [[User talk:Diberri|Talk]] 23:55, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

== Bath, royal cres. ==

You asked: ''Aerial view contrast improved (why don't contributors make simple improvements to their pics before adding?))''

Well, for a start, programs to do that are quite expensive, or need to be downloaded, etc. And maybe the contributor was using a picture from an archive and wanted to present it as seen in its original form.

You've rather overdone the contrast, for my taste (and it is a matter of taste). The trees in Victoria park now look like lollipops...<br>
[[User:Quota|quota]]
:Quota, thanks for your comments. I accept that my remark was a little cruel and I won't make any more remarks of that sort again.
:OK :-)

<br>

[[Image:BathRoyalCrescentAirial.JPG|thumb|right|400px|Original]]
[[Image:BathRoyalCrescentAirial.morecontrast.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Modified]]
:I don't agree the trees look odd, I've done plenty of flying, including light aircraft, and seen plenty such scenes so I know how an aerial view should look.<br>
:I certainly think my pic was a massive improvement, here they are side-by-side. If you truly prefer the dim one, then that's your right::

::No, I definitely prefer yours, over the dim one, no question. (As I said, it's a matter of taste on the whole.) I'm just saying that I think it is a bit too much on the contrasty side. I too, have done a lot of flying, including in light aircraft over the Royal Crescent (my grandfather lived in #1 before he died, and my wedding reception was in the hotel in the middle), so I know it well. To me (as a matter of preference, and perhaps poor memory) the high contrast doesn't match my recollections. It looks more like the sort of contrast one sees in low humidity, such as over Arizona. And not at all Somerset/Avon :-)) [[User:Quota|quota]]

Best Wishes, Adrian - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 21:44, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Airbag age? ==
Hi, A, my condolences on the loss of the car that resulted in [[:Image:Car.airbag.600pix.jpg]]. Do you recall approximately the time interval between the crash and the photo? How long did the bag take to deflate? (I'm guessing the bag deflated in 3 seconds or less.) [[User:Lupin|Lupin]] and I are working on the caption on [[airbag]], and the extra information will surely help. (I'm watching the image description page for the changes.) Thanks! -- [[User:Ke4roh|ke4roh]] 11:18, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC

:Hi Ke4roh, thanks for your questions. On the subject of deflation time have a look at thisURL:<br>
: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=airbag.htm&url=http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/032air_bag/how_work.html <br>
:where it says ''by 0.3 seconds after inflation, the bag is supposed to be empty''.
:My 24 year old son John was the driver of the car, I was not with him. He crashed into the back of a Mercedes in a queue of traffic he was approaching because he thought the queue was moving. Actually it was stationary and he couldn&#8217;t stop! He said that deflation seemed instantaneous, it wasn&#8217;t seconds.
:The interval between the crash and the photo was one hour because I went to see the car (and take the photo) after the car had been towed to a garage. It&#8217;s a gloomy pic because I had to photograph through the window which wouldn&#8217;t wind down. By the way, John was not hurt in any way, Chassis distortion meant that the car was written off. Best Wishes - [[User:Arpingstone|Adrian Pingstone]] 19:24, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::Thanks! -- [[User:Ke4roh|ke4roh]] 21:53, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)


==[[Dartmouth, England]]==
Why not fix the format to please you, without reverting the new information? The entry needs more text. [[User:Wetman|Wetman]] 09:07, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
== Plug expert ==

I saw a comment of yours somewhere, claiming to know about plugs.

So, take a look at [[Domestic AC power plugs & sockets]], please!

[[User:Chameleon|''Chameleon'']] 19:46, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Photoshop rotation ==
Adrian - thanks very much for the tip! [[User:Rdsmith4|&ETH;&aring;&ntilde;&eta;&yuml;&szlig;&ocirc;&yacute;]] | [[User talk:Rdsmith4|Talk]] 11:56, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)


==Magnum==

Hi Adrian! Car pics again... ;-) I noticed you changed the [[Vauxhall Magnum]] pic and your comment was "greatly improved". Sadly, I don't find it so - it's far too contrasty and the colours flare on my monitor. I think this is a classic case of colour management gone awry across platforms - what might look fine on my monitor (or yours) may not be the same for everyone. In addition it grew in size by 40% or so. Not sure what the best thing here is, I just reverted for now.[[User:GRAHAMUK|Graham]] 23:39, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Snowy Owl==
looks good to me, Adrian. [[User:Jimfbleak|jim]]

==Hi==
Hey Arpingstone:
Just wanted to say hi! Old friends are never forgotten.

Got myself a new satellite [[Television|tv]] dish and now I can catch [[WAPA-TV]] from my natal [[Puerto Rico]]. Its a shame that today at the news they informed that a 28 year old pilot flying a single engine turbo crashed while flying from [[Eugenio Maria de Hostos Airport]] in [[Mayaguez, Puerto Rico|Mayaguez]] to [[Luis Munoz Marin International Airport]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. According to the news report he was on a hobby flight (he just wanted to fly so he grabbed his plane and took off) and his shoes were found in the beach were the plane crashed.

Other than that, imagine, I hadnt seen Puerto Rican tv in 15 years and Im so happy to be able to! I also receive channels from [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Colombia]], [[Paraguay]], the [[Dominican Republic]] and even [[Spain]]. We oredered the [[Latin America]]n package so we get channels from almost every hispanic country. I had been seeing [[Mexico]] television for years already and still receive those channels too. And gues what??? I also receive [[BBC]] sports!!! Been watching a lot of good old English football lately!! And boxing and etc. And [[Discovery Channel|Discovery Wings]], which means I can return to my favorite show, [[Airline (show)|Airline]], which is transmitted from [[London Heathrow]]!.

My sister is having a baby girl! And we have a new [[dog]], a girl also. Shes seven weeks old, her name is Pebbles and she wakes me up every morning with love demonstrations!. We are so happy.

How are you and your family doing?

Well just to tell you, friends are never forgotten!

Write back ASAP!

sINCERELY YOURS,
"[[User:AntonioMartin|Antonio Arp's Buddy Martin]]"

== Opal pendants pic ==

Thanks for uploading [[:Image:Opal.pendants.250pix.050203.jpg]]. I notice it currently doesn't have an [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|image copyright tag]]. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use <nowiki>{{gfdl}}</nowiki> if you release it under the [[GFDL]], or <nowiki>{{fairuse}}</nowiki> if you claim [[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]], etc.) Thanks so much, [[User:Quadell|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &ndash; [[User:Quadell|'''Q'''uadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[User:Quadell/Request for assistance|help]])</sup>[[<nowiki></nowiki>]] 16:38, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)

== Featured pic: name typo ==

Errr, sorry about that. -- [[User:Oarih|Oarih]] 17:09, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

==Bristol collaboration / featured article==
Hi Adrian, I was wondering what you thought of trying to get somewhere local up to standard for a possible featured article, I was thinking maybe [[Bristol Harbour]] might make an interesting featured page one day. I've crossposed this to [[User talk:Rbrwr|Rob Brewer]] for his comments. --[[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] 21:45, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
P.S. you're far too popular - a 40kb talk page with multiple archives?! ;)

== Your picture of yourself ==

Hello Mr. Pingstone. I've been tagging images, and I tagged the picture of you ([[:Image:Arpingstone.profile.250pix.jpg]] as being licensed under the [[GFDL]]. That was a rather brash assumption on my part, though, so please feel free to switch tags if your prefer to use a different license. [[User:Quadell|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &ndash; [[User:Quadell|'''Q'''uadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[User:Quadell/Request for assistance|help]])</sup>[[<nowiki></nowiki>]] 01:04, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC)

== Identifying UA aircraft ==

Hello there! I came across your airctaft photos in several places. I've just uploaded one myself: [[:Image:United Airlines aircraft taking off at Schiphol Airport.jpg]]. I think it is an Airbus? Could you tell me which type it is so I can update the descriptions? Thanks, [[User:Solitude|[[User:Solitude|Solitude]]\<sup>[[User_talk:Solitude|talk]]</sup>]] 19:18, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)

== John Cabot ==
That's fine, I did note when uploading it that it was slightly sihouetted and could be improved. I have a habit of trying to make my photos look arty with unusual lighting, which usually just ends up making them usuitable for wikipedia (e.g. [http://www.steinsky.me.uk/Special:image.php?id=bristol_041019_centre_night.jpg this lot from last night])! --[[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] 19:48, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 00:20, 28 November 2023

Hi Adrian

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for your kindness in writing to me. I put that picture on 13 years ago so have no memory of where I took it nor which hypericum it is (but know I took it near where I live in Bristol, England). Since the pic is now very old you are welcome to remove it - I have 2000 pictures on Wikipedia so I won't miss it! - Arpingstone (talk) 20:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Permission to use figure in a book.[edit]

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

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

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

Please contact me at (removed) Sincerely,

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

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

Need consent to use your image[edit]

Hello,

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

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

Look forward to getting your consent.

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

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

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

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

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

Kind Regards,

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

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


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


EC-400[edit]

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

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


Hello, this is Wastrel Way[edit]

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

Hello[edit]

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

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

A brownie for you![edit]

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

Should I say HB2U?[edit]

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

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

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

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

Larger macaw picture?[edit]

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

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

An edit from 2012[edit]

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

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

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

Dear Mr. Pingstone,

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

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

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

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

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