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From Robert Grubh, It is about using your Lesser Flamingo photo
Dear Adrian,
I need to use the head of your Lesser Flamingo given in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flam.lesser.600pix_%28Pingstone%29.jpg
which you took in Slimbridge (I have visited it ages ago).
It is for a small regional field guide in Tamil Nadu; and I want to put the head (with beak) of this bird next to that of a Greater Flamingo painting, to help distinguish the species. I shall be grateful to receive your permission. You will be acknowledged.
Would love to have you come this side so you can go birdwatching with us. Stay with us. I am in Nagercoil, in India (Google it!). I am 67 but my two sons are a bit older than those of yours.
My email ID is rbgrubh@live.com
Warm regards, Robert (Robert B Grubh) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.104.250 (talk) 06:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Please respond to my email ID. rbgrubh@live.com Thanks.
Please respond to my email ID. Thanks. rbgrubh@live.com
To Mr Adrian Pingstone
Dear Adrian,
I need to use the head of your Lesser Flamingo given in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flam.lesser.600pix_%28Pingstone%29.jpg
which you took in Slimbridge (I have visited it ages ago).
It is for a small regional field guide in Tamil Nadu; and I want to put the head (with beak) of this bird next to that of a Greater Flamingo painting, to help distinguish the species. I shall be grateful to receive your permission. You will be acknowledged.
Would love to have you come this side so you can go birdwatching with us. Stay with us. I am in Nagercoil, in India (Google it!). I am 67 but my two sons are a bit older than those of yours.
My email ID is rbgrubh@live.com
Warm regards, Robert (Robert B Grubh) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.104.250 (talk) 06:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
- Hi!! You are very welcome to use the picture anywhere you wish and to modify it in any way you wish. Luckily I live only about 15 miles from Slimbridge so I have been there often for photography. Best wishes from Adrian Adrian Pingstone (talk) 15:57, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Robin Klein
Hi Adrian Just regarding your recent edit of the Robin Klein article, where you removed the words "well-known" with the comment "She's not well-known to me!". Is there another reason, related to Wiki-preferred style or something, for removing those words other than your own lack of familiarity with the subject of the article? Because I don't understand why a 70 year old non-Australian without a background in education, children's literature or Australia would consider his own lack of familiarity with an Australian author of children's books to be indicative of how well-known (or not) she is. Her bibliography of over forty books, her awards, and the adaptations of her books for plays, television and film would seem to be a better indication of how well-known she actually is. Eliahna (talk) 20:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
- Eliahna, I apologise. My Edit Comment was way too flippant. What I meant was that "well known" is not a phrase that should be used because everyone in Wikipedia is well known to some degree or they would not be allowed to have an article. My Edit Comment was clumsily saying that but the Edit Comment line was too short to fully explain. So I usually remove "well known" when I meet it. (By the way what does my age have to do with the issue?) Sorry again, Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 22:52, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification. I wondered if the (actual) reason was something like that - and I mentioned your age because you're hardly her target audience ;) Eliahna (talk) 10:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Opal walrus
Your picture of the walrus at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opal_Walros_figurine.jpg. Do you know what the rock surrounding the opal is? Is this type of stone (with opal insets) available to carvers? Thank you, Heather —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.68.238.224 (talk) 14:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
- Hullo Heather, thanks for your question. Sorry to be slow in replying but I've had a computer virus that took hours to get rid of. I have the walrus in front of me now, it has a brown, streaky, base rock with the surface polished to show the opal within, it's very beautiful. I live near Bristol, England, and bought it for 110 UK pounds at a Gem Fair about 40 miles from my home, held at Cheltenham Race Course.
- I remember that the uncarved walrus chunk was from an Australian opal mine, and I believe the seller said it was then carved in China. Sorry, I don't know the name of the brown base rock.
- I also own a tiny piece of uncarved opal, with opal flashes showing, only about 2 cms by 2 cms, weighing 4 grams, and that cost 17 UK pounds! (the walrus weighs 145 grams). So you can certainly buy the rough opal stone at UK Gem Fairs but its extremely expensive. I don't know where else you can buy it. Just a disclaimer: I collect gem animals and am not a gem or geology expert (just seen how poor that picture is, I'll upload a better one soon). Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 11:28, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Somerset pictures
Hi Adrian, I've noticed that you've added loads of great pictures to Somerset articles & I've reused some of them on Portal:Somerset which I've been trying to improve - hope that's OK. If you have or know of others which would be suitable for the Portal:Somerset/Selected picture section could you let me know or add them? Also I've been working my way through Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Somerset and wondered if you might have any suitable photos for those articles which are missing them?— Rod talk 09:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Rod! Thanks for writing. You are very welcome to use any of my pictures anywhere you wish, I enjoy seeing them reused. I'll have a look at what's required and see if I can help. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 09:27, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Barnstar!
The Education Barnstar | ||
For your tireless contributions to numerous Indian Education Articles! Keep at it! Amog | Talk • contribs 14:46, 23 November 2010 (UTC) |
- I'm thrilled! I had no idea anyone was noticing my endless work on the Indian school, college and university articles. I edit a few of them everyday. The main two problems witrh them are the self praise they contain, and the Vision and Mission statements. Thanks again, your Barnstar is highly appreciated (I'll transfer a copy to my Talk Page). - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 16:25, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- I have quite a few of them on my watchlists, and I've been following your work for a week or so! And yes, loads of the Indian articles have a long way to go before they can become remotely encyclopedic. Maybe you could take a look at this sometime? It was an article I worked on nearly a year ago. - Amog | Talk • contribs 18:48, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- Done (but with 42 edits, all minor). Unlike many other Indian education articles I didn't have to remove any unencyclopedic chunks so that was refreshing! Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 19:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks Adrian! I tried getting that article onto GA status 2 years ago. It never came to be, and I eventually gave up! But thank you for all the wonderful work you've been doing so far. Cheers! - Amog | Talk • contribs 19:37, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- Done (but with 42 edits, all minor). Unlike many other Indian education articles I didn't have to remove any unencyclopedic chunks so that was refreshing! Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 19:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
- I have quite a few of them on my watchlists, and I've been following your work for a week or so! And yes, loads of the Indian articles have a long way to go before they can become remotely encyclopedic. Maybe you could take a look at this sometime? It was an article I worked on nearly a year ago. - Amog | Talk • contribs 18:48, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
A pound of octothorp
Hi. Re [1], see Number sign. (personally, I prefer octothorpe, purely for its mellifluousness.) Either way should be fine, but I'm going revert it, just in case the author used the original wording elsewhere in the book. HTH. :) -- Quiddity (talk) 20:34, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Georgia, USA, School District Articles
Hey! Thanks for editing on the Griffin-Spalding County School District page. I, being a bored kid with half a life, created over 150 school district article pages for the state of Georgia on Wikipedia during the summer holiday. There were only a few pages started previous to my enormous task that I set for myself. So, with your tip that you added by putting the country tag into the introductory paragraph, could you do this to the other 150 something other articles that I started? If not, that is perfectly fine with me. I was just wondering since you suggested it in your summary of editing; just let me know what you decide. Thanks again though! Tamer_of_Hope talk 00:26, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- Hi from England, thanks for writing. The prospect of adding "USA" to 150 articles is a little scary but I'm happy to do it. I'l take it slowly (over, say, a month, at five a day). You think you've got "half a life!! Well I've been editing and adding photos since 2002 for about 340 days of each year! However, because I'm retired, life is one long holiday (happily) and so I've plenty of time. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 16:38, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, it is quite a bit but it's something to do for a month. I spent all of June working on them, creating the pages. I got maybe five or seven created each day. I worry about what my "retirement" days will be but that's way into the future. Why I say this? Because I have a neighbour that is retired and he spends all of his day raking pine straw and keeping his yard really nice. It just seems so boring. I want to thank you for adding the pieces of Wikipedia together for so long, it's people like you and I that make Wikipedia what it is, even when scholarly people look down upon it. :] Tamer_of_Hope talk 19:13, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Barnstar
The Copyeditor's Barnstar | ||
Thanks for patiently reading each and every line of several articles and doing a fantastic copyediting job! JovianEye (talk) 01:28, 8 December 2010 (UTC) |
- You've made my day! Thank you so much for the Barnstar. I assume you refer to the Indian school articles that I'm working on at the moment. I've edited many hundreds and there are hundreds to go. It's a task that particularly needs doing because English is probably not the native language of the writers of these articles so sentence construction is often a little odd. Other problems are padding words like "also", "various", and "currently". I usually have to remove Mission, Aim and Vision statements that are so generalised that they could apply to any school in the world! Every lab and library is "state of the art" or "modern" or "well-equipped". However I don't mean to make fun of the writers because they have done all the real work, just leaving me make the article properly encyclopedic. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 18:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for cleaning up articles of Indian Colleges and Schools Sir, I really appreciate that. Yes I know that Indian articles usually contain words like the ones you've mentioned above, and this is usually because the articles are based on the official websites, and many articles are just mildly reworded in order to avoid copyvios. I am on a drive to clean up and organise Indian college articles myself, and its good to know that you are doing the same! By the way, I noticed your user page, and I must say, I dream of becoming an aerodynamicist like you one day! You have found yourself a fan! Good day Sir. MikeLynch (talk) 18:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Indian Colleges
Hello Sir, I guess you missed my earlier comment on your talk page. Nevertheless, I appreciate your work in cleaning up Indian College articles. I wanted your opinion regarding an article R.V. College of Engineering. There is a section 'Student Activities'. Right now, it is a bulleted list, but I feel it doesn't look very elegant. I thought of converting it into prose, but that didn't turn out very elegant either. At the same time, most of the matter there is notable, and are properly sourced, so I can't delete them. It would be helpful if you could give me some inputs on how to rearrange the material. Good day. MikeLynch (talk) 08:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
- Mike, thanks for writing. No, I didn't miss your nice comments about me (above) but I did forgot to reply. Sorry!
- On the subject of the RVCE article, I agree that the bulleted list looks a little odd for the extracurricular items so I now think that it should be returned to a straight set of paragraphs. Will you do that? I can see only those two ways of formatting that section i.e. asterisks or no asterisks. Thanks to you for all your work, Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 17:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
- I have done some rearrangements rewordings, and some cleanup as well. Have a look at this article now. Waiting for your opinion. Good day! MikeLynch (talk) 18:25, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
- I will start working on PESIT and BMSCE next! MikeLynch (talk) 18:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
- Congratulations! I had not thought of your clever idea of adding new headings to subdivide the Student Activities. Very clever, and it looks good too. I think the article is good now. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 18:47, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Edit Appreciated: User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai
User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai- Thanks for your edit. Will seek help again to launch the page.Patelurology2 (talk) 19:59, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Help wantedfor page launches- User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai CJM Alumni & User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai
Have launched a page before but because of details seeming like adverisiting, it was reverted to Userpage, so seeking help.
- User:Patelurology2/Fort Convent School Mumbai CJM Alumni > to Fort Convent School Mumbai CJM Alumni - this alumni list page is likely to be much longer and hence best to use two page format; school is more than 150 years old. If single page is appropriate, info can be merged. All discussion type comments can be transferred to discussion page, but is it appririate to tell visitors to check the discussin page also?
Patelurology2 (talk) 22:01, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
- May be a comma before Mumbai would be appropriate in Fort Convent School, Mumbai, so I am changing that on the list page.
- Apologies for seeming unhelpful to you but the complexities of setting up a new article are too much for my tiny brain! I just do edits on existing articles which is what I enjoy. The actual process of setting up the page in the first place is unknown to me. Sorry again, best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 10:11, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
IT BHU
Thank you for your tremendous and much needed clean-up of Institute of Technology, BHU article. If you ever visit Varanasi, I would gladly throw you a party! Amazing work, best of luck and a happy new year! Gaurav Verma, IT BHU, Electronics Engg. (2012) 117.199.181.238 (talk) 15:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
- This one of the nicest comments I have ever received, thank you so much Gaurav!! Editing the Indian engineering institute articles had made me nervous because the number of edits needed on each article was (usually) large. I had expected to receive a few complaints about the amount I've had to edit but have received none. Once again, thanks for your lovely comment. Sadly I won't be able to come to Varanasi. Happy 2011 to you, and thanks again - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 21:36, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of File:Eilmers.flight.arp.jpg
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Any pics of Avon Valley Country Park
Hi Adrian, You haven't got any pictures of Avon Valley Country Park and/or the Strawberry Line (Miniature Railway) that you would be willing to share have you?— Rod talk 15:59, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Rod! Thanks for writing. I have some of the Park but they were taken years ago, and doubtless the place has changed (for example, I've not heard of the railway). I'll have a look and upload any that are "timeless". Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 17:44, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for beautiful lilac photo
i wish to say Thank you for beautiful photo of lilac,my favorite flowers.As i see you are very creative person,your presentation here is amazing,and i shall try to learn something of that and apply on my own wiki page. Best regards, Slavica Todorovic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.223.114.43 (talk) 13:06, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Monarch A321
Hi. Was your aircraft taken on 12 September 2009 (G-OZBU). If it was, what time was it taken. If it was taken first thing in the Morning, It was off to Malaga as ZB654. If it was taken in the afternoon (around 4:00), It was off to Alicante as ZB676. Have any More Monarch photos. Any aircraft with the following registration would be nice as they are not on Wikimedia Commons:
- G-OJMR (A300)
- G-MONS (A300)
- G-MONX (A320)
- G-OZBE (A321)
- G-OZBR (A321)
- G-EOMA (A330)
- G-MONK (B757)
Thanks. --MKY661 (talk) 20:14, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
- The date the camera reads for that photo is 12th September as you say (which was a Saturday), yet my handwritten notes say it was taken on 13th September 2009 (which was a Sunday) So I don't know for sure if I took it on the 12th or the 13th. However since I usually go photographing on a Sunday (less traffic on the motorways) it was almost certainly the 13th. I know it was taken at 10.17 in the morning and the aircraft was taking off from Manchester Airport. Sorry I don't have any more Monarch photos. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 22:19, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Nut Goddess Picture
March 21, 2011
Hi Adrian,
I have been doing some online research trying to find the original information about this particular picture of the Nut Goddess. There are numerous pictures like this on the internet, I came across your picture and thought I'd ask a real person that may be able to help me. I am painting this picture of Nut on a large canvas but I can't seem to find the image's origin and I need to enlarge without distortion or find where I can see the hierglyphics better in order to paint them properly. Thank you!
Paula P. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.186.103.118 (talk) 18:46, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Paula, thanks for writing. Regrettably I can't help you! I have no memory of how I helped with this picture but my guess is that I cleaned it up in some way, maybe by altering the contrast, colours or tilt. I wasn't the uploader of the pic so have no idea where it was found. Sorry! - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 10:01, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
File:USAF C-130J Super Hercules at RIAT 2010 arp.jpg
Adrian, a user has questioned if File:USAF C-130J Super Hercules at RIAT 2010 arp.jpg is actually of a C-130J. As far as I can tell, from the angle of the 4 visible blades, these are 6-bladed props. Do you remember the aircraft, or have a way to check its tail number to confirm that it is indeed a C-130J? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 08:03, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
- BilCat, thanks for letting me know of the users deletion. Yes, this is most certainly a J model, it so happens that the other 2 blades lie up with the nacelle and can't be seen. This is proven if you look at picture http://www.abpic.co.uk/popup.php?q=1244860 on Air Britains website, which is the exact same aircraft (serial 78613). I will give the Anon the Air Britain link, and make a note on the Image Description Page that it IS 6-bladed. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 16:20, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! I also asked about the image at WT:AIR#C-130 identity, and got some great responses. It's actually a C-130J-30 stretched model, so if you can update the file comments to reflect that, it would be good. Thanks again. - BilCat (talk) 17:04, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Help for the articles to make for the institution page.---16:42, 4 April 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.205.177.83 (talk)
- Sorry, it's hard to tell what your question is. I assume you want help with that article, but the article has no content so there's nothing there for me to edit. I can't add to the article because I only do editing not writing. Sorry! - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 21:22, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Interview request
Hello, my name is Natalia Ioana Olaru and I am a final year master student in the Corporate Communication programme at the Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark. I am currently working on my final paper on the topic of user motivation to create content on collaborative media websites, the focus being Wikipedia. As a sample I chose the English and Danish portals.
I would like to invite you for an online interview on the topic of what motivates you, to participate in editing and creating articles for this platform. I plan on doing the actual interviews in the period between 1st and the 15th of May via Skype, MSN or Yahoo Messenger. I am, however, open to other channels of communication too.
Please let me know if you would like to participate in this interview and the preferred channel, Thank you,
Natalia Olaru
Email removed
MulgaEscu (talk) 13:59, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry, I can't take part - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 06:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Red Arrow
I have nominated your photograph of a single Red Arrow at speed as a featured picture. I think it's an excellent shot of the Hawk, and hopefully it will pass. Harrison49 (talk) 18:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Merge discussion for Winterbourne, Gloucestershire
An article that you have been involved in editing, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Skinsmoke (talk) 10:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Merge discussion for University of Roorkee
An article that you have been involved in editing, University of Roorkee , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 10:20, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
History of astrology - for your attention possibly
As someone who has contributed content in the past - you may be interested in noticing this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_astrology#Deletion_of_unreferenced_content Cheers, Zac Δ talk 00:45, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Bristol Balloon _Bridgit
Good evening; I am impressed with your photography. I am the pilot of the Bristol Balloon and remember the flight well that you captured landing at Yate. I had flown to 8,000' from Bath and had a granny, her grandson (16) and the BBC presnter Sally Chanoller and her partner on board. A very memorable flight and lovely to see it recorded.
I will be flying the balloon tomorow morning (10/08/11) for the Press launch of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta whihc takes placve this weekend. The balloon is now 9 years old and has 310 flying and 60 hours tethering. Kind regards, Derek Maltby Derekm@globalmsc.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.216.131.241 (talk) 20:32, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for writing, how interesting to hear about my photo! I remember it well, partly because of your daring manoevre to hop the inflated balloon across the field hedge and onto the Westerleigh road verge (a very busy road!) for easier transport later. Sally offered me a trip round the studios but foolishly I never got round to going. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 08:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
September 2011
[removed my message, left in error]
- Dear Marek69, your reversion of EVERY edit I made to that Kenya school article is a very odd thing to do. I have been editing Wiikipedia since 2002 so I do not need to "learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia". I can justify every single edit I made but life is too short for that. So your reversion of every edit I made, back to the previous low quality article, will remain. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 22:22, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- Dear Adrian, I am sorry, my revert on Kakamega High School was a mistake. I completely mis-read your edit.
- I have now reverted my own edit and removed the message I left you in error. Please accept my sincere apologies for this error. I'm not quite sure what I was thinking.
- Wishing you all the best. :-)
- Kind Regards -- Marek.69 talk 00:28, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
A bowl of strawberries for you!
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Happy Wiki-ing, Adrian :-) Marek.69 talk 00:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC) |
- Many thanks for the bowl of strawberries. I live near an an area of England known for its strawberry growing (Cheddar in Somerset). Your strawberries were sweet, just as I like them, so thanks. No problem with your edit, anyone can have a glitch so all is well and thanks for explaining. Best Wishes, - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 08:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
File:Opal Armband 800pix.jpg Possibly incorrectly attributed
Are you sure this is your own image? I've got a journal article (by Eli Yablonovitch) from the Scientific American dated 2001 that lists a reference for the same image as being "THE PURCELL TEAM Corbis". 94.224.18.221 (talk) 19:17, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it most certainly is my picture. My wife has the bracelet in her collection and I took the picture myself in February 2003. I declared it Public Domain (as with all my several thousand pictures on Wikipedia) so maybe my note of the photo date is wrong and maybe the magazine was careless and attibuted it to the wrong person. Puzzling! For anyone who wants to see the image go to Opal (it's the lead picture). Thanks for writing - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 20:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Snowflake obsidian pig carving
I am very interested in learning about the snowflake obsidian pig carving-I rescue pigs and would love to know if there is a place I could purchase said carving. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pig.snowobsidian.jpg Cheers! Catsanctuary17 (talk) 20:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for writing. I bought the pig in 1995 at a shop called Crystals in a shopping centre called The Galleries, in Bristol (England). However, none of that really matters because the shop's stock changes regularly so there is no chance that pig will ever appear again. I still have it, it's 4 inches long and cost £100 at the time. I can't sell it to you because I like it too much! Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 18:05, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
For your fine contributions and cleanup work, I, Hallows AG, hereby award you the Original Barnstar. Feel free to wear it at all times at your lapel. Keep up the good work! Hallows AG (talk) 11:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC) |
- Many, many thanks, for your thoughtfulness in awarding me a Barnstar. I am working my way through the schools of the world and hope to finish in 2020 :-) (and that does not mean just before half past eight!). Thanks again, Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 16:05, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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