Hi Adrian My name is Helen and I work for Bosch in the UK. I would like to use your London.Eye.many.capsules picture. I would like to use it in a presentation about Bosch Rexroth, the company who produced all the drive hydraulics and suspension technology. The picture will be seen on a plasma screens in Heathrow airport. I have read the copyright blurb and it looks like there is no legal restriction on use. Since this is for use in a public arena, can you confirm that I can use this for Bosch, without being sued!! Cheers Love the picture. Helen

Helen, your request should have gone at the bottom of this page but as you are new here you wouldn't have known that. So please go to the very bottom of this page for your reply - Adrian Pingstone 16:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

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

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

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

You mention that you compress to 300k on rhaworth's talk page to be kind to 56k users. Surely if they need the image at the giant size then it's acceptable to wait a bit longer? Probably doesn't matter really.

Oh, and are you using commons now? Not a plug, friendly curiosity from someone who's trying to take more photos :) --BesigedB ^(talk) 17:27, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Replied on own talk page at 22:17, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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

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

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

--Ikar.us 2005-07-04 19:38:33 (UTC)

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

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

I seem to be cocking this one up in every way. I'd seen this on other disambiguation pages, and thought I'd follow suit. It certainly looks tidier your way. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:18, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hi Adrian,

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

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

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

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

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

Dear Adrian,

I'm looking for a picture of a Mirage III, do have one in your stock. Any ideas were to get one with a proper license (or PD)? I need it for the german wikipedia..... -- 20:53, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'm very sorry, but I have not photographed any military aircraft, and it's much too big a job to write down all my pic sources. Put Mirage 3 into Googles Image Search and you might be lucky. The tedious part is trying to decide if the image is OK for WP - Adrian Pingstone 21:42, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes, i tried. I contacted Dassault but they didn't gave me an answer (although there are some Mirage III for press uses). I keep trying... -- Stahlkocher 14:54, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi Adrian

I'm quite puzzled too! I think a brain fart occured on my behalf; I was hunting URL spam, and in the process came across that article -- the specific URL in question is www.africaspotter.at.tt. I seem to remember seeing an edit history of you removing the picture Image:B737-800SouthAfricanAirwaysZS-SJL01.jpg with a comment relating to the copyright status, although I cannot for the life of me find it now!

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

I hope this rather incoherent explanation makes things clearer!

Dewet 21:53, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi Adrian

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

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

Hi Adrian.

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

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

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

Regards,

Ian Dunster 15:25, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hi Adrian.

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

Regards,

Ian Dunster 17:36, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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

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

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

Unfortunately, once compression artifacts are introduced, they cannot be removed. Without being technical, JPEG is a "lossy" compression format — it removes information from the image. This information removal is designed for photographic images — it removes certain small details that a human eye would not usually see (though compression artifacts may be visible if the compression ratio is too small). The thing is, it was not designed for images such as snapshots of computer displays, precise computer-generated images, black-and-white drawings, etc., where there are sharp transitions between colors.

In comparison, PNG (which all current image software know how to save) is lossless. Note, however, that it is pointless to load an image encoded in JPEG and save it as PNG to regain quality — the loss of information was done and cannot be undone (at least, cannot be undone simply).

In this case, the image was obviously produced with a ray-tracing or other 3D imagery program. Of course, one could produce another one, but I don't think this would be worth the hassle: I don't see JPEG artifacts in that image. David.Monniaux 11:19, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

Hi, I am trying to get the Red Arrows article up to featured quality, and noticed you contributed those great pictures, just wondering if by any chance you had any more? thanks Bluemoose 16:04, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your nice comment, yes I did take more, I'll put a couple on in the next few hours - Adrian Pingstone 16:07, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

Sorry to be so slow in replying. The Black Arrows picture was taken at around one thousandth of a second on a Pentax non-digital (of course!) SLR camera but not an expensive one. The secrets of success for photographing high-speed aircraft are:

a) find how to lock the camera at its highest speed and let the camera choose just the aperture.

b) find how to lock the focus at infinity (for ground to air pictures where the aircraft is far enough away to call its distance infinity) so that the autofocus doesn't have to waste time hunting for focus. I can lock speed and focus on the menus in the camera I now use (Olympus digital C750UZ).

c) try to photograph in sunny weather so that using a thousandth (or whatever your camera's max speed is) will still give a decent aperture (like f8) for some depth of field.

d) exactly follow the motion of the aircraft i.e pan with it.

e) most important of all, throw away the failures and only show or use the successes so that people think you're a really good photographer!

Hope this is of interest. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 19:11, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

I just got a high-res version, and the image is public domain. Please support the high-res version. --brian0918™ 17:00, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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

Hi!

I added Image:Fedex.a300-600.750pix.jpg to Images for Deletion, because it's not free. I replaced it in FedEx and Cargo airline with a free image. Thanks. :) kmccoy (talk) 05:55, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for letting me know - Adrian Pingstone 12:08, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

My pleasure. In fact, running across your user page via this picture caused me to take a look at many of your pictures, which are really fantastic. It was a good happenstance for me. kmccoy (talk) 20:34, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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

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

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

I believe this is a 380SL, is it not? Ted Wilkes

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

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

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

Do feel free to drop into the libary the next time you are passing - it is rather magnificent and is certainly one of the highlights of Newbury Town Centre Cheers Jerry

No problem, I have put the picture back. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 16:22, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a picture of the control tower.

• No it really isn't. I have reverted your revert. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 08:54, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Ah, don't worry, I have done it too. Cheers. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 12:07, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for uploading Image:Stata Center2.proc.jpg. Its copyright status is unclear, so it may have to be deleted. Please leave a note on the image page about the source of the image. Thank you.

This pic was just an attempt by me to improve a Featured Pic candidate. It can be deleted - Adrian Pingstone 15:54, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Just a thanks, and you know why :)- --Oblivious 22:38, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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

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

Looks great. --Malcohol 08:52, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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

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

Hope you don't mind the small alteration to the displayed number.

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

According to Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Image_copyrights, the Image:Mig19.schem.300pix.png image may be deleted - please consider changing the tag. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 16:35, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for letting me know - Adrian Pingstone 15:21, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi Adrian.

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

Hi! I removed your pics from the pages. I now agree with you, that its a good idea to leave them up there along with the night pic just in case. It couldn't hurt.

I just pulled it because it was so damn dreary, makes me want to cry, and makes the Louvre look an ugly grey. Perhaps the next time you visit, the clouds will go, and you can publish a nicer pic! Muchosucko 09:53, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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

Can you upload the nice picture to [1]. Thank you in advance. --Uwe Gille 13:09, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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

Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk File:Uk flag large.png 30 June 2005 18:44 (UTC)

Random question..

Was just poking at the new stub article Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and trying to find an image to go with it. There's one of their Lancaster on Avro Lancaster, but it's marked as liable for deletion so I'd prefer not to use it... looking around on Commons, I found Image:Spitfire.planform.arp.jpg, which looks likely to be one of their planes (based on the date, if nothing else), and it struck me I keep seeing your name around these articles. So, thought I'd ask directly.

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

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

Thanks. Shimgray 4 July 2005 18:01 (UTC)

I ended up using the planform photo anyway - it then made it to the main page as a DYK illustration! Don't know if you noticed, but thought you might like to know. Shimgray 6 July 2005 22:52 (UTC)

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

Hi there, I have uploaded your image to commons, hope you dont mind DiamondDave 00:32, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Adrian,

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

Ultimately the point of FPC is to encourage people to contribute more pictures, and with Pic Of the Day making a guest appearance on the Main Page we can expect a flurry interest from editors who aren't so familiar with the usual voting patterns on nominations.

In general though, thanks for your many votes and comments on FPC. We need people who are visually literate to keep the place running smoothly. -- Solipsist 11:40, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note. I understand your concerns about my remarks on the pic but I was really annoyed to see such nonsense (there I go again!) put forward for a Featured Pic. So I said what I thought and then tempered it with "Better luck next time". So I half accept what you say. Perhaps I'm wrong and everyone else will love it! - 82.33.101.120 13:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It gets to us all at some time or another. I often try to take a different perspective and assume the fault is not with the user nominating, but rather with a lack of clarity in our instructions at the head of the page. I've been thinking about writing a guide for new FPC nominators expanding a little on what to expect in terms of critism and trying to highlight an upside even if their picture doesn't get promoted. -- Solipsist 13:38, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A voice from beyond the grave writes:
Adrian, your country needs you!
These two articles:

Morris_Oxford

Hindustan_Ambassador

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

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

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

Sir, I wonder if you might crop off the black bar on the far right of the AWACS Sentry image? If not, perhaps you wouldn't mind if I did so? Certainly appreciate all your hard work on illustrations here.Randyoo 09:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll do it soon. Thanks for letting me know and sorry to be so long in replying - Adrian Pingstone 19:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

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

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

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

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My name is Gwen and I work for Renewable films on a feature documentary. I LOVE your picture of the Concord and would like to use it in the documentary. I have read that you allowed the picture into public domain, but in order to be able to use it, I need something in writing confirming that. Could you please send me and e-mail saying that it is in public domain? The best address is y_marianna@re-voir.com. Also, would you have a high res copy of that? Thank you!

I have sent you an email giving permission, thanks for asking. The highest res I can give you is got by clicking on the pics themselves. I don't have any higher res than that. Sorry! - Adrian Pingstone 08:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian, I really love this picture. Can you maybe upload it to commons in a higher resolution? Thanks in advance and greetings from the Black Forest, --Flominator 20:55, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the pic is a clip from a small area of a much larger pic so only the larger pic is high res (2048 by 1536). I'll upload the larger pic in the next few hours. Greetings from Bristol, England - Adrian Pingstone 08:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Job done,the high res is on WP at African penguin in the gallery, on Commons at Penguin and also on Commons at Albinos - Adrian Pingstone 09:51, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for that! --Flominator 13:12, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

Thanks. Coffee 05:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

I don't think this is a 1.3 as described: the wheels, wing shield badge and lights are wrong. I modified the description before I knew about the talk feature: I suspect it's a 3.1 instead, but I'm not enough of an anorak to know for sure from the picture. Maybe you can see it on your original...?

Well spotted. I know nothing about cars but luckily I still have the full-resolution picture and I can read in the windscreen that it's a 3.0. So I've modified the pic and its Image Description Page accordingly. Thanks for writing - Adrian Pingstone 13:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This picture was taken from [2], if I'm not mistaken, but it's blurrier and larger than the original picture, so I'm guessing you upsized and stretched it. Wouldn't you be better off just using the original picture in a straight conversion to jpeg, cropped if necessary? The upsizing seems to have hurt the image quality significantly. Night Gyr 10:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See your User Page [3] for reply - Adrian Pingstone 10:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Something you might be interested in taking a look at.

You don't by any chance have any other railway photographs? Even rather rubbish black and white ones; see commons:category:Historical British steam locomotives for what I'm working with. Oh and if you know what the date is then you can win your own compeition ;) Cheers, Dunc|☺ 10:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from Adrian! Sorry, I have no idea of the date and no way of finding it out. Sadly I only took that one steam pic ever. I 've only ever been an aircraft person. Thanks for writing - Adrian Pingstone 10:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The sheng player playing "water music" on the Thames looks an awful lot like Guo Yi of the Guo Brothers, resident in England for many years now. Do you know if this is correct? If so, I could add that in the photo caption. Best, Badagnani 08:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I have no way of finding who the player was in Sheng (instrument). I've looked at an enlarged photo but there are no clues visible to his identity. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 14:37, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It does look an awful lot like him (he's the brother on the right). [4] Badagnani 17:59, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure it's the same person. If I was you, I would take a chance and insert the fact. There's no harm done and if you are wrong then someone will one day correct it - Adrian Pingstone 18:24, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've done so...I met the guy when the Guo Brothers played at the WOMAD festival in Columbus, Ohio in around 1993 or 1994. I play the sheng too so brought mine along to his workshop to play for him. He tried to sell me a sheng but lost interest once I told him I already had one. He seemed rather business oriented of a person. I can't find a website for his group so I'd wondered what he had been up to in the intervening years. (Now I know--he plays on the Thames!) Badagnani 18:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian, the images you have linked with the performance art page (of Performance artists in Jubilee Gardens, London, England and in the Montmartre district of Paris) would probably be better suited to the Living statue article in the Performing Arts. I am really new to Wikipedia, so I havn't exactly figured out how to do this as yet, so maybe you can change the links. I know it sounds slightly like splitting hairs, but what you describe in the images is not really classed as performance art, and like juggling and mime, falls under the remit of Performing Arts. All the Best,rachel

Hi Rachel, thanks for your comments (by the way, please don't put new chat at the top of my Talk Page, it makes reading the flow of peoples messages backwards. So I've put your comments down here, in the proper place).

I'm afraid I can't help you in any way with the changes simply because I have no clue on text or link work. I've specialised in image work only, since I started with Wikipedia in January 2003. That means that all the writing I do is picture captions and occasional editing of badly-written articles. Try putting your comments into the Talk Page for the relevant articles. Just click on "Discuss this page" at the bottom of the article and start typing. Hopefully someone will notice, and help you. - Adrian Pingstone

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

Nice pic, and what an interesting angle. Well done. -- Solipsist 19:29, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not wishing to rock any boats too much at this stage, just a gentle question. I think (and will check next time I'm there) that, much to the frustration of photographers like you and me, photography is forbidden at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. I wonder whether that fact affects the status of your photograph of The Mall. You have released it into the public domain, but if (as I believe, but am happy to be corrected) you weren't supposed to take it in the first place, presumably the copyright status is rather suspect. --SMeeds 21:51, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Let me be honest with you - I understand nothing and wish to know nothing about copyright because it's a minefield. So I take the simple route: I take my pics, I put them on WP and if they are not acceptable someone deletes them. Since I have about 1500 pics (yes, that's one thousand five hundred) on WP the loss of a few doesn't worry me. A lazy answer, I know, but that's how I am. So if you decide they are unacceptable, then I am happy for you to delete:) Thanks for writing - Adrian Pingstone 22:05, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice cleanup. It looks much better now. Joyous (talk) 15:33, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian.

You write/ask:

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

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

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

I think there are two conflicting issues here. I accept that probably most Wikipedia users don't realise they can control this setting (I only discovered it a few weeks ago), and therefore to them not setting a size is the same thing as setting it to 180px (or whatever the default preference is). On the other hand, it is surely better to allow users to control how they like to see thumbnails. I quite like 180px, but for a partially blind person 250px might be too small.

As my principal motivation for changing (consistent size) is still satisfied by your change to 250px, I'm not going to make any further changes to the photographic images.

However I do think you were wrong to make the map a thumbnail. Hard edged maps are not the same as photographic images, and as in this case often do not scale well. I hope you don't mind me reverting this to its original, unscaled form.

Hope that answers you. -- Chris j wood 19:05, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you get this image from, I am merely curious about the identity of these people. --Cool Cat ^Talk 04:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

I see, I hate unresolved misteries, its like a novel that doesn't conclude. It indeed is a lovely pic. Another reason to construct a family tree :) --Cool Cat ^Talk 18:17, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am looking for good quality gemstone images to use in my website. I will make sure you get credit for the image by mentioning your name, and will link to your home page if you have one. Please reply to me at marksteve(underscore)74atyahoo(dot)com Thanks.

Hi! I've replied by email but, for the record, here's the answer as well:

You are welcome to use any of my pictures from Wikipedia no matter what the subject is. Most have arp somewhere in the filename but all have my name on the Image Description Page (the page you get when you click on the photo).

I've made them all Public Domain, which means anyone can use them in any way or even alter them. You don't even have to mention my name but it would be nice if you did. Please let me know the URL of any web page you use them on.

Incidentally it's not a good idea to publish your email address so openly on Wikipedia, spam harvesters will love you! So I've made your address unreadable to harvesters by spelling it out. Thanks for writing - Adrian Pingstone 09:52, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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

Adrian, there's no need to apolgise for a better picture. Mine was taken quite early in the winter morning when I was there to see my brother off onto a train north, when the light is behind the station when looking at the main facade shown in both our pictures. It was better than nothing, which is what was there before. --rbrwr^± 23:16, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Peacock.detail.arp.750pix.jpg is due to make a reappearance as Pic of the Day next Monday. I've use the same caption as last time, but you can make any changes at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 21, 2005. -- Solipsist 17:05, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I hope you're well. I noticed that you replaced the prior pic exhibiting the new Air Canada livery with another; I presume you took it? Nice. While I'm admittedly not wholly in the know regarding the plethora of Wp license tags etc., is it problematic to have included the prior pic, even with the copyright proviso attached? Mind you: I'm not debating the decision, but more inquiring about whether such online pictures can be included in Wp without the photographer's expressed consent. Merci! E Pluribus Anthony 17:33, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Thank you, as well, for your interesting message from across the pond. I'm an 'armchair' pilot: an aviation aficianado who has flown with friends and done aerobatics (with occasionally messy results), but with no license of my own yet. As well: nice pic, and thank you for releasing it to the public domain (I also know the prior image was only removed from the article, not deleted, so don't worry! :))

I'm curious about whether a copyrighted image from elsewhere online (such as the image I obtained) can be included in Wp with copyright proviso, with or in absence of the copyright holder's consent? I think it clear that it cannot be included if the copyright holder declines its use in Wp. This all stems from the fact that I was previously 'incensed' when, almost after half a year, there wasn't a single image in the Wp Air Canada article exhibiting the updated livery. Anyhow, I will ask this question where you suggest. Thanks again! E Pluribus Anthony 18:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! Thanks for adding s'more lively pics to the Air Canada article. Regarding the propriety of this-or-that picture (as we discussed), I haven't posed my question on the pump just yet (I've been swamped), but I will.

As well, I will weigh in on your plane-road pic; nice! In any event, keep up the good work! E Pluribus Anthony 20:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your friedly chat. Nice to "talk" to you. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 22:11, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i stumbled across your shot of a 777 crossing a road at LHR, and thought it was one of the most striking and illustrative pictures i've seen in some time. I've nominated it as a featured picture. Regardless of the outcome of the voting, thanks for a wonderful shot! - Lanoitarus 19:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• just out of curiosity, where exactly is that road? i cant locate it on any airport diagrams of LHR-- how frequently is it actually used? - Lanoitarus 04:39, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That road is in use by the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, because it’s the airport’s public perimeter road. How some of British Airways maintenance hangars (including the Concorde maintenance hangars, when it was flying) got to be the wrong side of a public road I have no idea.

The aircraft crossing point is almost in line with the approach to runway 28R which is the northern of Heathrows 2 runways (the other is 28L). 28L or 28R are used when the wind is such that aircraft must approach LHR from the east ie they approach across the city of London.

Locate the point where aircraft, if landing on 28R, fly across the LHR perimeter road where it runs round the the eastern side of the airport. The map should show a roundabout about 100 metres south of that point, at a popular photography spot that many call the White Huts (because there is a small white-painted industrial estate there, that you can park amongst).

About 100 metres south of that roundabout is the aircraft crossing point. It’s a great place at the crossing because there are views of aircraft queuing for take off on 28R if 28L is being used for landings. Hope this helps - Adrian Pingstone 22:20, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting! I plan on visiting London next spring ... perhaps I'll turn my head? ;) Thanks! E Pluribus Anthony 23:44, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you took the periods/full stops/dots/whatevers off of the end of sentences in image captions in the Boeing 777 article. I'd certainly think that it's fully proper to end gramatically complete sentences with periods regardless. Is there an accepted style guide that says otherwise? Thanks for all you've contributed. -- Kbh3rd 23:06, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I only took away the full stops because I believed I had read in a WP Style guide that this was WP style. However, now I can't find anything about it, except a brief statement at the bottom of a talk page at Wikipedia talk:Captions, which says:

PERIOD AT THE END OF A CAPTION OR NOT?

Hi, is there any rule/recommendation for writing or not writing a period at the end of the caption? Thanks. Miraceti 16:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

If it's a sentence --Wetman 01:07, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

The obvious place to find anything on this subject is Wikipedia:Caption but that says nothing (except in the Caption Talk, as quoted above).

So on that rule I would presumably not use a full stop at the end of a caption such as "Statue of Fred in the Louvre museum, Paris" because that is not really a sentence (no verb, but there is an implied IS).

So I'll try to decide if the caption is a sentence or not and Full Stop accordingly. On that basis, "Boeing 777" would not have a Full Stop. Thanks for writing, your comments would be appreciated - Adrian Pingstone 12:36, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My concern is the page is overloaded with photos now, at least at 200px they are less "in your face". I think if they're to be kept at 250px then it would make sense to cut it down to 3 photos, or to put them into a <gallery></gallery>? wangi 22:05, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining your reduction to 200px. However, I don't agree with you on the overload issue. On my 1024 by 768 screen the pics are spaced out just right at 250px (perhaps you're running a smaller screen) but I do agree that no more could be accommodated and a Gallery would be started for any future pics. I took all 6 pics, that's why I'm so interested. Best Wishes, - Adrian Pingstone 23:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I notice some fairly fundamental changes to the Architecture pages, but the article still needs some further tidying up. Would you mind joining in with some discussion about it? --stochata 12:36, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you uploaded this photo in 2003. Later, it has been uploaded to WikiCommons. One user at WikiCommons claims that it is not public domain and that the copyright owner only allows non-commercial use. Feel free to leave any comments you might have at the image talk page. Thuresson 07:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings - in June of 2003 you uploaded Image:Pasterze.glacier.1.750pix.jpg. Unfortunately, there's no source information or copyright status regarding the image. Could you please provide this information on the image's page? The image may be deleted seven days from now (per recent policy change) if this information is not provided. Thanks, --Durin 16:49, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the original license info, was lost due to vandalism (image history) --Denniss 17:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message, Durin, and thanks for the restoration, Denniss. I took the image (not a very good one, unfortunately) when I was on holiday in Kaprun in 1998 - Adrian Pingstone 17:15, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for finding that Denniss. I should have checked history. My apologies Arpingstone. --Durin 17:58, 2 December 2005 (UTC

THIS FUCKIN SHIT OF FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA WIKIPEDIA IS NOTHING THAT A BIG LIE AND CHEAT,ADRIAN PINGSTONE!!!I KNOW THAT IS NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT TRY AT LEAST WITH YOUR MODERATORS TO WRITE THE TRUE BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS STUPID SHIT WRITTEN OVER HERE!IF OYU DON'T BELIEVE ME I CAN GIVE YOU WRITE NOW HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES!IF WIKIPEDIA WILL NOT BE REALLY A TRUE ONE, I ASSURE YOU ALL THAT I CAN MAKE SUFFER VERY MUCH!AN ADRIAN DON'T TELL ME AFTER THIS TO USE A PROPER LANGUAGE BECAUSE I USE THE LANGUAGE THAT I WANT AND YOU NEVER GONNA FIND MY IDENTITY!YOU ARE ALL A MAD GANG OF MOTHERS FUCKERS WITH YOUR GIANT MOUNTAIN OF LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your interesting contribution to the debate over WPs accuracy. Please provide examples of errors that have annoyed you and please correct them yourself. Anyone can contribute! There are obviously faults in WP (it was written by the internet community and not by a team of specialists) nevertheless many people find WP a useful source of knowledge. I look forward to your contributions because you are clearly keen to create a better encyclopedia and could become a useful person here. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 09:18, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Arpingstone, that must have been said from some sort of zen-like yoga position whilst sitting on top of a mountain :) Nicely done! --Durin 14:45, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My reply is at User talk:Durin - Adrian Pingstone 15:57, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I notice that you recently voted on a few featured picture candidates. Please read the top of the featured pictures page; the process has recently changed. Now there is a 2 day commenting period before voting starts, so that there can be feedback on the image and it can be cleaned up if necessary. ••MDD4696 ( talk - contribs ) 16:04, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake in voting too early. Apologies - Adrian Pingstone 17:56, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian! I have a problem on wikipedia and that is all about Romania, Romanians. For example, you can look that there are 400,000 Romanians in Canada, but when I'm trying to edit the page about the demographics of Canada, always my work is erased by someone else.I know that you have a lot of articles to check, but please take a look and tell me if I can edit this. Thank you! Regards, NorbertArthur 03 December 2005

I'm sorry, Norbert, but I've got so much I'm doing on WP that I can't intervene directly. However I can tell you what you should do and that is to explain your concerns on the Talk Page of the reverter. For example if the reverter was Jayjg then go to User talk:Jayjg and explain why you think your edits are correct. The chat could also be done on the articles Discussion Page but Jayjg might not see it.

Incidentally, it would have been helpful if you had given me a Wikilinked reference. I suppose you are referring to Demographics of Canada (just put double square brackets around the link) but I don't see your name in the history of that article.

Just one more minor point. It's good to use 4 tildes not 3 at the end of your message, then I can see the exact time you wrote. Best Wishes, Adrian - Adrian Pingstone 08:59, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian!
You have no idea how glad I am of your support!!! You are very understanding and I truly appreciate your comments, they are exactly how I feel about photos. Text people just have no idea the difficulty of getting the photos ready, the trouble of going out of your way (and in this case the risk of taking my $3000+ cammera on school camp!)to take a photo. So thank you so much, and I certainly won't stop contributing to wiki, although I must admit I certainly toyed with the idea.
Nixie seems to have completely misrepresented my additon of the Tilba Tilba article. I created the article to house the images, because when someone decides to write a piece (something I'm not particularly skilled at) on the article they will want to use an image. And beside its better than nothing isn't it? A picture is worth a thousand words, especially to the layman.
I will respond to the comments on the Wikiproject page when I can be bothered (probably tommorrow), but right now I'll spend time doing something important, like uploading more photos to appreciative pages. Thanks again Adrian, --Fir0002 10:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for placing my photo back on the Platycerium article. - Shiftchange 21:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Bald.eagle.closeup.arp-sh.750pix.jpg is due to make a reappearance as Pic of the Day on the 12th. I've reused the same caption as last time, but you can make any changes at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 12, 2005. -- Solipsist 08:08, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Did you really work for A320, A330 and A340 Airbus? WAW, I find this amazing. What software did you use for design of the wings?-- Bonaparte talk 17:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I did work on wing design, at BAe Filton (near Bristol). I retired in 1993 and now spend most of my time on WP (view the actual red chair I’m sat on now here, and, if the excitement is not too much, then view me stood next to a giant leaf here). The design programs I used were written in-house and I'm not sure, even now, I'm allowed to tell you their names (in case it helps Mr Boeing) so I won't! I was very lucky with my job (Senior Aerodynamicist) because some of the design meetings were held in Toulouse (France) so I had to fly from Filton to Toulouse in BAe’s HS 125 business jet for a couple of days 36 times (and 6 times to Bremen, Germany for more meetings). As a result I love France! (and Germany, of course).

Oddly I never flew on the A320 while at BAe and only once on the A340. However the A340 flight was magic because it was a demo flight flown with a UK Civil Aviation Authority test pilot on the flight deck and he did lots of interesting manoeuvres (like stalls, high speed wing drops, 360 degrees turns and 3 touch-and-go’s at Toulouse) before we landed. I could reminisce for ever but perhaps this is not the place so thanks for writing, Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 20:28, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry I don't work for Boeing! In fact I belive that you worked in Catia (!?) [[5]] CATIA. I hope and I am convinced that we, europeans, are now leaders in this competition with Mr. Boeing. Romanian Henri Coanda had an essential contribution to aerodyanimcs if you think of Henri Coanda effect! Please, don't worry I like when you reminisce your memories because I have a lot to learn from you. Have you thaught of writing a book? You seem pretty talent. By the way, nice chair! -- Bonaparte talk 20:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I thought (wrongly) you were asking about software to design the wing's section, twist, camber, aspect ratio, thickness, chord and so on. That's what I worked on, I didn't have to use CATIA or whatever because I was not a draughtsman. But you are correct, all A340 drawings were made on computer screens and only then printed for distribution. Best - Adrian Pingstone 17:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your answer. I will ask you more about your experience. I like to learn new things. Thank you for letting me know.-- Bonaparte talk 18:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ! Regarding the photograph Image:Paris.louvre.pyramid.750pix.jpg, I fear that things are a little bit more complicated that one would think intuitively. You can take the photograph, of course, but in French law the pyramid is considered a work of art whose author's rights belongs to the architect. Mr Pei actually already successfully sued people for such reasons. See the debate at [6]. Similar things happened regarding the illumination of the Eiffel Tower.

This being said, stay assured that I deplore this particular law, and that I have a high appreciation for your contributions on Wikipedia. Rama 13:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid problems consider a reupload under a different name without pyramid. Replace old image in articles with new one then mark old image for deletion. Maybe avoid the 750x (or similar) in image names, sometimes led to confusion. --Denniss 18:55, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Denniss, for your ideas. The pic in the Louvre Museum gallery called Image:paris.louvre.pyramid.750pix.jpg has been replaced by Image:louvre.courtyard.paris.arp.jpg. The picture has been sharpened, deslanted, upped from 750pix wide to 1800 pix wide and put to Commons. Any mention of the pyramid has been removed from the Image Description Page and the article picture caption. I have retained my PD copyright notice but would not object to a change to some other copyright notice.

Should my rants under the old picture die when it is deleted or should the talk stuff be copied over to the new images IDP? I assume we don't want any mentions of the pyramid left around so I would like to see that stuff die with the picture. I have no idea of deletion procedures so can someone please do that for me?

I notice there is a stub called Louvre Pyramid so I've changed the pic name there as well.

Special thanks to Rama for tolerating my outbursts on this subject - Adrian Pingstone 20:42, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian My name is Helen and I work for Bosch in the UK. I would like to use your London.Eye.many.capsules picture. I would like to use it in a presentation about Bosch Rexroth, the company who produced all the drive hydraulics and suspension technology. The picture will be seen on a plasma screens in Heathrow airport. I have read the copyright blurb and it looks like there is no legal restriction on use. Since this is for use in a public arena, can you confirm that I can use this for Bosch, without being sued!! Cheers Love the picture. Helen

Hi Helen! The good news is that any pic of mine (and I've got about 1500 of them on Wikipedia) labelled as Public Domain (which is most of them) is yours to modify in any way whatsoever to suit your presentation. You can show them in public, publish them, etc etc. and there's no possibility of legal come back because by declaring them Public Domain I have relinquished all rights. Theoretically you didn't even need to ask me but I'm glad that you did. I am flattered you wish to use my pics so thanks again. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 16:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, Apologies for showing myself up and thanks for being so gracious about it! Thanks for the confirmation. Go to Terminal 1, Heathrow departures from Jan 10th onwards to see Rexroth presentation on plasma screens - featuring your image! Cheers Adrian. Regards, Helen.

Re: your edits of the article varve. Technically varves do fall within the 'calendar band of orbitally forced cyclicity'. I'm happy to leave it out because on reflection it doesn't add much worthwhile to the article at the moment. But it's not 'nonsense' and I'd be interested to hear why you think it is... NickW 11:00, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've also reinserted the term 'teleconnections'. Not sure why you've taken this one out twice now. If you'd like some references so you can check the literature just let me know. NickW 11:19, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Adrian: Hi! How are you? Long time no talk! Merry Christmas!

As you can see, I finally uploaded the Menudo cd photo I always wanted. This was very important, because, most people don't realize Menudo's most famous era was actually pre-Ricky Martin, it was when this CD, Quiero Ser, was released.

Anyways, I just wanted to say hi and Merry Christmas! God bless you!

Sincerely yours, your wiki-friend Antonio No Logic Martin

Hi Adrian - I understand that you uploaded this image. I regret to say I have just nominated it for deletion on ground that wikipedia is apparently not supposed to carry images restricted to non-commercial use. I now regret doing this as I have little understanding of the issues. I wasn't thinking. See: Wikipedia_talk:Image_use_policy/Noncommercial-use for some of the arguments. --Sf 14:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, I understand very little on the complexity of copyright either. So whether it's deleted or kept won't bother me. Just do as you think best and I'll be happy. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 15:09, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've noted my regret/reservations on the nominations for deletions page. I was simply doing a trawl of images checking for trashed licence information at the time. Have a nice christmas. --Sf 15:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding the gallery to Christian art mediums, it flows much better now. --sp00n17:talk 14:18, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I notice that you changed the link on the Sea Vixen article page from "De Havilland Aviation Ltd" to "de Havilland..." (i.e. small 'd'). I've changed it back as I'm not happy about anyone changing the name of a company of which I am an executive director and, therefore, know precisely how the company is titled.
If we choose to adopt a change of company title, now that we've taken over the company, then we will do so, and we will be the ones to notify any official changes of corporate name.
In the meantime, De Havilland Aviation Ltd is spelt with a capital 'D'.
Thank you.

There is absolutely no need to write so curtly. We have a happy community here at WP and your manner of writing is quite different to how anyone has written before (except for the weird person who wrote in all capitals further up this page). I worked for BAe for 36 years but had no connections with your De Havilland so I genuinely did not know "precisely how the company is titled". I thought it was de Havilland as of old (surely a very understandable mistake that many people must make!) How nice it would have been if your note had read like this - Adrian, I don't think you realised that the new DH company now uses a capital on the "de" part. I appreciate that you did not realise this in view of the old lack of capitalisation on the "de" but would very much appreciate it if you used the capital when writing about my company in the future, Thanks. See what I mean! - Adrian Pingstone 21:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also: reference Thanks/wangi 22:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's all very noble and all that, but on an equal footing, would it not have been equally polite to have emailed first asking the correct syntax before just going in an abitrarily removing a valid reference and external link? Anyone can easily go in and just remove or change an entry, but a reason for such, or an editing note to the original author would be just as politically correct. Having gone through a great deal of negotiation and trademarking of company names and marks, it likewise grates somewhat to have changes made without prior consultation with the company that operates the actual aircraft.

You are talking to the wrong person. I had absolutely nothing whatever to do with the removal of the De Havilland link and I agree with you that a note to you from Wangi explaining the intended removal would have been good. I'm glad to see the (entirely relevant) link is back. My only gripe with you was the tone of your message to me.

Incidentally, it would be good if you signed and dated your messages, just type four tildes (on my keyboard it's the wavy thing above the hash key). - Adrian Pingstone 15:29, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

--Romeo Bravo 01:21, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok Adrian I'm sorry for adding pics that aren't not mine. I promise that I will make a picture by myself of an Tarom A and I will add it. NorbertArthur 28 December 2005

Thanks for your apology, all is forgiven, Best Wishes, - Adrian Pingstone 20:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I thank you very much for accepting my apologies, Adrian! I have a question about a pic that I added at Tarom. That photo is made by yourself, so do I'm allowed to put there? If isn't right, please take it off.

Regards, NorbertArthur 28 December 2005

I'm pleased you used my pic off Commons (I assume you found it on Commons) because that is exactly what Commons is for (a source of pics for WP). You can add any pic off Commons without seeking permission of the uploader so next time you want to use a pic just go ahead and use it. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 20:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't me Adrian who put that pic there, I swear! Please believe me because I gave my password to a friend and that stupid is now writing on my username! I don't know what to do!

NorbertArthur 2 January 2005

Looking though this page I couldn't see a welcome message, so I thought I would give you one!

Welcome!

Hello Arpingstone, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  Ian¹³_ID:540053 21:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice message but a little out-of-date. I started with WP three years ago, in January 2003! - Adrian Pingstone 00:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, but I like to welcome all who haven't been welcomed, even if it is a little mad :) Ian¹³_ID:540053 20:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No offence intended, your message was very welcome. Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 08:58, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Arpingstone: Whats up? I need you to do me a favor, check out the above sent page and vote on it based on what you think.

Other than that, Happy New Year!!! God bless you!!

Sincerely yours, Your friend always, Antonio World Cup 2006 Martin

Dear Adrian, I wish you and your family a Happy New Year! I hope we'll continue to colaborate, please have my best regards, Bonaparte talk 20:01, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok Adrian you can delete the pic on Tarom page! I talked with that idiot that was writing on my username and he swore me that he never gonna put again pics there. That pic isn't even well piratated, because it is wrote that the photo was made in December 2005 and after it is said that tha aircraft is in storage. I thank you a lot for spending time for that pic and for caring of the illegal pics and I'm really, really sorry for giving my password to otherone and if you have time, please explain me what kind of images I'm allow to add! I wish you a Happy New Year and all best wishes! NorbertArthur 4 January 2006

Hey Adrian: Happy new year!

I just wanted to let you know I am i0n the 2006 elections for arbitrator. I hope to see your vote there!

Thanks and God bless you!!

Your friend, Antonio Southwest Airlines Martin

Thank you for your many excellent images! Regarding this: Image:Typhoon.t1.zj807.arp.jpg, I notice the rudders of both Typhoon's seem to be fully extended in one direction. Any idea if this is part of the taxying or parking procedure (if there is such a procedure), which also folds the canards? Mark83 23:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mark, there's a reply here - Adrian Pingstone 09:43, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adrian, I read your comment regarding the sloping of the image. It isn't something I thought to check but when you pointed it out it was so obvious! I've uploaded a straightened version.

Thanks for getting back to me regarding the query above. I've noticed more images of Typhoons with the rudders like that, it must be a procedure. I know what you mean about it being a nuisance photographically, when I first saw it I thought the RAF might be testing a different shade of paint on the rudder that was incredibly effective at camoflauging! Mark83 22:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please list it here: Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion or tag with {{copyvio}} and provide a link to source. --Denniss 04:31, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you received my email Adrian containing my sincere apologies. I want to attach a list of every single illegal image I've uploaded unaware of the serious damages to the site I have committed. I hope everybody can forgive me, but also help improve my now pictureless Libya pages. Please find images for these pages. Libya national football team Libyan Arab Airlines Libya Tripoli International Airport

The illegal images: File:Rice and Shalgam.jpg File:Libyan Desert Akakus.jpg File:Tripoli Libya.jpg File:Libyan People.jpg File:Libyan tuareg.jpg File:Libya Beach.jpg File:Jamahiriya Museum.jpg File:Tripoli Airport Landing Chart.jpg File:National Team 1975.jpg File:African Cup Of Nations 82.jpg File:Othman Omar al-Ferjani.jpg File:Libyan Arab A320.jpg File:King Abdulaziz International Airport.jpg

Please remove these completely from Wikipedia as I no longer want to be involved with them. If you did not receive my email please tell me so that I can rewrite it in this page. The email contains information on uploading images I would really like from you. My sincere apologies and thanking you again, Jaw101ie Jawad_picture.jpg