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Can you add a link on the image's page to where you found the image on commons? If the source can't be verified we'll need to delete the picture. J.smith (talk) 21:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I found the original image at Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2190862962/ I've added this information to the image page. Sorry for the oversight.--agr (talk) 02:33, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, ArnoldReinhold!
Tip: Add categories to your files
Tip: Add categories to your files

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

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BotMultichillT 07:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've categorized them all.--agr (talk) 18:08, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File source is not properly indicated: File:Snake.usuhs.jpg

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High Contrast (talk) 13:58, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The source is given on the file page. The link is no longer live, but it is archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20050111225821/http://www.usuhs.mil/uao/.

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GD-1B !!! No GD-18 !!!

Quite right. I'll change the file description at least.--agr (talk) 17:57, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Added license. Should be ok now. --agr (talk) 21:52, 18 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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http://archivalia.tumblr.com/post/24613509837/http-commons-wikimedia-org-wiki-file-sliderule-pi and Village Pump here. Greetings --Historiograf (talk) 16:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. In case the above link dies, Springerimages has my photo of a student slide rule File:Sliderule.PickettN902T.agr.jpg in their catalog with a claim that they own the copyright. It's easy to find the offending page on springerimages.com -- just search for "slide rule". The page has a link for reporting copyright concerns, which I used. --agr (talk) 20:22, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CapeFLYER

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For the time being, I'm treating the CapeFLYER as a named train running over various trackage (in the manner of Amtrak trains) rather than a line-specific service (in the manner of the various MBTA Commuter Rail lines). It's a subtle distinction, and honestly a matter of opinion, but it seems rather more similar in nature to the former. If you've got a solid reason to the contrary, then you can probably shalk this up to my head being addled from photographing out in the sun. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:20, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand what you are saying, but the CapeFLYER is also activating a new line and stations for scheduled passenger service. I think adding the two new stations (Hyannis and Buzzards Bay) and the bridge to this category helps our users and, since all three are categories, doesn't add much clutter. Since next weekend is the grand opening, there may well be people looking for photography they can use and having it all in one place seems useful. I'm ok with leaving out Middleboro/Lakeville.--agr (talk) 18:34, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I hit on something while grabbing pictures of Shore Line East - also an overlay service - last night. Separating everything into Category:CapeFLYER stations and Category:CapeFLYER trains works very well with SLE. I believe that should address your concerns about finding useful photography, while keeping everything well-organized. At this point I'll put M'boro and Braintree in the former category, but not the Friday-only stops unless someone gets pictures of the train from them. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Seems reasonable. --agr (talk) 02:03, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement

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Picture of the Year 2013 Results

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The 2013 Picture of the Year. View all results »

Dear ArnoldReinhold,

The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

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  3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

Click here to view the top images »

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I moved your new page to be in Commons space. Commons galleries -- pages without a prefix -- are reserved for galleries of images.

Since it was largely taken from my comments, I'll also probably edit it a little. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:59, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, feel free.--agr (talk) 21:43, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category:City Halls in Massachusetts

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FYI: In the future, if you accidentally create a category that already exists in a slightly different form, you can either use the {{Category redirect}} template to redirect your category to the proper one, or use {{Bad name}} to delete your category complete. - Themightyquill (talk) 17:52, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know. FWIW I followed the handy "Nominate category for discussion" link on the left, as I was instructed to do at Help:Nominate for deletion. It might be good to suggest the options you mention where someone following the steps I took might see them.--agr (talk) 18:19, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mis-identified photo you added to Commons

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Hi Arnold, various people have commented to the EEFC email listserv recently that a photo you added to Commons titled "Dick_Crum_at_Pinewoods_2003.agr.jpg" (and also to Dick Crum's page on Wikipedia) is actually a photo of Yves Moreau. I have a photo of Dick that I think would be good to use there, sent to me by Bob Leibman, but I'm trying to find out who took it before uploading it (its history is completely obscure so far). Would you please remove the photo of Yves, meanwhile? Thanks-- And yes, you do know me from FAC! Martha (talk) 05:49, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Martha. Yikes! I've removed the incorrect image from Dick Crum's article and requested the image itself be renamed properly. Please convey my apologies to the list. A correct photo would be great, of course. Also do you have more material on folk dance that might be suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia? It would have to be backed up by news articles or book citations to be used.--agr (talk) 22:14, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2017 is open!

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Dear ArnoldReinhold,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2017 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the twelfth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2017) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

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Round 2 will end on 22 July 2018, 23:59 UTC.

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Old MBTA images

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I'm really enjoying the old MBTA images you're adding to Commons! That era is very under-represented on Commons, so your photos are incredibly valuable. You may wish to remove geocoordinates when you upload them, though - they're geocoded to a residential area of Arlington, rather than their actual locations. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:15, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I have a lot more. I took a bunch during the construction of the Red Line extension to Alewife, for example. I have been photographing prints with my iPhone. If you have a better suggestion, let me know. Good point on the geocoordinates. The uploading is a bit tedious, but that is one more step I should remember. Since I know were most of the ones I uploaded recently were taken, I should probably just fix the locations.--agr (talk) 15:40, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, excellent! I look forward to seeing them. The quality of the iPhone scans seems to be just fine. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend this tool for geocoding. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:17, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I see you've categorized File:B&M 1223 on 685.agr.jpg and File:MBTA 1150 from 685.agr.jpg as being in the North Station yards. Are you sure that's the case? I don't seen the I-93 viaduct nor any signs of the Boston skyline, and that background office building doesn't seem to match anything in the area. My thought was that this is the Fitchburg Line just west of Alewife Brook Parkway - that would match the office building, the old freight house, and the decrepit Watertown Branch track in the foreground. But you're the one who was actually there taking the pictures and presumably know far better than I. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:04, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch. You are exactly right. I'm pretty sure the white office building is 125 Cambridgepark Drive, based on Google Earth 3D. Of course there are many more buildings in the way now. I've changed the category back to Rail yards in Massachusetts and added an estimate of camera position to both. I wonder if the two decrepit B&M box cars in the 1150 image are the same pair parked next to Iggy's on Fawcett St?--agr (talk) 02:59, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh cool - I did not know about those! Very well could be. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:02, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think File:Harvard Square station from escalator 189.agr.jpg is of Harvard - the crossbeams, escalators, and signage all look very different from Harvard. It looks to me like perhaps another rapid transit system - the architecture reminds me a bit of MARTA or Baltimore. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:48, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pi.1415926535: You're right. It's not Harvard Station. I still think it's on the MBTA because the third rail is uncovered and people are wearing winter coats. Maybe Alewife?? I haven't been on MARTA and have only used the BWI trolley connection. I've taken the photo out of the Harvard and MBTA categories.--agr (talk) 13:14, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's definitely Lexington Market station in Baltimore. The artwork is a dead match, and I can faintly make out the station name on the signs. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:03, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, good work! I'd only been on that system once or twice, but clearly it's the same station. You're right about the name on the sign too. I've put in a rename request for the file.--agr (talk) 02:00, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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A1Cafel (talk) 02:53, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Josephson junction volt standard

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Hello, Arnold. I see you uploaded https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NISTvoltChip.jpg back in 2005.

Would you happen to have any provenance that might date that photograph? The w:National Bureau of Standards name changed to w:NIST in 1988; so we might infer the device is older than 1988; but I don't know.

If you have any ideas on how to obtain date provenance, I would be grateful. N2e (talk) 17:23, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

N2e The photo comes from this link: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/sp958-lide/315-318.pdf which is a survey article about this type of device. The article says:
"Stable 1 V zero-crossing arrays were operating at NBS [1] and PTB [20] by 1985, using about 1500 junctions and rf fields of 70 GHz to 90 GHz. Arrays with output voltages at the level of 1 V soon were used in NMIs throughout the world [21]. By 1989, NIST had made a 19 000 junction, 12 V array [2]."
The device in File:NISTvoltChip.jpg has 3020 junctions, according to the caption. This suggests it was made between 1985 and 1989. You might check the references or contact the authors for a more specific date. Hope this helps. I'll update the link in the File page.--agr (talk) 22:34, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. That is very helpful! And thanks for figuring out how to fix the link to the paper; I had tried that yesterday and found it broken,
Interestingly (to me), I built one part of early primitive mechanical Josephson Junctions at NBS in Boulder in 1973, working as (what we would call today) an intern in the Cryogenics Division, during my first summer after high school, when I was to start university in Engineering in the fall. Used very thin Niobium wire, turned threads (yes! very tiny) onto them. Then, with the work under vacuum, I finished the end to a point that I would subsequently sputter coat with more Niobium. As I was told by the physicists I was building them for, they were then able to use these special Niobium wires in a device--immersed in a liquid Helium cryostat--to carefully turn until (by measurement) they could detect that contact of a single atom had been made with the surface of the contact that they were turning them toward: a en:Josephson junction! As I understood that process of mechanically turning until contact, they would have to make a number of tries to obtain a single success, one that experimentally was a successful single-point Josephson junction. Oh how I wish we had a photograph of those earlier primitive Josephson junctions being used in magnetometer research in 1973. N2e (talk) 11:56, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Great early experience story! Glad to be of help.--agr (talk) 20:21, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please, add categories to any new category that you create.

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See here: Category:Classified information cover sheets. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 16:03, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done—agr (talk) 04:18, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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