User talk:Adam37

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@Oxyman: . You are right the image File:'Balloon' car at Bispham - geograph.org.uk - 1439065.jpg is a black and white photo of England my point (which I hope was self-evident on a considered analysis of the whole category) is the category does not tend to be preferred by most editors; it is small relative to what it should contain if it were an 'ideal category'. It tends to limit itself to those where a narrower location is unknown. It also rarely include others which are in another broad category 'black and white photographs of...'. In any event, I'll backtrack on these minor complaints to accommodate your preference, but the location is clear and the idea that all such images go into black and white photographs of England has clearly not been the thinking of most other uploaders.

England like almost every European country I know of neatly breaks down into divisions. In this case towns, cities, civil parishes (or counties where a broad view is shot). But hey ho I could be wrong as B&W is not my strength! There are no laws on categorisation like that. The question on black and white is so minor and I suppose relatively rare as to not bother me. I would posit theoretically that a broader category still such as images from the 19xxs for each part of England (as is used) would be of most interest and lead to a more navigable number of gallery items. Once again these really are theoretical points so keep categorising by all means :-) Adam37 (talk) 18:37, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

This may sound ingratiating or vindictive but I've added it to category: 1974 in Lancashire as it's perfect for there if you see what I mean. Plus your little category is in small print so hidden anyway. Adam37 (talk) 18:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi, just noticed this, guess the attempt to "ping" me didn't work, I'm not sure how to use that feature either. Not sure I understand your reasoning about what should or should not be included in the "Black and white photographs of England" category but it does sound somewhat subjective, something Commons usually tries to avoid, yes the image would be better placed in a category called "Black and white photographs of Lancashire" but as far as I am aware at this moment no one has created such a category so logically I thought It would go in the England category until the county subcategory is created. As for 1974 in Lancashire being added I approve of this, indeed I have been re-editing many images to add similar date categories, I can't see a direct link between date and black and white categories though. Oxyman (talk) 21:45, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Deletion requests

Hi, back to what originally brought me over here in the first place before I got sidetracked by the above issue. You may wish to read COM:D for guidance on when it is appropriate to request deletion as recently you have filed a string of nonsense requests, these just waste everyone's time and energy. Please put greater thought into what value an image might have before you file a DR Oxyman (talk) 14:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

OK. All are a bit borderline and if you wish to interpret deletion criteria narrowly then I would have to agree, would I not. I feel I offended you with little category, by which I was referring to the hidden nature of it, it's good in principle but just trying to drill down.Adam37 (talk) 15:11, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

File:OxfordWestGraph.png requires updating

Hi Adam37,
Thank you for your contributions to Commons. I noticed File:OxfordWestGraph.png is out of date. Could you update it? Thanks again. Kaihsu Tai (talk) 16:59, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

DoneAdam37 (talk)

Thanks! By the way, an SVG file is preferable for this sort of image than PNG. – Kaihsu Tai (talk) 14:35, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Bishop Wand emblem.png

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Glorious 93 (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Category:Other_distributaries_of_the_Colne_into_the_Thames

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Estopedist1 (talk) 08:27, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Harrow Way map

Ten years ago you created Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Locations with Old Way.png - it looks as if it was derived from a vector map, and I always prefer vector, SVG, version. I cannot though see an SVG map of the British Isles in that much detail, with every little river traced. Have you come across one?

Thanks. Hogweard (talk) 12:48, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Geograph images with {{Self}}

In 2021, you uploaded these three files:

• File:Wembley Hill Road (geograph 2952455).jpg
• File:The Green Man, Wembley Hill (geograph 2952514).jpg
• File:Houses and flats on Wembley Hill Road (geograph 5121421).jpg

You marked each of them {{Self|cc-by-sa-all}}, which says that you own the copyright and released them under a variety of CC BY-SA licences. This seems a little unlikely since two of them were submitted to Geograph Britain and Ireland by Stanley Howe and one by Christopher Hilton. Are you actually either or both of those people? If not I'd be inclined to remove the {{Self}} templates from those files. --bjh21 (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

I've removed the {{Self}} tags from each of those files. --bjh21 (talk) 14:06, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

And the reply with humorous, wholly fake pomp is "perspicaciously". Evidently - sometimes geograph 2 commons gets a little mixed, all good between reasonable sleuths.19:36, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Ships built by the River Thames

Hi Adam, Forgive me, you created "Ships built on the River Thames" which was correct, and then moved it to "Category:Ships built on the River Thames". How so? The convention is "on".

As it happens, the work around it, is "Category:Ships built in London" which is the long established way of doing it, below that is "Ships built at Woolwich Dockyard‎" etc. Regards. Broichmore (talk) 13:18, 22 February 2023 (UTC)