AlanFord

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Daniel Smith 00:59, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Your photos

Pls, upload your photo (EsztergomCatholicMuseum.jpg) to Wikimedia Commons. I want to use it. Thx, Szepattila 08:17, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Request about using Commons

Dear Alan,

I was very glad to find your great pictures of Hungary. May I kindly ask you to upload your pictures to Wikimedia Commons? For example, I saved this picture of yours and uploaded it (there).

If you use Commons, it enables users of other Wikipedias to access your pictures, while they will be equally available from the English Wikipedia just like now. Besides, you could spare other users about ten minutes' extra work for each image.

Thank you if you watch out for the destination of your uploads in the future. It takes you no more time than before.

Adam78 00:55, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Portsmouth-Gunwharf-Shops.jpg

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Barnstar - feel free to put it where you wish

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		I hereby award this Photographer's Barnstar to Alan Ford for his many pictoral contributions Benjaminstewart05 14:58, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Netley images

Thanks for your photographs of Netley. I've used the railway station image on Netley railway station, but I noticed it's already in use on Netley. Do you think another image (maybe of the village itself) would be more suitable? Hertzsprung 23:00, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service

Thought you might want to know about this, it has the same goals as Wikipedia:WikiProject Photography, but is better organized. --Gphoto^talk 19:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Districts Map

Hi Alan. I put the map together before many of the district articles existed, based mainly on the list that was in the Southampton article at the time. Essentially, there is no firm definition. As a rule of thumb I tried to keep to "macro" districts (such as Shirley) rather than going too "micro" (such as Upper Shirley, Lower Shirley, Shirley Warren, etc.). Cheers, Waggers 14:29, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in ...

I saw your name at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. I revised the pages at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in England. Please consider adding your name to the top of the page at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Hampshire and to any of the other subpages for Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in England. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 01:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Nauener Tor

Hi Alan, thought you might like to see this article I wrote. Edward (talk) 15:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:WokingStation.jpg

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Image source problem with Image:Woking-TownSquare.jpg

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Thank You for the Wikipedia Picture

Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StPeterPortSouth.jpg). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

http://www.freeenglishsite.com/

I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

2. USA section - contains information and images of every USA state and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/usa/index.htm

3. English section - "Mel and Wes" lessons in conversation format. Stories are located in various USA states and world countries such as China, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Thailand. Each lesson has many slang terms and idioms, which I link to my Slang Dictionary. This eventually will have over 5,000 terms. Currently, it has about 3,000 slang and idioms. I regularly add new lessons and slang terms. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/lessons/index.htm Slang Dictionary link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/slang/Eslang_a.htm

Prior to retirement, I taught English at several private and public universities in the United States.

Please share this free site with your friends. I hope all will enjoy the pictures and find the English information useful. Sincerely,  Duane Hurst in Utah, USA

Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --71.219.46.200 (talk) 18:17, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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Tyrrell's Poniatowski gems

Hi @AlanFord. Thanks for adding some to Poniatowski gems. I notice you removed the note that Tyrrell paid £65,000. Was that unintentional or did you have a reason for taking the price out? –jacobolus (t) 20:57, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

It was deliberate, that number cannot be right. The gems in the auction were typically sold for £1-£4 each, so there's no way he would have paid £60 per gem (£5000 in today's money) for the unsold ones! The number £65,000 does appear in the "Remarks..." pamphlet as an valuation Ogle had allegedly brokered, but Tyrrell turned down. AlanFord (talk) 21:03, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks. I wonder what the actual number was then. –jacobolus (t) 21:10, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

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