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July 13

Photo of Carlisle Best

Can anyone find a photo of Mr Best, in cricketing mode, radio presenting mode, or any other mode you'd care to mention, but with a licence that means we can use the image to adorn his rapidly-improving Wikipedia biography? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:22, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

The people over at Commons specialize in this sort of thing. They might be better at finding a photo than we are. --Antiquary (talk) 14:02, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Great idea, thanks --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:38, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Hmm, I went a long way back in the page history and can't see requests being fulfilled. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:40, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

True. I only used it once, years ago, and they found a photo for me in short order, so I got the impression it was a useful resource. Seems not. --Antiquary (talk) 15:32, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

ping pong ball

what is the diameter of a ping pong ball? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.21.196.70 (talk) 16:17, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

not giving references or helping

If you type the exact question you asked in Google, it tells you. --Jayron32 16:18, 13 July 2017 (UTC) Please don'tWP:BITE. You don't have to answer but you shouldn't be rude. In the time it took you to type that, you could have been helpful. SemanticMantis (talk) 16:45, 13 July 2017 (UTC) Had the OP bothered to look in the search box for "ping pong" he wouldn't even have had to ask. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:15, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

See Table_tennis#Ball, which says 40 millimetres (1.57 in). SemanticMantis (talk) 16:45, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

The article also notes that 38mm was the standard prior to 2000. — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:8107:D67B:9411:7E56 (talk) 21:48, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Actually 1.5 inches, or 38mm to the nearest whole mm. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:24, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Our article doesn't seem to say that. And the sources used to supproit the 1.5 inch ball are no longer working. So what's your source ? Nil Einne (talk) 13:32, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

beaches

How many named beaches are in the hampton roads area please?Takodas (talk) 18:12, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Hampton Roads covers a lot of ground, so to speak. Googling the general subject, this is a random example that came up.[1] If there's not a comprehensive list out there somewhere, you could get into Google Maps, zoom in at one end or the other, and patrol along, counting the names. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:19, 13 July 2017 (UTC)