User:Pigsonthewing

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My preferred pic for speaker biographies, etc. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, and you must mention that and credit the photographer, Lionel Allorge if you use it. (Large version, 1.21 MB; you may crop this to suit your needs)
An alternative picture, kindly placed in the public domain by Christoph Braun. No credit is required if you use this. (Large version, 14.87MB; you may crop this to suit your needs)
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I am Andy Mabbett. I live in Birmingham, England. I am Wikimedian in Residence with ORCID. You can find more about me on my primary user page on the English Wikipedia (which includes my declaration of interests); and my website: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

See where my images are used on Wikimedia projects (may be slow to load); some statistical data about my images is available; also here; as are recent changes to my images. I've started to categorise my images that are used elsewhere and I keep some bookmarks of external sites using my images. Organisations who have used them include:

I have alternative account, User:PigsOTWing, used in training sessions.

Attribution[edit]

If you use my images outside Wikimedia projects, I request a credit, thus:

Online
Picture by & © Andy Mabbett, CC by-sa 4.0
In print
Picture by & © Andy Mabbett (pigsonthewing.org.uk), under a CC by-sa 4.0 licence

with the former example linking to the relevant image page on Commons, my website, and the relevant licence, each with no rel="nofollow" attribute.

Please double-check the spelling of my name, and make sure you have substituted (and link to) the appropriate licence.

Failure to give attribution without prior agreement voids any CC-BY licence.

File names[edit]

I am adopting a file name format along the lines of:

  • Object - YYYY-MM-DD - Andy Mabbett - nn

where "nn" is an ordinal for series.

Web for all[edit]

I believe strongly in adherence to web standards, making web pages as accessible as possible, to everyone, and that it's important to communicate using the simplest language necessary, to convey ideas clearly.

Projects[edit]

I founded Wikipedia Project Microformats and have added microformats to Wikimedia Commons templates, and those on other Wikimedia projects.

I founded the Voice Intro Project (#WikiVIP), asking people who are the subject of a Wikipedia article to supply a short recording of their spoken voice.

I work with organisations to encourage them to open licence their media. Among my notable successes have been:

Some favourites from my own images[edit]

  • Deckchairs

    Deckchairs

  • Carl Chinn

    Carl Chinn

  • Chrysanthemum 'Enbee Wedding Golden' and 'Feeling Green'

    Chrysanthemum 'Enbee Wedding Golden' and 'Feeling Green'

  • Cannon Hill Park

    Cannon Hill Park

  • Nigel Mazlyn Jones

    Nigel Mazlyn Jones

  • Toby

    Toby

  • Lilium 'Blackout'

    Lilium 'Blackout'

  • Harlem Désir MEP

    Harlem Désir MEP

  • Papaver hybridum, Port de Pollença, Majorca

    Papaver hybridum, Port de Pollença, Majorca

  • Norfolk House, Birmingham

    Norfolk House, Birmingham

  • John Madin

    John Madin

  • Selection of cultivated Alliums

    Selection of cultivated Alliums

  • Robert Gillmor

    Robert Gillmor

  • Stephen Cox & Son - makers plate

    Stephen Cox & Son - makers plate

  • St. Giles Cripplegate

    St. Giles Cripplegate

  • Arabian Spiny Mouse

    Arabian Spiny Mouse

  • Kyriacos Triantaphyllides MEP

    Kyriacos Triantaphyllides MEP

  • Barbican

    Barbican

  • Boars Head by William Bloye

    Boars Head by William Bloye

  • Our Lady of Coventry

    Our Lady of Coventry

  • Ask the Experts

    Ask the Experts

  • Giorgos Koumoutsakos MEP

    Giorgos Koumoutsakos MEP

  • Barbican

    Barbican

  • Coventry Boy

    Coventry Boy

  • Jean-Louis Cottigny MEP

    Jean-Louis Cottigny MEP

  • Treak Cliff Cavern

    Treak Cliff Cavern

  • David Gilmour's slide guitar

    David Gilmour's slide guitar

  • Birmingham Dental Hospital Coat of Arms, by Bloye

    Birmingham Dental Hospital Coat of Arms, by Bloye

  • Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens

    Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens

  • Barbican

    Barbican

  • María Irigoyen Pérez MEP

    María Irigoyen Pérez MEP

  • Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie'

    Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie'

  • Institution of Civil Engineers

    Institution of Civil Engineers

  • Kate Bunce blue plaque unveiling

    Kate Bunce blue plaque unveiling

  • Mitro Repo MEP

    Mitro Repo MEP

  • Library of Birmingham

    Library of Birmingham

  • María Muñiz de Urquiza MEP

    María Muñiz de Urquiza MEP

  • Barbican

    Barbican

  • Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science

    Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science

  • Vanley Burke

    Vanley Burke

  • NCB Hamstead brick

    NCB Hamstead brick

  • Unidentified Narcissus cultivar

    Unidentified Narcissus cultivar

  • Malus 'Rudolph'

    Malus 'Rudolph'

  • Penguin bauble

    Penguin bauble

My favourites from media I've acquired[edit]

I often ask people or organisations to contribute images, or video, either individually, or in large batches. Some are artistic, some are historic, and some have news value.

  • King Kong Statue

    King Kong Statue

  • Bull Ring, Birmingham (by West Midlands Police Helicopter crew)

    Bull Ring, Birmingham (by West Midlands Police Helicopter crew)

  • Smethwick fire, 2013, caused by a "Chinese" lantern

    Smethwick fire, 2013, caused by a "Chinese" lantern

  • Perry Mill

    Perry Mill

  • Twitter Joke Trial - Paul Clarke

    Twitter Joke Trial - Paul Clarke

  • Palais du sans-soucis, Haiti

    Palais du sans-soucis, Haiti

  • Southern hawker ovipositing

    Southern hawker ovipositing

  • Vincent van Gogh - Sorrow (as a high-res Tiff); featured picture

    Vincent van Gogh - Sorrow (as a high-res Tiff); featured picture

  • Perry Barr Stadium poster

    Perry Barr Stadium poster

  • Binocular compound microscope, Carl Zeiss, 1914; featured picture

    Binocular compound microscope, Carl Zeiss, 1914; featured picture

  • Lantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Beam Steam Pumping Engine, circa 1910

    Lantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Beam Steam Pumping Engine, circa 1910

  • Hazelnut (male flower), overlay of 7 channel autofluorescence microscopy; featured picture

    Hazelnut (male flower), overlay of 7 channel autofluorescence microscopy; featured picture

  • King Kong statue in Leeds

    King Kong statue in Leeds

  • Rat primary cortical neuron culture, deconvolved z-stack overlay; featured picture

    Rat primary cortical neuron culture, deconvolved z-stack overlay; featured picture

  • Mouse Kidney; featured picture

    Mouse Kidney; featured picture

  • Tuberolachnus salignus

    Tuberolachnus salignus

  • Leekfrith Torcs

    Leekfrith Torcs

  • Police and media on Hagley Road, Birmingham

    Police and media on Hagley Road, Birmingham

  • Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 737-700 EZ-A007.jpg [1]

    Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 737-700 EZ-A007.jpg [1]

  • Calamity Jane

    Calamity Jane

  • Lynsey Sharp in Women's 800m

    Lynsey Sharp in Women's 800m

  • Boxford Roman mosaic

    Boxford Roman mosaic

  • dotted-line pen

  • Wyndham's Oak

    Wyndham's Oak

  • early to mid-19th century rosewood and brass inlaid tea caddy

    early to mid-19th century rosewood and brass inlaid tea caddy

  • Horse rescue

    Horse rescue

Bad deletions[edit]

not copyright violations, and were uploaded by the Etsy seller after I sent a request to do so via their Etsy store.

Professionals[edit]

Some professionals, who kindly donate some of their work under an open licence:

Useful[edit]

Structured data example
1920×1080 (9×5)
TGRT Testcard - 4×3

Sources[edit]

Future[edit]

Metadata[edit]

This user has uploaded 7831 images to Wikimedia Commons.
This user has uploaded 116 sounds to Wikimedia Commons.
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