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<p align="justify"><big>I am now getting old and am finding I have less time and energy to expend on Wikipedia. So I am likely to check my watchlist rather less often. However, if anyone sends me a message on my talk page, I shall be sent an email notification.</big></p>
<p align="right"><b>LynwoodF</b><br>Sept 2020</p></blockquote>

<blockquote><center><big><b><u>Stepping back further</u></b></big></center>
<p align="justify"><big>As I grow older, I become less able to cope with the unreasonable people who try to force their particular prejudices on the rest of the Wikipedia community and I have backed off from some of the arguments going on here. However, if you are one of my long-standing contacts and wish to talk to me about something, feel free to get in touch.</big></p>
<p align="right"><b>LynwoodF</b><br>May 2022</p></blockquote>

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<p align="right"><b>LynwoodF</b><br>Jan 2017</p></blockquote>
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I am Frank Lynwood and I live in the [[Surbiton Park]]<ref>This is the subject of a project now more or less completed.</ref> area of Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom. My background is in Romance linguistics (French, Iberian), but I have long been interested in the juxtaposition of languages of different groups in areas such as Wales, Alsace, Istria and especially the Low Countries.
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[[File:Coat of Arms of the Dauphin of France.svg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|alt=Full coat of arms.|The arms of the French Dauphin. Image: Sodacan.]]

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This image has been added as a pretty space-filler! In 1349 Philip VI of France acquired the Dauphiné of Viennois from the bankrupt Humbert II, the last independent Dauphin. Philip awarded it to his grandson, who eventually became Charles V (not the Emperor, who lived in the 16th century). Thereafter the title was passed down to each new heir to the French throne until the Revolution. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.

==Linguistic map of Benelux==

[[File:Languages Benelux.PNG|thumb|alt=Linguistic map of Benelux.|This is a vastly improved version of the map (March 2013). There has been some good work done here. The thumbnail does not work too well, but click and then click again twice to see the three maps properly. This vertical arrangement leaves a huge blank space on the page.]]

I registered with Wikipedia specifically to comment on a map (click on [[:commons:File talk:Languages Benelux.PNG#Country boundaries|this link]] and see ''German in Liège Province''). By and large, this map is excellent and clearly shows something I have often pointed out, that the political frontier between the Netherlands and Belgium is not a significant linguistic frontier. Indeed, the four dialect groups of northern Belgium spill over the international border, even East Flemish, which only just makes it!

===Concerns===

My niggle with the map is that it does not deal adequately with the Eastern Cantons (Cantons de l'Est) of Liège Province, the area which passed to Belgium from Prussia after the First World War. It has three divisions, two of which regard themselves as German-speaking. More precise details are given in the comment.

=====Reservations=====
If the cartographer is reading this, I can tell you that the matter is not quite so cut and dried as I make it seem in the comment. I am relying on the traditional classification of dialects, whereas this is questioned in some quarters. Limburgish does not fit well into Dutch, Low German or Central German and some suggest it  should be regarded as a distinct language. Nevertheless, it forms a dialect continuum with adjacent varieties of Low German and Central German, including that of the Eupen area of Liège Province, so no doubt there are people who would agree with your classification.

==A curious anomaly==

*''This section has been dropped in here to fill some of the space created by the very long thumbnail on the right.''


[[File:Baarle-Nassau - Baarle-Hertog-en.svg|thumb|center|alt=complicated map|Map showing the numerous enclaves which constitute Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog. Public domain.]]


Just north of the frontier between Belgium and the Netherlands there is a complex cluster of enclaves constituting Baarle-Nassau (NL) and Baarle-Hertog (B). This anomaly arose from a failure to sort out the complex pattern of land ownership which existed before the creation of the two separate countries. Some of the land had belonged to the Dutch ruling house and some to the dukes of Brabant.

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==[[Surbiton Park]] project==

This project has now gone live. To see the article, click [[Surbiton Park|here]].



[[File:Heny Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Portrait of army officer|Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge and Marquess of Anglesey.]]

[[File:ArmitageBAFTAs2010.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|alt=Portrait of actor|Actor Richard Armitage. (Tony Haz Photography.)]]



I have always pictured the Earl of Uxbridge as looking like the actor [[Terence Alexander]], who played him in the film ''[[Waterloo (1970 film)|Waterloo]]'', but when I saw this portrait, it struck me that the ideal actor to cast would be [[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]]. Tell me what you think on the [[User talk:LynwoodF|Talk]] page.




[[File:Surbiton Park OS Map 1865-1.jpg|alt=Old street map|thumb|center|Detail of Ordnance Survey 25in. map 1865, showing Surbiton Park estate.]]

By the end of October, 2010 the article was more or less complete, but it contained some unsubstantiated statements and there was still work to be done on references. Moreover, there was a shortage of pictures of the surviving older buildings and it was felt that some new photographs needed to be taken. For these reasons the article was not transferred into the main body of Wikipedia.

The unusually wintry weather of late November and early December, 2010 prevented any photographic work, and so the project was put on hold.

On 16 May 2011 the article was deemed to be substantially complete and was transferred into the main body of Wikipedia.
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==[[Thomas Pooley]] project==

This section is here to indicate an intention to put something together on this historical personage. He was important in the development of Surbiton, but there is no Wikipedia article on him and the article on Surbiton does not highlight his rôle.

On 16 May 2011, the article was considered substantially complete and it was transferred into the main body of Wikipedia.
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==[[Caleys]] article==

The [[Caleys]] article is not entirely satisfactory to my mind. I intend to attempt to improve it, when I have time.

The links were created as part of an exercise and to give me quick access to the websites for reference.

[[File:Caleys Windsor 27 June 2006.jpg|alt=Street with department store.|thumb|left|Caleys store shortly before closure. Photo: Pamela Marson.]]

[http://www.windlesora.org.uk Windlesora].

[http://www.caleys.com Caley's]. 


The photograph was donated by the author and has been incorporated into the Wikipedia article.
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==Other edits==

I have also tried to improve the following:

*[[Surbiton]].

*[[Windsor Guildhall]].

*[[Strasbourg]].

*[[Langley, Berkshire]].

*[[John Pudney]].

*[[East Berkshire College]].

*[[Sint-Jans-Molenbeek]].

*[[Inset day]].

*[[Sir Henry Stafford]].

*[[Paul S. N. Russell-Gebbett]]

I have initiated the following:

*[[Djerv (band)]]. (Now deleted. See [[:no:Djerv (band)]] - it seems to have been a short-lived phenomenon.)

*[[Langley Hall Primary Academy]]

*[[Aagje Vanwalleghem]]

*[[Steve Webb (medical physicist)]]

*[[Marka (singer)]]

Articles I propose to start:

*[[/Leslie G. Matthews|Leslie G. Matthews]], British pharmaceutical historian.

*[[Ray Smedley]], British athlete. (Someone else has now done it.)

*[[Laura Kamdop]] - See also [[:fr:Laura Kamdop]]. (Someone else has now done it.)

*[[Sabine Devieilhe]] - See also [[:fr:Sabine Devieilhe]]. (Someone else has now done it.)

*[[Zakia Khattabi]] - See also [[:fr:Zakia Khattabi]]. (Someone else has now done it.)

*[[Marcelle Demougeot]], French singer. (Someone else has now done it. Also see [http://www.ipernity.com/doc/955739/41163640 this].)

*[[Jeanine De Bique]] - See also [[:fr:Jeanine De Bique]]. (Someone else has now done it.)

*[[Eleanor Barraclough|Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough]], British academic and broadcaster. (Someone else has now done it.)

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I have also set up the following page(s):

*[[User:LynwoodF/common.js]]

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==[[Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] articles==

I am puzzled by the use of the expression ''Hereditary Grand Duke'' to describe the heir to the Grand Duchy. I have come across it elsewhere, but dismissed it as sloppy translation. However, it is widely used on Wikipedia and I wondered whether the Luxembourg authorities use it when speaking or writing English.

The French expression is ''Grand-Duc héritier'', which I translate as ''Heir to the Grand Duchy''. ''Héritier'' is a noun meaning ''heir'' and qualifying the nominal expression ''Grand-Duc''. Such a usage does not occur in English, hence my somewhat roundabout translation. The related adjective is ''héréditaire''. It would be reasonable to describe the present incumbent (Henri) as a ''hereditary Grand Duke'', but one would not call Charles, Prince of Wales ''Hereditary King'', not for the time being at any rate! Incidentally, the German version of the title includes the prefix ''Erb-'', which I have also seen translated as ''hereditary'', though wrongly in my view.

* Further research has turned up an official document in English which uses the expression. This explains its widespread use, but it really does not make linguistic sense, does it? See [http://www.gouvernement.lu/dossiers/famille_grand_ducale/chregne/infobase/noteangl.pdf note about the Grand-Ducal family] and look down a little way.

* Another editor has commented on the use of ''Hereditary King'' in ''A Scandal in Bohemia''. I have checked the text and have no quarrel with the way Conan Doyle uses the expression. So I am still at odds with the Luxembourg usage. I looked in the Oxford English Dictionary at the local library, but found no example of this usage.

==A personal protest==
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I rather like sidebars, but a consensus has been reached to get rid of them. So I have preserved the syntax of a couple of them as a memento.

I discovered that '''Audrey Hepburn''' was under threat by sheer chance, when I was looking her up for whatever reason.
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And as a result I found that '''Katharine Hepburn''' was under threat too.

Personally, I found them useful and disagreed with the arguments against them. I felt the attack on the basic idea was mean-spirited and I cannot get inside the heads of the sort of people who were spending time considering their abolition.
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==Further information==

[[File:Stegosaurus BW.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Drawing of dinosaur.|''[[Stegosaurus]]''. (Pencil drawing by Nobu Tamura.)]]

I characterize myself as a grumpy old dinosaur, but I doubt whether my tail is as dangerous as that of my friend on the left! The past is another country and I am a native of that land.



If you wish to contact me, there is a ''User talk'' page. Please click on ''Talk'' above or use the link [[User talk:LynwoodF|here]].

I also have a personal wiki and you can click on a link to the home page [http://lynwoodf.wiki.zoho.com/Home-Page.html here].

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This was my first warning, although I did not intend to advertise anything. I have amended the section and transferred this notice here as a memento. At least, Wikipedia does keep an eye on what is being posted.

This paragraph is an exercise in referencing.<ref name=J47>Jones, p.47.</ref> Some surprising results can be achieved using this software.<ref name=J47/>

Here is a link to my personal [[/sandbox|'''sandbox''']].
The link below is to '''''your''''' sandbox, even if you do not have one! {{My sandbox}}<br><br><br>

'''[[{{CURRENTHOUR}}]]:[[{{CURRENTMINUTE}}]]:[[{{CURRENTSECOND}}]] GMT/UTC on [[{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}]], [[{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}]], [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]'''

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==References and notes==

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==External links==

Personal wiki:

:[http://lynwoodf.wiki.zoho.com/localhistory/Home-2.html Local History section.]

:[http://lynwoodf.wiki.zoho.com/penguins/Home.html Penguins (General) section.]

[http://tigerpuss.wikia.com/wiki/User:Tigerpuss Tigerpuss Wikia.]

[https://me-pedia.org/wiki/User:LynwoodF MEpedia page]

[[:commons:|Wikimedia Commons]].

[http://www.catalandictionary.org/en/search/ Catalan dictionary.]

[[/Romanian language resources|Romanian language links]].

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==Gallery==

This is an eclectic mix of pictures which appeal to me for one reason or another.
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|[[File:Uncia uncia.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Leopard full-face.|Snow Leopard or Ounce by Bernard Landgraf. I have only ever seen one of these on one occasion, many years ago at Jersey Zoo.]]

|[[File:Yasmina.Soren Larson.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Painting of sailing ship.|The brigantine ''Soren Larsen''. Painting by Yasmina. Photo by Georges Jansoone (JoJan). This was one of the stars of ''The Onedin Line''.]]


|[[File:Ailurus fulgens RoterPanda LesserPanda.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Cute animal.|Red Panda. Photo by User:Brunswyk. I first came across these delightful creatures at Amsterdam Zoo.]]
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|[[File:Strasbourg Cathedral.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Large church.|Strasbourg Cathedral by Jonathan Martz.]]

|[[File:Straßburger Kirche.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Façade of church.|St Paul's, Strasbourg by Lukas Riebling (Luke1ace).]]

|[[File:Elylantern.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Looking upwards inside church.|The Lantern of Ely Cathedral by User:Soloist.]]
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|[[File:Millais - Ophelia.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Reproduction of painting.|Millais painted the background for ''Ophelia'' on the bank of the [[Hogsmill River]].<ref>Barbara C. L. Webb: ''Millais and the Hogsmill River'' (1997), especially p.8ff.</ref> Tate Britain (Public domain).]]

|[[File:Stmichelfar.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Chapel on rock.|St Michel d'Aiguilhe. Photo: Nicolai Schäfer.]]

|[[File:Rhode Island State Capitol (north facade).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Grand public building.|Rhode Island State Capitol, Providence. Photo: Garrett A. Wollman.]]
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|[[File:St Phillips Cathedral -Birmingham -UK.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=West end of church.|St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham. Photo: G-Man (Public domain).]]

|[[File:Вортигерн (Гуртеирн, Гуортигерн).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Medieval painting.|[[Vortigern]], the British hero of the post-Roman period. Anon. 15c.]]

|[[File:Krakow rynek 01.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Aerial view of city.|Kraków with Cloth Hall. Photo: Pko.]]
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|[[File:BasKoek.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=West front of basilica.|The National Basilica at Koekelberg, Greater Brussels. Photo: Roby.]]

|[[File:Peugeot403cabriolet.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Open car.|Peugeot 403 cabriolet as driven by Peter Falk (1927-2011) in ''Columbo''. Public domain.]]

|[[File:EnghienLesBainsQuaiCasino.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Lake and Casino.|The Casino at Enghien-les-Bains. Photo: Mussklprozz.]]
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|[[File:4866 Didcot (1).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Steam locomotive.|GWR 0-4-2T locomotive. Photo: Tony Hisgett.]]

|[[File:UP Big Boy 4019.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Huge steam locomotive.|Union Pacific ''Big Boy''. (Public domain.)]]

|[[File:GWR 3031 Class replica 3041.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=19th century locomotive.|Replica of GWR 4-2-2 locomotive. Photo: David Ingham. Type 3031 is my favourite loco.]]
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|[[File:Musee-de-l-Oeuvre-Notre-Dame-Strasbourg-IMG 4019-2.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Statue of man holding apple.|The Tempter, Strasbourg Cathedral. Photo: Rama.]]

|[[File:Foot Ball, Kingston-upon-Thames, Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 24th, 1846.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Reproduction of old print.|Football game in Kingston upon Thames, Shrovetide, 1846. (Public Domain.)]]

|[[File:Grey Crowned Crane.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Colourful bird.|Grey Crowned Crane. Photo: Aaron Logan.]]

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|[[File:Chateau de Chantilly garden.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Grand building with garden.|The [[Château de Chantilly]], which contains the Musée Condé. Photo: Craig Patik (Public domain).]]

|[[File:Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry Janvier.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Illustrated manuscript.|Les [[Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry]]. Musée Condé, Chantilly. Photo: User:Petrusbarbygere (Public domain).]]

|[[File:Chantilly Ecuries 01.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Grand building.|The stables at Chantilly. When I first saw them, I thought they were the château! Photo: Patrik Giraud.]]

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|[[File:Mustela nivalis -British Wildlife Centre-4.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Small animal.|Least Weasel. Photo: Keven Law.]]

|[[File:Aagje Vanwalleghem.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Woman gynmast.|[[Aagje Vanwalleghem]], Belgian gymnast of Brazilian origin.<ref>See also [[:nl:Aagje Vanwalleghem|Dutch Wikipedia article]] and [[:pt:Aagje Vanwalleghem|Portuguese Wikipedia article.]]</ref> Photo: Frank Wagner.]]

|[[File:Roseate Spoonbill - Myakka River State Park.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Large pink bird.|Roseate Spoonbill. Photo: User:Mwanner.]]

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|[[File:Southwell minster1.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Large, mainly Romanesque church.|Southwell Minster, Notts. Photo: Steve Cadman.]]

|[[File:Jessica Ennis Yorkshire.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Athlete in action.|Jessica Ennis in action. Photo:  Adam Kerfoot-Roberts.]]

|[[File:Tintern Abbey and Courtyard.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Ruined church.|Tintern Abbey by Saffron Blaze.]]

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|[[File:Bern Kaefigturm.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Tower with arch.|The Käfigturm in Bern from the west. Photo:Wladyslaw (Taxiarchos228 at the German language Wikipedia). As a small child, I was taken to Bern and loved watching the trams pass through the arch.]]

|[[File:STIB-MIVB Tram 4018 at Heysel.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Tram at terminus.|One of the enormously long trams they have in Brussels. Photo: Oxyman. The Atomium can be seen on the right.]]

|[[File:First Tram on Kingston Bridge.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Trams crossing bridge.|The first tram to cross Kingston Bridge - 1 March 1906. (Public domain.) These trams with roofs were not typical of the trams used on routes through Kingston. Most pictures show open-topped vehicles.]]

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|[[File:LucemburskakatedralaNotreDame.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Cathedral above gorge.|Luxemburg Cathedral in its magnificent setting on a cliff above a gorge.Photo: Acoma.]]

|[[File:Lier Sint Gummarus.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Tower of church.|Saint Gummarus' Church in [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]], near Antwerp. Photo: User:Kneiphof. [[Philip I of Castile|Philip the Handsome of Burgundy]] married [[Joanna of Castile]] here, thus laying the foundation of Habsburg power in Spain.]]

|[[File:Asian Golden cat.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Wild feline.|[[Asian golden cat]] by Karen Stout.]]

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|[[File:Slough - Horlicks factory.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Factory building.|The Horlicks factory in Slough. Photo: Nigel Cox. I grew up in the Slough area, where this is something of a landmark, visible from passing trains.]]

|[[File:Maidenhead Railway Bridge and Guards Club Island (Nancy).JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Bridge over river.|Maidenhead railway bridge. Photo: Nancy.]]

[[File:Bamburgh Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1030813.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=View of castle.|Bamburgh Castle by Julian Dowse.]]

|[[File:Melbourne Town Hall 1910.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Old cityscape with public building.|Melbourne Town Hall in 1910. Public Domain.]]

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|[[File:Chateau-de-Vincennes-donjon.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Keep of castle.|[[Château de Vincennes]] by Edal Anton Lefterov. Here [[Jean de Carrouges]] petitioned Charles VI and [[Henry V of England]] died. Nearby [[Jacques Bonsergent (Paris Métro)|Jacques Bonsergent]] was executed.]]

|[[File:Westminster Abbey by Canaletto, 1749.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Painting of large church.|Westminster Abbey by Canaletto. Public domain.]]

|[[File:Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) - The Girl With The Pearl Earring (1665).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Painting of young girl.|The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. Public domain.]]
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|[[File:BrusselLocatie.png|thumb|upright|alt=Map of Brussels.|Map showing the City of Brussels within the Brussels Capital Region. The extraordinarily convoluted boundary of the city is clearly seen. Public domain.]]

|[[File:GWR Dean single 4-2-2 3050 Royal Sovereign (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Old locomotive.|[[GWR 3031 Class]] locomotive. Public domain.]]

[[File:GWR Dean single 2-2-2 3009 Flying Dutchman (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Old locomotive.|[[GWR 3001 Class]] locomotive. Public domain.]]

|[[File:Jean Christophe Novelli and Victoria Pendleton cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Woman track cyclist.|Victoria Pendleton, British track cyclist. Photo: Stuart Webster (mod. Baldboris99).]]

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|[[File:Besancon boucle Doubs.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Aerial view of city.|Besançon from the air, showing the old city's natural defences. Photo: JP TUPIN.]]

|[[File:Ailsa Craig from HMS Campbeltown - geograph.org.uk - 988485.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Mountain rising from sea.|Ailsa Craig, off the coast of Ayrshire, one of my earliest memories. Photo: Johnny Durnan.]]

|[[File:Charles the Bold 1460.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of nobleman.|Charles the Bold, last of the four great Valois Dukes of Burgundy. Portrait by Rogier van der Weyden.]]
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|[[File:White Stork RWD.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Large white bird.|White stork by Dick Daniels.]]

[[File:Constantinople 1453.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Illustration from manuscript.|The Siege of Constantinople. (Public domain - Bertrandon de la Broquière in ''Voyages d'Outremer''.)]]

|[[File:Barcelona - Castell dels Tres Dragons (2).JPG|thumb|upright|alt=View of castle.|Castell dels Tres Dragons in Barcelona. Photo: Selbymay.]]

[[File:Strasbourgriver.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Riverside townscape.|View in old Strasbourg by Southandnorth. The church is St Thomas and in 1960 I lived in the building on the right, known colloquially as "le Stift".]]

|[[File:Zeynep Sever.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Beauty queen.|Zeynep Sever, Miss Belgium 2009. There is a substantial Turkish community in Belgium. Photo: JJanssen.]]

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|[[File:Adlestrop railway station in 2008.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Stretch of railway line in countryside.|The site of [[Adlestrop]] station by Philip Halling. The station was immortalized by the poet [[Edward Thomas (poet)|Edward Thomas]], who briefly listened to "all the birds of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire".]]

|[[File:Sakura and Mt. Fuji 桜(さくら)と富士山(ふじさん).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Mountain covered in snow with cherry blossom.|Mount Fuji in the spring by Tanaka Juuyoh.]]

|[[File:P1080369 Paris VII-XV-XVI pont de Bir Hakeim rwk.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Double-deck bridge with Eiffel Tower.|The [[Pont de Bir-Hakeim]] by User:Mbzt. This gives one of the most spectacular "underground" rides I know - quite a lot of the Paris Metro is up in the air.]]

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|[[File:Mezquita de Córdoba desde el aire (Córdoba, España).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Aerial view of large building.|The Mosque at Córdoba by Toni Castillo Quero.]]

|[[File:Real Iglesia de San Antonio de Aranjuez.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Exterior of church.|Church of San Antonio in Aranjuez. Photo: Lymantria.]]

|[[File:Decapolis of Alsace.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Map of ancient Alsace.|The Alsatian Decapolis. Public domain.]]

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|[[File:Pair of Merops apiaster feeding.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Two colourful birds.|European bee-eaters feeding by Pierre Dalous. The picture was taken in the Ariège in southern France, where I lived back in the early sixties. It was voted Picture of the Year 2012.]]

|[[File:Autumn Red peaches.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Several peaches.|Red peaches. Public domain.]]

|[[File:MuchMusic Video Awards 2007 530.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of young woman.|Joss Stone by Robin Wong.]]
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|[[File:St Paul Birmingham.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Church in classical style.|St Paul's Church, Birmingham. Photo: Oosoom. [[Washington Irving]] attended this church when he lived in the city.]]

|[[File:Vampire t11 wz507 g-vtii cotswoldairshow 2010 arp.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=small jet aircraft.|Vampire fighter. Public domain.]]

|[[File:Hôtel communal de Schaerbeek (2) - 2264-0007-0.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Façade of public building.|The town hall at Schaerbeek in Greater Brussels, scene of a famous episode in the Belgian language controversy. Picture by Antoine Motte dit Falisse.]]

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|[[File:Portmeirion view of central plaza.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=View of village.|[[Portmeirion]], familiar to fans of ''[[The Prisoner]]''.Photo by Michael Maggs, Wikimedia Commons.]]

|[[File:Wikipedesketch.png|thumb|upright|alt=A cartoon centipede reads books and types on a laptop.|The Wikipede edits ''[[Myriapoda]]''. (Stevertigo at the English language Wikipedia.)]]

|[[File:Vicente López Portaña - el pintor Francisco de Goya.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of man.|The painter [[Francisco de Goya]] by [[Vicente López Portaña]]. (Public domain.)]]

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|[[File:Olinguito ZooKeys 324, solo.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Animal in tree.|[[Olinguito]] - a recently identified species. See Wikimedia Commons for full details.]]

|[[File:Battle of Britain (1941) (Art.IWM ART LD 1550).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Painting.|''Battle of Britain'' by [[Paul Nash (artist)|Paul Nash]] (1941). Now in public domain.]]

|[[File:Walking the Avenue of the Baobabs.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=People walking among baobabs.| Local people on the Avenue of the Baobabs, Morondava, Madagascar. Photo: Gavinevans.]]

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|[[File:Tuesday Weld circa 1960.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of young woman.|[[Tuesday Weld]], who was not born on a Tuesday – the name seems to have arisen from a childhood distortion of her real name, Susan Ker Weld.(Public domain.)]]

|[[File:Linguistic map of Italy.png|thumb|upright|alt=Linguistic map of Italy|This linguistic map of Italy by Susana Freixeiro is easier to use than the one in the article ''[[Languages of Italy]]''.]]

|[[File:Beira Ry BR7 (4-4-0) SAR Class NG6 b.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Narrow-gauge loco.|Beira Railway BR7 (4-4-0), SAR Class NG6 at Sandstone Estates, Ficksburg, Free State. Photo: Col André Kritzinger.]]

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|[[File:Ebro casa ciencias.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=View of river with bridge.|View from the [[:es:Casa de las Ciencias de Logroño|Casa de las Ciencias]] at [[Logroño]]. Photo: Reo1987.]]

|[[File:Europe continuum lang.gif|thumb|upright|alt=Map of Europe showing languages.|Map giving a rough idea of where there are dialect continua in Europe. It was removed from the article [[Dialect continuum]], but I am not sure that the removal was justified. Map: Mélomène.]]

|[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-G0313-0017-001, Ludmilla Beloussowa, Oleg Protopopow.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Pair skating.|The Protopopovs, [[Oleg Protopopov|Oleg]] and [[Ludmila Belousova|Ludmila]], one of the most elegant pairs in the history of figure skating. Photo: Thieme, Wolfgang.]]

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===Non-free images===

There are images which are available on Wikipedia but should be used only in specified circumstances. Here are indirect links to some very famous images:

* [[Charging Bull]] - bronze statue in New York.

* [[St Paul's Survives|St Paul's Cathedral in the Blitz]].

* [[Hallgrímskirkja]]

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[[File:Adansonia grandidieri04.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|center|alt=Large isolated tree.|Baobab - Madagascar. Photo: Bernard Gagnon.]]

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