User talk:Mvuijlst/Archives/2009/February

Captured gun
Hi. I see you removed an image I restored and added to the QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV article. I don't quite see why. If it's the caption you take issue with: I took it from the original image. If it's the presence of a Pickelhaube: I don't see one. The soldier in the background has a regular Stahlhelm. Did I mistakingly identify the gun? I couldn't find a better image of a WWI era QF. -- confused, Mvuijlst (talk) 13:42, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I was a bit too hasty in removing the photo, sorry, I agree it's a good view of the breech end of a QF 4.7, and that the soldier is wearing a helmet, not a Pickelhaube. But it can't be at Ypres as the Germans didn't capture Ypres. Perhaps it should go back as "Germans displaying captured 4.7 inch gun"... the writing on the buildings looks Dutch, so it could be somewhere in the German-occupied zone of Belgium. Regards. Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 03:05, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello again, I've uploaded it to Commons as File:Captured QF 4.7 inch gun WWI LOC ggbain 19654.jpg. regards, Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 03:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Um, you were a bit too hasty in uploading the image to the Commons. I uploaded the restored original (File:Captured QF 4.7 inch gun WWI LOC ggbain 19654 HR.jpg), changed the link in the article and modified the descriptions at the commons to include restoration info and links to alternate versions. -- Mvuijlst (talk) 10:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)