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There is much work on signage colors, which is not addressed here. A new section, perhaps near the font section, is warranted. Marquess ( talk) 07:23, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
cbb —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.187.172.81 ( talk) 17:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Added a picture of a portuguese 17th century traffic sign to this section - ref. (in portuguese):
http://www.ansr.pt/Portals/0/Padrao%20de%201686%20final.pdf
Couldn't find any reference to a type of vehicle described, named sége or sege - here's a few 18th/19th cent. examples:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vyv4wYqI/AAAAAAAAAzI/1ST2QepliMw/s1600/seg1.jpg (A.P.D.G. - “Sketches of Portuguese Life, manners, costume and caracther”,
London printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria lane, 1826)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vyPf_ijI/AAAAAAAAAzA/8GiRNtIYT3Q/s1600/seg2.jpg (rev. William Morgan Kinsey (1788-1851)b - Portugal Illustrated Letters, London, 1829)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vx2YJJuI/AAAAAAAAAy4/Ckv87GpDfaI/s1600/seg3.jpg (later 18th cent., Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisboa)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vnqF8diI/AAAAAAAAAyw/IFJoncCdWu4/s1600/seg4.jpg (later 18th cent., Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisboa - four wheeled, later known as traquitana) — Preceding
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This article has too many images that are incongruous, wrongly positioned/sized and offer nothing to the understanding of traffic signs. For example, an Australian sign of a kangeroo? And? Most countries have animal images for the indigenous wildlife. Deer in Europe, Moose in North America etc. The same types of signs are just repeated again and again, and they have little to do with the text. IMO this article needs a top down hard core edit. 86.145.3.102 ( talk) 12:58, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
There is a general trend to add signs in some countries taken by more or less similar ones of other countries. This is worse in the Wiki Commons galleries. Most Greek signs are wrong taken mainly from the Swedish ones, the Thai warning ones resemble US signs and some Iranian ones resemble German signs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.202.33.33 ( talk) 20:32, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
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I was quite shocked to find that no signs in the form of Road surface marking are currently included in this article, is there a reason for this? I appreciate that not all markings on the road are signs i.e symbols that convey meaning, but many do and (in the UK at least) are backed by act of law. Mighty Antar ( talk) 19:44, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Because on Dutch wikipedia, there is a 'difference', namely ; 'traffic light' is a 'part' of 'traffic signs' -> https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkeersteken ... so it is a bit 'confusing' to correctly tag the wikidata from those ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henkevdb ( talk • contribs) 13:16, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Moved from my talk page -- ZH8000 ( talk)
Regarding this edit by you: Unlike other European countries, town entry signs do not prescribe 50 km/h in Switzerland. I've corrected it. Regards -- SelfishSeahorse ( talk) 18:09, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
I changed the Short description to "Signboard displaying information for road users". Possible alternatives to signboard are noticeboard, placard, or billboard but all three lack the precision of signboard ("A board displaying a name, image, or some other inscription, used to give information or directions, identify a business, etc."), a word that's been around since 1632. [1]
The Quebec government has posted the designs of its road signs at http://www.rsr.transports.gouv.qc.ca/Dispositifs/Accueil.aspx Some of the designs might be worth mentioning here. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 18:45, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
-•-Is there a ‘Cool shake’ warning?-•- Avery 917 ( talk) 23:40, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Is there a pedestrian memory sign? Avery 917 ( talk) 23:42, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
There are currently a number of photos in the gallery that, while they *do* show signs which *are* meant for drivers, they might potentially be unofficial signs; in any case, they're certainly intended as informal humorous advice rather than required information.
(a) Do they belong here at all? (b) If yes, do we really want more than one? TooManyFingers ( talk) 18:29, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
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There is much work on signage colors, which is not addressed here. A new section, perhaps near the font section, is warranted. Marquess ( talk) 07:23, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
cbb —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.187.172.81 ( talk) 17:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Added a picture of a portuguese 17th century traffic sign to this section - ref. (in portuguese):
http://www.ansr.pt/Portals/0/Padrao%20de%201686%20final.pdf
Couldn't find any reference to a type of vehicle described, named sége or sege - here's a few 18th/19th cent. examples:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vyv4wYqI/AAAAAAAAAzI/1ST2QepliMw/s1600/seg1.jpg (A.P.D.G. - “Sketches of Portuguese Life, manners, costume and caracther”,
London printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria lane, 1826)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vyPf_ijI/AAAAAAAAAzA/8GiRNtIYT3Q/s1600/seg2.jpg (rev. William Morgan Kinsey (1788-1851)b - Portugal Illustrated Letters, London, 1829)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vx2YJJuI/AAAAAAAAAy4/Ckv87GpDfaI/s1600/seg3.jpg (later 18th cent., Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisboa)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FkKgTDI7ngU/S92vnqF8diI/AAAAAAAAAyw/IFJoncCdWu4/s1600/seg4.jpg (later 18th cent., Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisboa - four wheeled, later known as traquitana) — Preceding
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This article has too many images that are incongruous, wrongly positioned/sized and offer nothing to the understanding of traffic signs. For example, an Australian sign of a kangeroo? And? Most countries have animal images for the indigenous wildlife. Deer in Europe, Moose in North America etc. The same types of signs are just repeated again and again, and they have little to do with the text. IMO this article needs a top down hard core edit. 86.145.3.102 ( talk) 12:58, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
There is a general trend to add signs in some countries taken by more or less similar ones of other countries. This is worse in the Wiki Commons galleries. Most Greek signs are wrong taken mainly from the Swedish ones, the Thai warning ones resemble US signs and some Iranian ones resemble German signs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.202.33.33 ( talk) 20:32, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
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I was quite shocked to find that no signs in the form of Road surface marking are currently included in this article, is there a reason for this? I appreciate that not all markings on the road are signs i.e symbols that convey meaning, but many do and (in the UK at least) are backed by act of law. Mighty Antar ( talk) 19:44, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Because on Dutch wikipedia, there is a 'difference', namely ; 'traffic light' is a 'part' of 'traffic signs' -> https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkeersteken ... so it is a bit 'confusing' to correctly tag the wikidata from those ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henkevdb ( talk • contribs) 13:16, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Moved from my talk page -- ZH8000 ( talk)
Regarding this edit by you: Unlike other European countries, town entry signs do not prescribe 50 km/h in Switzerland. I've corrected it. Regards -- SelfishSeahorse ( talk) 18:09, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
I changed the Short description to "Signboard displaying information for road users". Possible alternatives to signboard are noticeboard, placard, or billboard but all three lack the precision of signboard ("A board displaying a name, image, or some other inscription, used to give information or directions, identify a business, etc."), a word that's been around since 1632. [1]
The Quebec government has posted the designs of its road signs at http://www.rsr.transports.gouv.qc.ca/Dispositifs/Accueil.aspx Some of the designs might be worth mentioning here. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 18:45, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
-•-Is there a ‘Cool shake’ warning?-•- Avery 917 ( talk) 23:40, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Is there a pedestrian memory sign? Avery 917 ( talk) 23:42, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
There are currently a number of photos in the gallery that, while they *do* show signs which *are* meant for drivers, they might potentially be unofficial signs; in any case, they're certainly intended as informal humorous advice rather than required information.
(a) Do they belong here at all? (b) If yes, do we really want more than one? TooManyFingers ( talk) 18:29, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
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