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Hey! I've made this table. Feel free to use it if it's necessary. __earth 15:40, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
State/Organization | Character |
---|---|
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur | W |
Federal Territory of Labuan | L |
Federal Territory of Putrajaya | PUTRAJAYA |
Johor | J |
Kedah | K |
Kelantan | D |
Melaka | M |
Military | Z |
Negeri Sembilan | N |
Pahang | C |
Kelantan | D |
Penang | P |
Perak | A |
Perlis | R |
Sabah | S |
Sarawak | Q |
Selangor | B |
Terengganu | T |
Why ask? Add it in! And I must thank everybody who played a part in improving the article. As you can see, my father, not me, drives a Malaysian car so I have some ideas. As a teen, my knowledge is inferior to those of Malaysian adults. Mr Tan 14:21, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The title is misleading. Motocycles use the same number platings too. Wouldn't it be better suited if we rename it to Malaysian vehicle number plates? -- Two hundred percent 16:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
I have to admit, that was pretty resourceful work. Nice one. But at least one photo is still needed. - Two hundred percent 06:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Anyone knows of e-plate to be launched by the government? I read in newspaper last January/February that all new cars for year 2007 are required to use the new e-plate and gradually over a certain period of time all cars in Malaysia will be required to use it.
It's claimed that the e-plate will capitalize RFID technology with reading distance of 100 metres (i doubt bout this claim).
Further, 200 cameras will be installed along major highways (just like in Singapore) to complement the e-plate.
If i'm not mistaken, e-plate will bu use as speed detection, vehicle theft detection and traffic violation.
Can anyone confirm this? It would be interesting if we can add the material in this site. Thank you. -- Suryasuharman 01:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The recent edited page at East Malaysia section goes as followed:
"In Sabah this serial letter follows the serial number ("SA 1234 A", followed by "SAA 1234 A" in 2000 after the complete use of postfix letter "X" in the year 1999), and in Sarawak it follows the regional code ("QKA 1234")."
Does that mean the rest of the districts in sabah will also apply the same one as KK in the future? Like sandakan that would be "SDA 1234 A" or Kudat would be "SKA 1234 A"? I haven't heard any news from the state government that it will be follow this way? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xmlv ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC).
I found the following under the Peninsular Malaysia section:
"The algorithm started with a state prefix and a number sequence which ranged from 1 to 9999. For example, W 1 was the first registration plate of Kuala Lumpur in 1974."
Kindly be informed that the prefix "W" was first issued in Province Wellesley (now known as Seberang Prai) during the colonial era. When Kuala Lumpur was ceded and made a Federal Territory in 1974, the first registration plate issued was "WA 1”, as "W 1” had already been issued in Province Wellesley in the past. The registration plate "WA 1” is still in use today - it's the registration plate of the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur's official car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiantong ( talk • contribs) 04:14, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
Heya all, I have recently seen plate number F on superbikes in Kuala Lumpur. I've seen FA, FF and FS plate numbers. There's no additional info available. Anyone knows anything? Cheers! - Quastar Vaan ( talk) 09:03, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
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All information in the second paragraph of the above mentioned section appeared wrong. Firstly, the alphabet "Z" is never used for civilian vehicles. Hence, the last alphabet in a series is "Y" before it jumps to the next series. Say, the WAx series - it starts with WAA and runs to WAY before it moves to WBA. Next, there is no differentiation between motorcycle registration and other vehicles. Hence, the assertion about 5 digit registration plate for motorcycle is wrong. Thirdly, the Government has not decided on the future of the "W" scheme in Kuala Lumpur when the present scheme is exhausted with the issue of WYY. Not too sure where the author got the impression that it would move into a 5 digit scheme. Lastly, Kelantan is already moving close to the end of the DBx series, and Pahang was already in the CCx series before 2011. In short, everything in this paragraph is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.139.72.80 ( talk) 18:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
The formatting of the old revision is messy. I removed lots of content and you can add some if you would like to, but don't just simply revert it back. It's too messy.-- 110.49.234.191 ( talk) 16:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
The formatting of the old revision is messy. I removed lots of content and you can add some if you would like to, but don't just simply revert it back. It's too messy.-- 110.49.234.191 ( talk) 16:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I would like to tell you that no one cares about what the flag of each states are, what the current plate number is, how it was like back in 1928, the example which is the same but changed numbers, and other stuff like that. It's just messy and make the article 60,000 bytes long with repeated information.-- 110.49.234.191 ( talk) 17:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, I did not realize you've posted in the Talk section of this page. In response to your claims;
1. The flags help in quick identification of the plates. 2. The current plate number will be removed, since I cannot give objective reasons why they should be kept. 3. The historical data matters. Other Wikipedia articles regarding registration plates have historical data as well. I have taken the liberty to hide some of the data to reduce confusion. In any case, I'll remove some of the less crucial ones.
Please refrain from blanking the article, that won't solve the problem, if anything, you're making it worse. It takes me days and many long hours of hard work to build up this article from near scratch, no thanks to your constant deletions and largely subjective claims of it being messy. Aero777 ( talk) 13:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Reply:First of all I'm not testing your patience, and, it's still being messy. I'm not reverting this time, but I suggest you to improve it from my version, not that version. It contains lots of false English (Manglish) language (which foreigners doesn't understand). We don't need example of every single state, they're all the same except in Putrajaya, another cases are being taxis, trailers and diplomatic plates, which have different style. Sabah and Langkawi has no difference except the order, I think just one example is enough. And normal articles shouldn't be 60,000 bytes long. My version is easy-understanding where people from all around the world understands how the plates work, how it looks like and other easily. You can add more information from my version.-- 110.49.248.252 ( talk) 16:49, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
————————————
I couldn't use your version because it was too simple and lacking in depth. It also lacked historical info. However, I've simplified the current page revision by removing the repetitive examples and flags, at some loss to diversity and depth but acceptable by Wikipedia terms. I hope you're satisfied with it now, it is fairly balanced in terms of depth/information and simplicity.
Aero777 ( talk) 19:23, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Reply: Your version is good, but tomorrow (or any days coming) I will edit to make it better, I will use some of the parts from my version too (such as the table).-- 110.49.251.248 ( talk) 17:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
——— Okay, sure, you're welcomed to constructively edit the page, but please don't blank/ delete entire sections like before. Thank you for your cooperation. Aero777 ( talk) 11:38, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
W 1 - That was the old version. Now, if a new state is separated the plate would be "xAA 1", or "xA 1", not "x 1" anymore, example is in Labuan. And no, before 1974 there were no W prefix. W was part of B. And the first car is WAA 1.-- 110.49.235.25 ( talk) 17:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
I know I'm not Malaysian. I'm from Thailand. But as I've been in Malaysia for 2 months from December 2012 to February 2013 it was three letters with plate made from plastic with some really old cars with two letters and made from metal. By the way, the Mercedes Benz car with license plate "W 1" seems to be new, both the car itself and the plate is made from plastic. I'm NOT saying this plate is fake, but just telling you to check if that was the plate for 1974 or not. It might be the auction like in Hong Kong. For the 2014 is just my assume, but it is 99.99 percent likely to use that, just like Sarawak. It maybe change to the completely new style, or otherwise switch numbers and letters, or change new prefix. I'm not really sure. I know no one owns this article (or any articles) but you should check if inside the article has repeated information or not. I would like to tell you that it is easier to develop from my version rather than removing from your version. It's too messy now.-- 110.49.243.200 ( talk) 16:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Are you Malaysian? By the way, the article looks fine now. Next time when you don't finish yet, please include the "under construction" template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.49.232.28 ( talk) 08:30, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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Was there any commentary at the time why the W 1 A etc format was used rather than continuing with the exisiting format and doing WAAA 1 etc? Was it felt that 4 letters in a row was too hard to remember? There is a small increase in the number of possible plates with the W 1 A format (since you can have W 1 A, WA 1 A and WAA 1 A etc whereas with WAAA 1 you effectively only have WAA A 1 and can't have W A 1 and WA A 1 due to the lack of seperation) but this seems like a minor advantage. Perhaps a bigger advantage is when you do run out, WAA 1 AA may be seen as simpler than 5 consecutive letters WAAAA 1. Or perhaps it was more about the belief that the new format would be more popular which didn't turn out to be the case. Or there was simply no commentary from the government on why (this is Malaysia after all). The source used doesn't seem to mention. Nil Einne ( talk) 02:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
"A compact version of Arial Bold[dubious – discuss] is currently the typeface preferred by the Road Transport Department and is thus the most commonly used..."
A compact version of the Arial Bold typeface is Arial Narrow Bold. The Arial Narrow Bold typeface does not resemble the existing number plate typeface used by the majority of vehicles in Malaysia. A cursory analysis of the alphanumeric from the Arial type family (and Arial Narrow Bold typeface) clearly indicates that there is no similarities between the number plate typeface most commonly used by vehicles and Arial. It is highly likely that the typeface was produced by a number plate manufacturer and presently does not exist in a digitised format.
Therefore, because the typeface used by most vehicles in Malaysia does not exist in a digital format as a font, the JPJ diagram for "Kaedah-kaedah Kenderaan Motor (Pendaftaran dan Perlesenan 1959)" showcases the parameters using Arial Bold as a replacement. But this is clearly not the ubiquitous typeface used by a majority of vehicles in Malaysia. This number plate typeface only exist in a hard copy format.
Orangasle ( talk) 00:39, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Undeniably it can be a bit confusing that vehicles with license plates from Singapore visiting Malaysia (and vice versa) can be a little bit confusing due to the history both countries have in common during colonial times. However, do you think the whole section of "Examples of overlapping with Singapore series" needs to be restructured to be more concise, as it was never really a documented problem by either Singapore's LTA or Malaysia's RTD, nor the traffic police from either countries.
It should be noted that Singapore license plates always end with a suffix. While Malaysia only has suffix for W, Q and S series (and several exceptions like LIMO, old East Malaysian formats that always ends with Q or S) that can conflict with Singaporean formats.
Moreover, a lot of the vehicles in Singapore not owned by private cars and buses (with exception to the SBS buses that does go all the way to Larkin Sentral) never leave the country to Malaysia. Plus, Singapore uses a vehicle-type prefixing system while Malaysia used a state (state+divison for East Malaysia) based prefixing system. Such as, a Putrajaya registration car entering Singapore wouldn't cause much confusion as it never has a suffix and F is reserved for motorcycles over there. OtisElevatorGuy1 ( talk) 16:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hey! I've made this table. Feel free to use it if it's necessary. __earth 15:40, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
State/Organization | Character |
---|---|
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur | W |
Federal Territory of Labuan | L |
Federal Territory of Putrajaya | PUTRAJAYA |
Johor | J |
Kedah | K |
Kelantan | D |
Melaka | M |
Military | Z |
Negeri Sembilan | N |
Pahang | C |
Kelantan | D |
Penang | P |
Perak | A |
Perlis | R |
Sabah | S |
Sarawak | Q |
Selangor | B |
Terengganu | T |
Why ask? Add it in! And I must thank everybody who played a part in improving the article. As you can see, my father, not me, drives a Malaysian car so I have some ideas. As a teen, my knowledge is inferior to those of Malaysian adults. Mr Tan 14:21, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The title is misleading. Motocycles use the same number platings too. Wouldn't it be better suited if we rename it to Malaysian vehicle number plates? -- Two hundred percent 16:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
I have to admit, that was pretty resourceful work. Nice one. But at least one photo is still needed. - Two hundred percent 06:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Anyone knows of e-plate to be launched by the government? I read in newspaper last January/February that all new cars for year 2007 are required to use the new e-plate and gradually over a certain period of time all cars in Malaysia will be required to use it.
It's claimed that the e-plate will capitalize RFID technology with reading distance of 100 metres (i doubt bout this claim).
Further, 200 cameras will be installed along major highways (just like in Singapore) to complement the e-plate.
If i'm not mistaken, e-plate will bu use as speed detection, vehicle theft detection and traffic violation.
Can anyone confirm this? It would be interesting if we can add the material in this site. Thank you. -- Suryasuharman 01:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The recent edited page at East Malaysia section goes as followed:
"In Sabah this serial letter follows the serial number ("SA 1234 A", followed by "SAA 1234 A" in 2000 after the complete use of postfix letter "X" in the year 1999), and in Sarawak it follows the regional code ("QKA 1234")."
Does that mean the rest of the districts in sabah will also apply the same one as KK in the future? Like sandakan that would be "SDA 1234 A" or Kudat would be "SKA 1234 A"? I haven't heard any news from the state government that it will be follow this way? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xmlv ( talk • contribs) 14:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC).
I found the following under the Peninsular Malaysia section:
"The algorithm started with a state prefix and a number sequence which ranged from 1 to 9999. For example, W 1 was the first registration plate of Kuala Lumpur in 1974."
Kindly be informed that the prefix "W" was first issued in Province Wellesley (now known as Seberang Prai) during the colonial era. When Kuala Lumpur was ceded and made a Federal Territory in 1974, the first registration plate issued was "WA 1”, as "W 1” had already been issued in Province Wellesley in the past. The registration plate "WA 1” is still in use today - it's the registration plate of the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur's official car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiantong ( talk • contribs) 04:14, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
Heya all, I have recently seen plate number F on superbikes in Kuala Lumpur. I've seen FA, FF and FS plate numbers. There's no additional info available. Anyone knows anything? Cheers! - Quastar Vaan ( talk) 09:03, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
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All information in the second paragraph of the above mentioned section appeared wrong. Firstly, the alphabet "Z" is never used for civilian vehicles. Hence, the last alphabet in a series is "Y" before it jumps to the next series. Say, the WAx series - it starts with WAA and runs to WAY before it moves to WBA. Next, there is no differentiation between motorcycle registration and other vehicles. Hence, the assertion about 5 digit registration plate for motorcycle is wrong. Thirdly, the Government has not decided on the future of the "W" scheme in Kuala Lumpur when the present scheme is exhausted with the issue of WYY. Not too sure where the author got the impression that it would move into a 5 digit scheme. Lastly, Kelantan is already moving close to the end of the DBx series, and Pahang was already in the CCx series before 2011. In short, everything in this paragraph is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.139.72.80 ( talk) 18:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
The formatting of the old revision is messy. I removed lots of content and you can add some if you would like to, but don't just simply revert it back. It's too messy.-- 110.49.234.191 ( talk) 16:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
The formatting of the old revision is messy. I removed lots of content and you can add some if you would like to, but don't just simply revert it back. It's too messy.-- 110.49.234.191 ( talk) 16:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I would like to tell you that no one cares about what the flag of each states are, what the current plate number is, how it was like back in 1928, the example which is the same but changed numbers, and other stuff like that. It's just messy and make the article 60,000 bytes long with repeated information.-- 110.49.234.191 ( talk) 17:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, I did not realize you've posted in the Talk section of this page. In response to your claims;
1. The flags help in quick identification of the plates. 2. The current plate number will be removed, since I cannot give objective reasons why they should be kept. 3. The historical data matters. Other Wikipedia articles regarding registration plates have historical data as well. I have taken the liberty to hide some of the data to reduce confusion. In any case, I'll remove some of the less crucial ones.
Please refrain from blanking the article, that won't solve the problem, if anything, you're making it worse. It takes me days and many long hours of hard work to build up this article from near scratch, no thanks to your constant deletions and largely subjective claims of it being messy. Aero777 ( talk) 13:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Reply:First of all I'm not testing your patience, and, it's still being messy. I'm not reverting this time, but I suggest you to improve it from my version, not that version. It contains lots of false English (Manglish) language (which foreigners doesn't understand). We don't need example of every single state, they're all the same except in Putrajaya, another cases are being taxis, trailers and diplomatic plates, which have different style. Sabah and Langkawi has no difference except the order, I think just one example is enough. And normal articles shouldn't be 60,000 bytes long. My version is easy-understanding where people from all around the world understands how the plates work, how it looks like and other easily. You can add more information from my version.-- 110.49.248.252 ( talk) 16:49, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
————————————
I couldn't use your version because it was too simple and lacking in depth. It also lacked historical info. However, I've simplified the current page revision by removing the repetitive examples and flags, at some loss to diversity and depth but acceptable by Wikipedia terms. I hope you're satisfied with it now, it is fairly balanced in terms of depth/information and simplicity.
Aero777 ( talk) 19:23, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Reply: Your version is good, but tomorrow (or any days coming) I will edit to make it better, I will use some of the parts from my version too (such as the table).-- 110.49.251.248 ( talk) 17:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
——— Okay, sure, you're welcomed to constructively edit the page, but please don't blank/ delete entire sections like before. Thank you for your cooperation. Aero777 ( talk) 11:38, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
W 1 - That was the old version. Now, if a new state is separated the plate would be "xAA 1", or "xA 1", not "x 1" anymore, example is in Labuan. And no, before 1974 there were no W prefix. W was part of B. And the first car is WAA 1.-- 110.49.235.25 ( talk) 17:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
I know I'm not Malaysian. I'm from Thailand. But as I've been in Malaysia for 2 months from December 2012 to February 2013 it was three letters with plate made from plastic with some really old cars with two letters and made from metal. By the way, the Mercedes Benz car with license plate "W 1" seems to be new, both the car itself and the plate is made from plastic. I'm NOT saying this plate is fake, but just telling you to check if that was the plate for 1974 or not. It might be the auction like in Hong Kong. For the 2014 is just my assume, but it is 99.99 percent likely to use that, just like Sarawak. It maybe change to the completely new style, or otherwise switch numbers and letters, or change new prefix. I'm not really sure. I know no one owns this article (or any articles) but you should check if inside the article has repeated information or not. I would like to tell you that it is easier to develop from my version rather than removing from your version. It's too messy now.-- 110.49.243.200 ( talk) 16:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Are you Malaysian? By the way, the article looks fine now. Next time when you don't finish yet, please include the "under construction" template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.49.232.28 ( talk) 08:30, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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Was there any commentary at the time why the W 1 A etc format was used rather than continuing with the exisiting format and doing WAAA 1 etc? Was it felt that 4 letters in a row was too hard to remember? There is a small increase in the number of possible plates with the W 1 A format (since you can have W 1 A, WA 1 A and WAA 1 A etc whereas with WAAA 1 you effectively only have WAA A 1 and can't have W A 1 and WA A 1 due to the lack of seperation) but this seems like a minor advantage. Perhaps a bigger advantage is when you do run out, WAA 1 AA may be seen as simpler than 5 consecutive letters WAAAA 1. Or perhaps it was more about the belief that the new format would be more popular which didn't turn out to be the case. Or there was simply no commentary from the government on why (this is Malaysia after all). The source used doesn't seem to mention. Nil Einne ( talk) 02:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
"A compact version of Arial Bold[dubious – discuss] is currently the typeface preferred by the Road Transport Department and is thus the most commonly used..."
A compact version of the Arial Bold typeface is Arial Narrow Bold. The Arial Narrow Bold typeface does not resemble the existing number plate typeface used by the majority of vehicles in Malaysia. A cursory analysis of the alphanumeric from the Arial type family (and Arial Narrow Bold typeface) clearly indicates that there is no similarities between the number plate typeface most commonly used by vehicles and Arial. It is highly likely that the typeface was produced by a number plate manufacturer and presently does not exist in a digitised format.
Therefore, because the typeface used by most vehicles in Malaysia does not exist in a digital format as a font, the JPJ diagram for "Kaedah-kaedah Kenderaan Motor (Pendaftaran dan Perlesenan 1959)" showcases the parameters using Arial Bold as a replacement. But this is clearly not the ubiquitous typeface used by a majority of vehicles in Malaysia. This number plate typeface only exist in a hard copy format.
Orangasle ( talk) 00:39, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Undeniably it can be a bit confusing that vehicles with license plates from Singapore visiting Malaysia (and vice versa) can be a little bit confusing due to the history both countries have in common during colonial times. However, do you think the whole section of "Examples of overlapping with Singapore series" needs to be restructured to be more concise, as it was never really a documented problem by either Singapore's LTA or Malaysia's RTD, nor the traffic police from either countries.
It should be noted that Singapore license plates always end with a suffix. While Malaysia only has suffix for W, Q and S series (and several exceptions like LIMO, old East Malaysian formats that always ends with Q or S) that can conflict with Singaporean formats.
Moreover, a lot of the vehicles in Singapore not owned by private cars and buses (with exception to the SBS buses that does go all the way to Larkin Sentral) never leave the country to Malaysia. Plus, Singapore uses a vehicle-type prefixing system while Malaysia used a state (state+divison for East Malaysia) based prefixing system. Such as, a Putrajaya registration car entering Singapore wouldn't cause much confusion as it never has a suffix and F is reserved for motorcycles over there. OtisElevatorGuy1 ( talk) 16:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)