Talk:Warning sign

Early article development comments

The section on "Obstacles" currently conflates object markers (which in the US are not actually warning signs) and warning signs dealing with medians, diverges, etc. When I have time and motivation, I'll try to come up with better language that better differentiates and defines each of these.

RCMoeur 15 May 2005

Evacuation markers are guide signs, and this section should be moved accordingly. Triskele Jim 19:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mexian Sign

Where's the link for the mexican sign.

Try to be a bit more PC? Anyway, I made it link to the article, but I don't know how to make the description of the footnote look anything more than a caret, so if someone can do that, that'd be great. Mmmkay? La Bicyclette 20:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Warning Sign song

Warning Sign by Coldplay is a song that I want to request. --Numberonedad 17:44, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I requested it. --Numberonedad 17:49, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Example warning signs in each section

I've added a disproportionate quantity of Irish road signs as examples of the various types of warning sign. The reason is that they're good quality and a lot of types are uploaded.

We really need a majority of the example signs to be of the red triangle variant, as this is what most of the world uses. I do suggest however that each type of warning sign have a table with 6 (or 12) example signs on one (or two) row(s). Each row could have 2/3 triangle signs, 2/3 diamond signs, and 1/2 oddities (local signs), with double that where useful.

I would scrap the big images at the top of page, as they do not have any labelling, so while useful, could be superceded by individual labelled examples under the appropriate section.

I also suggest removing some/all of the photos, as they are cluttered (showing more than just the sign). People know that a road sign sits on a pole. All we need are good quality example images of the signs themselves.

One or two really good quality photos could be added to the top of page (I don't consider any of the current ones suitable). Something with just the sign in the foreground and sky, and wilderness/desert would be good. I'm specifically thinking of the stereotypical image of the kangaroo warning sign from Australia here, but the point is that only a properly composed photo is worthwhile putting in here as opposed to just example images.

zoney ♣ talk 12:46, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

no further comments about this for seven years! but the consensus among those actually working on the page is clearly in the other direction: lots of specimens. the article is much more interesting and informative because of that. Cramyourspam (talk) 14:13, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added {{Globalize}}, because The main page only cover US-specifed signs --AzaToth ^talk 15:50, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, this tag can be removed as well.

Cleanup

I placed the cleanup tag on the article because there are currently far too many pictures — in fact, I believe that the images are taking up more space than the article text itself! We don't need multiple examples for each one; I think it'd be best to create an image gallery on commons: and link to that at the bottom of the page with {{commons}}. The article could use some serious copyediting and reorganization as well. æle ✆ 00:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will remove this tag now -- the page looks good, and since it's discussing SIGNS there's a good reason why it's filled with images.

Obstacles

The current section is unclear:

Diamond-shaped with reflectors are placed at point of curbs, dividers, or other lane obstacles. Rectangular signs with diagonal stripes indicate solid objects such as barricades, bridge abutments, utility poles or natural obstacles near the roadway. Left side obstacles are marked with stripes running high to low, left to right; right side obstacle signs use stripes running high to low, right to left; in a sense akin to International symbol of arrow pointing down toward side toward roadway.

What country's signage is this describing? The second sentence does a poor job of explaining what the signage actually looks like (really an image would be needed). As for the third sentence, it is even less clear what the (semi) described signage actually looks like.

Roundabout (traffic flows anti-clockwise around)

Is this section describing hazard signage at the likes of traffic islands? I.e., signs which in Europe (and probably most of the world but not the US) for example, usually are circular, with a blue background, and a white arrow (or arrows) pointing diagonally down towards the road lane, directing traffic around the island. A special version is usually used for roundabouts, consisting of a blue circular sign, with three white arrows following each other around the circular sign in the direction of traffic flow (i.e. clockwise for UK, anti-clockwise on the continent). See images to right. zoney ♣ talk 15:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Warnings in Wikipedia

This is how you do a warning in Wikipedia.

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BetacommandBot 23:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Italy and Latvia

Can we remove all those "Italy and Latvia" things (with Latvia always as wikilink)? Not to offend Latvia, but it's a bit annoying...--88.103.17.38 (talk) 00:32, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too many state versions

I think that there are too many US state versions shown for some of these signs. WP is meant to be encyclopedic, but that doesn't mean comprehensive. Too many examples will make this article become a repository of images. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 04:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking of moving the whole galleries to Commons, since thats what Commons is there for, and just keeping some examples. Bidgee (talk) 04:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

no. the state variations are useful. Cramyourspam (talk) 02:36, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What about non-traffic warning signs?

In the workplace-safety realm there is a hierarchy of sign types (INFORMATION, NOTICE, CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER) with associated colors and warrants for each leavel. I came here looking for information about these signs and don't see anything (either here or at the disambiguation page). Perhaps some of the redundant traffic signs can be moved out and information added about standard non-traffic warning signs. This commercial site references the two primary styles seen in the U.S., ANSI Z535.5 and OSHA 1910.145. 121a0012 (talk) 06:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How about creating a stub called "Warning sign (industrial)" or the like, and we'll start adding things to that? There are lots of variations worldwide, not to mention OSHA, fire service, and other US regulatory signs. Lupinelawyer (talk) 23:37, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Standards

Actually, now that I think more about it, this article would be a great deal more useful if it concentrated on the various standards for the signs (describing in general terms their history, evolution, and design principles) rather than showing page after page of mostly-identical pictures of signs. What pictures do remain should identify the sign shown by reference to the appropriate standard (e.g., for U.S. signs they should reference the Federal MUTCD, Standard Highway Signs, or a state traffic manual). And it should also mention other kinds of warning signs as I described above. 121a0012 (talk) 06:58, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I dunno, but I think editors of this article need to read WP:IUP before carrying on with this article..--Crossmr (talk) 07:02, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~might be interesting to see some obsolete types: wood, painted metal, metal with glass-sphere reflectors, the pre-reflective era perhaps.~~ Cramyourspam (talk) 03:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

some specimens in the 0ct 2012-added history section. Cramyourspam (talk) 14:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

signs still needed please

still to go if anyone wants:

~~usa massachusetts text: LANE DROP~~
~~usa text: PASS WITH CARE~~
usa text: RR 2 TRACKS
usa text: RR 3 TRACKS
usa text: RR MULTIPLE TRACKS
~~usa text: RR SKEWED CROSSING~~
usa text: HIGH WATER
usa text: SMOKE AREA
usa text: SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT AHEAD
usa graphical: FALLING ROCK (cliff crumble image)
~~usa graphical: HUMPED RR CROSSING TRUCK TRAILER SCRAPE / STATIC HAZARD (image)~~
~~usa graphical: RR SKEWED CROSSING~~
usa graphical: RAMP SLOW TRUCK TIPOVER HAZARD (image)

lots of global others too. interesting article! Cramyourspam (talk) 02:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

there's been a lot of progress in the past year. Cramyourspam (talk) 14:08, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The "diamond shape" shown is actually a square.

Many people refer to "diamond-shaped" warning signs (as does the MUTCD Standard Highway Signs book [[1]]), when most are, in fact, square signs with a 45-degree rotation from horizontal. Many US warning signs are also rectangular, including arrows and chevrons. Just so you know, and don't waste time looking for "diamonds" instead of squares.Lupinelawyer (talk) 00:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

German unusual sign - wrong translation

It is not about private trains crossing, consequently I corrected the translation. I am a German....--92.76.2.14 (talk) 22:07, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

pink sign

File:Pink sign

road sign

the pink sign is danger too. the road of the pink sign is yellow sign. the pink sign and green lines is the first pink sign is in 1695. the danger of the some is pink and danger some is green. the pink sign is danger sign. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.10.236 (talk) 19:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]