Talk:Street sign theft
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I would like to recomend putting the sign of online fame, "Warning: This sign has sharp edges! (also: bridge is out)" in the gallery. Just look up this sign has sharp edges on Google Images. User:Jamesbrownmonster 20/Dec 2006 17:46
I'm disappointed that this is not the name of a struggling band in Queensland, Australia. Wetman 19:03, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
There is a street in a neighborhood in Baton Rouge, LA USA called "Plum Broque". The sign is stolen and replaced several times a year.
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[edit] List missing
We need a list of signs frequently stolen. Please!
- There is a street named My St in Launceston, Tasmania that would be on this list :) -- Chuq 13:31, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Commercial links
A number of people have been adding links to sign manufacturers' websites. This is (a) of little relevance to the topic of this article (after all, articles on headaches don't have links to aspirin retailers), and (b) against Wikipedia policies (this site is not a set of links for marketing or promotional purposes; this is an encyclopaedia, not the dmoz.org section on sign manufacturers). As such, I contend that such links should be considered as linkspam and reverted. Acb 21:14, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
I don't agree. I didn't know that anyone sold street signs until I saw the links here, so knowing that such street sign sellers exists helps me to understand street sign theft in context (eg, wondering why dont people buy a street sign rather than steal one?). And besides, from the website: "First things first: no one involved with the Manual of Traffic Signs actually sells traffic signs. This site is intended to provide information on US road and traffic signs, not to push or vend any actual tangible product", which is an accurate characterization of the website. All of which is valuable information about the phenomenon of street sign theft. Robinh 07:18, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] About article
The article says that street sign theft is when signs with strange/popular/funny names are stolen. I don't think that this is constricted to signs with names like that. A few signs near my house were stolen and they don't really have anything strange or funny about them. Evan Robidoux 23:53, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Never mind. Evan Robidoux 00:14, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed - stop signs seem to be a common choice. I've rewritten the intro paragraph to reflect this. Feel free to make further changes! -SCEhardT 00:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] In Law
In one notable United States case, thieves were found guilty of manslaughter for stealing a stop sign, and thereby causing a deadly collision. This was popularized in the novel Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney. What's the source for this text? 24.32.212.143 05:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Signspotting
I know this was very recently deleted. I was just wondering if this could be placed on this page anyway (I still however hope this is not an advertisement). Simply south 00:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
