Talk:Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
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[edit] Copyright issue?
http://www.localcolorart.com/search/encyclopedia/Las_Vegas/ is a copy of wiki entry for Las Vegas, Nevada so how can this page be a copyright violation? The information for this article was moved from other wiki articles on Las Vegas to a page for this landmark sign. The sign itself is not even copyrighted!
- To clarify for the benefit of other users: The link above is to a Wikipedia mirror site. I didn't realize it at the time I pulled the copyvio trigger. This is totally GNU, picture included. - Lucky 6.9 21:29, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merging into Las Vegas Boulevard
Honestly, I don't see why we need an article on a neon sign, but rather than AfD this I've decided to start a merge vote. Sign your name below. You have 7 days as of now. Alphax τεχ 09:06, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Are you saying that the sign is not noteable? This is a sign that is know around the world and has it's own history. I would love to discover all of the previous locations so that they could be included in that article. Which criteria for deleting articles does this meet? I don't think that it qualifies under any. Remember that wikipedia is not paper. Vegaswikian 23:40, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Totally agree with Vegaswikian. Yes, we DO need an article on a neon sign, because that particular neon sign happens to be one of (if not the) most famous signs in the world. It is arguably Vegas' unofficial landmark and symbol. If the Hollywood Sign gets an article, then the Vegas sign surely does too! BreakFastClubb 11:50, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- I absolutely agree with the two opinions above. This sign is well-known world wide and probably the most famous neon sign ever. Therefore it defnitely deserves it's own entry. I was very happy when I found this article and translated it for the german wikipedia. --Florian 16:54, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- This is among the most notable advertising signs in the world. There are probably tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, of reproductions, imitations, references, and images of this sign. By the way, the people who have already said "keep" here should mark their positions down below in the "votes". --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 17:12, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- Since it was my article, that I split out from the Strip article, I wanted to wait for other feedback before I voted which I have now done. I think that the article probably should be renamed to Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign since that seems to be a more correct name. Finally, given no support for the proposal to merge, and comments and votes in this informal vote supporting keeping the article, I'll probably pull the merge tags later today unless someone beats me to it. Vegaswikian 22:33, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merge into Las Vegas Boulevard
[edit] Keep as own article
- BreakFastClubb 11:50, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 16:59, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- Vegaswikian 22:33, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Recent Move
The article was moved on Feb 4th, without anyone checking first to see if there was any objections. While the current title is shorter, the former title of Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign is linked by many articles under that name, including in the info box. It also represents what the sign actually says and describes its purpose as a welcome sign. The above discussion shows the choice of name was not done for no reason. So I'm reverting the move. Any objections should be discussed here. oknazevad 17:01, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
