Talk:Traffic cone

message: Twice this article uses the word "delignation."  This word is not found in the dictionary.  It's probably a misspelling of something (I just found some other misspellings, including ones added in the same edit) but I'm not sure of what.  Perhaps "delineation?"  But I'm not sure; the phrases
"situations requiring traffic delineation" and "warning or delineation devices" don't seem right to me.  But perhaps they're part of traffic management or road work lingo.  I wouldn't know anything about that.  Maybe somebody else has a better idea what word was meant here.  It doesn't help that the original author of the edit, YEPPOON, doesn't seem to be around anymore. -- 205.226.9.142 03:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  word "delignation" 

message: Please explain why stealing pylons is popular with drunk students?  This is ageist.  Substantiate this claim with a legitimate source.
:Impressive is what I call it. I'd like to see anyone, especially drunk steal a pylon! Does this word have a different meaning where you live? boffy_b 20:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing another synonym for Witches Hat. (Hey, I'm a Wiccan, I can use the 'W'-word). I have a vague feeling that the vertical pole/bar type "cones" are called pylons. Alex Law 22:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh, thank you. Over here in Merrie Olde England, pylon means pylon. boffy_b 13:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We should build additional pylons128.61.149.93 (talk) 21:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  This conversation should have a few traffic cones around it. – AndyFielding (talk) 11:52, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  theft discussion 

message: This section seems quite sparse. I've heard traffic cones were first introduced in London around 1950's and were made of wood (not concrete), then - for some time - from natural rubber - and finally out of plastic. mfx Q&A 14:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: mfx Q&A 21:32, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resource to wikify. 

message: At the very least, this section should be about the popularity of stealing cones as a prank--and cited with some kind of estimate at how many traffic cones are stolen every year, you know, criminal mischief as the like. Just stating that they're commonly stolen by drunks with no support at all for that? Eh...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.0.175.144 (talk) 20:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  There's much speculation about the theft issue here on Talk. I submit that such an addition, were it done, couldn't amount to more than a single sentence: that the cones, being generally unattended and amusingly shaped when appeari!g out of context, are often targets of theft. Characterizing the perps as "students" doesn't seem justified. While it's likely that younger people are more apt to make off with them than (presumably older, wiser) people, calling them "students" implies some connection  AndyFielding (talk) 12:04, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Drunken Theft

message: The "Popular Culture" section might benefit from the mention of VLC media player, whose logo is a bright orange traffic cone. --67.175.193.151 (talk) 22:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  VLC Logo 

message: Removed the part about Garry's mod. Their splash screen changed and no longer features a traffic cone.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.23.134.24 (talk) 02:39, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gary's mod 

message: ...was just removed as the inventor; as likely fictitious.  The name came in with this edit of Janunary 2006.  The only support in books is much newer, obviously copied from WP.  I wonder if it was just made up; probably so.  If anyone finds an older source with such a name, let us know.  Dicklyon (talk) 03:25, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're right.  But you need  to have some record of this here on the talk page to help when it comes back, which it likely will, which is why I started this section.  I had a similar problem with the invented "Sir Malcolm Thornhill" as inventor of the cardboard box.  Dicklyon (talk) 06:37, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

text: I undid that bit of vandalism. DMacks (talk) 12:40, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charles P. Rudabaker