Talk:Bollard

message: I am German and I wonder whether this is also a bollard or has it a specific name because it´s out of stone ?  --84.166.221.199 15:20, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A bollard may be made out of stone, but they usually don't have any chain attached; they're typically free-standing. Matt Gies 16:03, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Construction

message: Per  and Mooring (anchoring). See image caption. I've replaced the image with one of a real bollard. --Dual Freq 15:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image question

message: I suggest that the T-Top Bollards article be merged into the "Road Traffic Control" section, which already mentions the use of these bollards, in context.  The "T-Top..." article is little more than a catalog entry from a hardware store.  Gordon | Talk, 14:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merger 

message: * Support. CarolGray 19:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Support 

message: This article implies that bollards as a means of traffic control are a recent invention. In the background of this image, however, you can find five bollards protecting the ancient arch from renaissance era vehicles that might come careening down the hill. I suppose it's possible that the pillars are merely decorative, but according to Arch of Septimius Severus: "The damage wrought by wheeled medieval and early modern traffic can still be seen on the column bases". Should the above image be included in the article? How much is known about the 'history of bollards'? James Kell 21:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: FYI, the image has been moved to Wikimedia. T71024 (talk) 08:55, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, I've added a short history section and used this image. I've also done some rearrangement and editing of the article as a whole, though a lot more could be done. GrindtXX (talk) 21:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eighteenth century bollards? 

message: :Decorative bollards are placed in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, to enhance the landscape as a form of outdoor public sculpture.  Usually they are made of timber, minimally modified from the traditionally cylindrical, wooden, maritime bollard shape, but brightly painted to resemble human figures.  Such figures - which may be historical or contemporary, particular or generic - are sited singly or in clusters along the waterfront and in other areas where people gather.  Decorative bollards have become a well-known feature of the city of Geelong and reflect its history as a major Australian port.
I don't think that a type of Bollard in one city is really notable. —mako๛ 20:05, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decorative Bollard 

message: (Also asked at Talk:Mooring (watercraft), but I haven't gotten an answer there): What is the name for the structure that the hawser is wrapped around on the ship, analogous to a bollard? I realize that it can be a capstan, but what if it has no setup for mechanical rotation? - Jmabel | Talk 16:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Bitts it's one of those peculiar words like "pants" and "scissors" that is plural only.  The definition at http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bitts is a bit dated. HausTalk 00:03, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocabulary question  

message: What is this thing called? It is used a lot on the streets in my neighborhood (Santa Barbara, California). It is not a cone and it is not a bollard. I suspect it has a name of its own, but I don't know what it is. If someone does know, I think it would be appropriate to make mention of it as a "See Also" topic in the Bollard article, just as Traffic cone is.
Bollard/Cone Thingy  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.106.184.113 (talk) 19:12, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure it's just a bollard.24.190.34.219 (talk) 04:19, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Is This Bollard-Like Object? 

message: The article notes that the word "Bollard" is chiefly British, so what's the American English equivalent? They've been around forever, and if we haven't been using bollard then there must be another word. 24.190.34.219 (talk) 02:56, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  If Bollard is chiefly a British term, what's the term primarily used in the U.S. 

message: I would like to suggest moving the article Illuminated traffic bollard into this article. Discuss.24.190.34.219 (talk) 02:57, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Merge "Illuminated traffic bollard" 

message: alot of text is pulled fromhere:
http://www.bollards.ca/resources/What-are-Bollards
http://www.theconstructioncentre.co.uk/assets/4205/ATG%20Access%20Bollards%20Brochure.pdf
Vinithehat (talk) 23:59, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  close para phrase info 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: I have been unable to find "bell bollard" in Oxford or Merriam-Webster dictionaries. I'm wondering whether a "bell bollard" is a generally accepted term, or merely a registered trademark of Furnitubes Ltd.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.120.101.249 (talk) 08:58, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ad? 

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message: I notice that there are two different item types with different functionality: the bollards on docks for tying up ships, and the bollards on streets for restricting traffic. They simply share the same name in English. Would it be worth splitting them into separate articles? This would also sync better with other language wikis where there are different words for the two concepts. Horatio (talk) 23:40, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split into traffic bollards and dock bollards? 

message: OK then. I shall. I'll try to use only proportionate and necessary pedantry. Most people think that the name of the famous deserted ship was Marie Celeste (Source: O.E.D. and The University of Life). Wikipedia was until recently riddled with this misapprehension. I've corrected about 35 instances, and now almost all is light and truth. A disambiguation page for "Mary Celeste" is on its way, as is one for "Marie Celeste", and there'll be an article on how the two became confused thanks to Arthur Conan Doyle. The reason for a zero-tolerance approach is that the more unchallenged examples there are on Wikipedia of what I shall call the alternative form of the ship's name, the longer the misapprehension will persist. Wikipedia has the opportunity, and, some might say, the duty to disabuse the ill-informed in this matter.
Btw, something I've noticed about Wikipedia is that it's a favourite tactic of the outraged "editor" to advise those with whom he or she disagrees to read something or other, often the rules of Wikipedia itself, the implication being that the other's actions are due entirely to ignorance (where ignorance is not a failing but a sin). I also note that it is always the other person who is insisting.
I'm surprised that a PhD, especially one who likes to advertise his or her qualification, would wish to assist in the perpetuation of a misunderstanding, particularly since the corrective observation does the Doctor no harm whatsoever.
It's good to talk, and I hope the above helps to explain the reasoning. If an aversion to pedantry of any degree on Wikipedia is to be combated, then anyone undertaking the task will be very busy indeed. 
I realise, of course, that a change of opinion is and always was completely out of the question, but I've followed your suggestion. I know little of the rules and regs of Wikipedia and have no desire to learn them. The disciplines required to attain a PhD must be invaluable when turning them to one's advantage while snorting with indignation at an article about bollards.
So let's leave it as it is for a while, and let us wonder if anyone who chances across the passage will think, "See, I knew that's how you spell it." We shall never know.
Hengistmate (talk) 01:14, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  @GrindtXX 

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message: I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 02:59, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Uncited material in need of citations