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State/neutral shields again

Well, I'm not really sure about the other states. However, when it comes to Oklahoma, I'm merely assuming that the neutral shields are contractor-installed, since most of the shields in Oklahoma City south of I-40 date from when the highway was torn out and rebuilt during the 1990s. ODOT hired a private company to do the work for them. This other company called a contractor, and they typically handle big projects like total rebuilds of highways. The DOT usually handles small projects (like repaving or replacing signs) themselves. However, when a big project is going on, the contractor will typically handle the signs as well. Contractors make errors more often than the DOT, some very bad — while Interstate 44 was being worked on by a contractor, some of the detour signs had U.S. 44 shields. Even when contractors are right, they sometimes don't follow the DOT standards as well as the DOT does. ODOT lets contractors get away with more than other states' DOTs do.

The only way to know for sure whether a is to see the shield up close. ODOT manufactured shields will bear "ODOT 12 05" (for example) in small white letters. This means the shield was manufactured by ODOT in December (the 12th month) of 2005. Often, the back of the shield will have the date of installation written on the back in grease pencil. (Image:Ok66.jpg shows what this datestamp looks like on an Oklahoma highway shield.) There's usually a period of time between the manufacturing dates and the install dates. I'm not 100% sure why this is, but I assume it's easier to make a lot of the same shield at once and then store them until they're needed. It may also have to do with the DOT's priority as to what work to do; things like stop signs are taken care of before guide signs because if a stop sign is missing, it might cause an accident.

I'm not really the best expert on this subject, though. You might want to search or post at MTR, which is a group of many roadgeeks. There are also a few DOT workers that post there that may be able to answer your questions more in-depth than I can. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 23:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, the 2006 ODOT document was posted to show the new state highway shield. The previous revision was identical, but had the old circular state highway shield instead. As far as I know, Oklahoma has always used state-name shields.—Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 23:17, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Who cares about shields that much? Seriously, you're wasting time obsessing over state neutered shields. Please do something more productive. --Rschen7754 (T C) 00:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure. You'd have to ask the DOT. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 21:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching request

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Maryland Interstate shields

This was a compromise I proposed between people who supported using state-name shields vs. neutered shields. Since Maryland currently doesn't post new signs with the state name most shields used should be neutered, I also argued that small icons should never use the state name since it makes the number appear too small. The reason I said that we should still be using the a state name shield in the route description section was for two reasons: because state-name shields do still exist in Maryland (especially on I-97) and that the shield provides a visual reminder to the reader that the route description is specific to Maryland. This and the discussion after it were where this was discussed.-Jeff ^(talk) 16:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Also, the reason I was "ignoring" your question was because I wasn't on last night, people can't be on all the time. As a side note, I know I wouldn't take too kindly to someone if they posted a message like this on my talk page. Please treat other members with more respect.-Jeff ^(talk) 16:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Another vandalitic from 216.100.95.240

I'd probably issue one more warning, it's a school IP and most likely not the same person. So give a final warning and if he doesn't stop, report him to WP:AIV. Puchiko (Talk-email) 19:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't spot vandalisms, usually other people know before I do. I just look at their talk page to spot the warning they have and their previous contribs. Let me know if he makes another vandalitics, then I will notify admins.--Freewayguy (Meet) 20:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

RFC discussion of User:75.47.x.x

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AL2TB left Wikipedia

AL2TB left Wikipedia for a reason: Pissed off at Rschen7754 because of being accused of a socket puppetry --75.47.150.221 (talk) 02:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

75.47.150.221, please sign your comments per WP:SIG. On Al2Tb you might want to put like on your user page ex. If you was the brother of like User:Artisol2345 or on AL2Tb's user page put This is not a sockpuppet is only the brother of Aristol2345, that way people won't accuse you as sockpuppetry. If you have concerns, you need to talk with User:Rschen7754's talk page. He is a little rude sometimes by the way.--Freewayguy (Webmail) 02:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)