Talk:Australian vehicle number plates
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This article should mention the recall of number plates in Victoria during the 1990s. A large number of plates were issued with defective paint causing them to fade quickly. -- Longhair | Talk 01:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well, mention it then! I've enhanced the Victorian section, and plan to further enhance it with some piccies tomorrow when its less dark, but I don't know any more than you've just said. Also, seeing as I've talked about bus, taxi, bike rack and trailer number plates, I'm moving this article to Australian vehicle number plates Felix the Cassowary 13:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
- An article on the topic to aspire to in terms of quality of information and coverage is German car number plates--A Y Arktos 09:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Diplomatic numberplates
Ref the reversion by Pfctdayelise - I don't think we should pursue turning the "I" statement into a factoid. Living in Canberra, I guess I do know a couple of the country codes. However, I do not think that revealing them is appropriate for wikipedia. When the gulf war (1st) broke out I do know that all US numberplates were changed to plain plates that day as some precaution against demonstration against the US. The information is not secret but probably the wikipedia is not an appropriate place to dcoument or publicise.--A Y Arktos 08:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Victorian slogans
The slogan NUCLEAR FREE STATE appeard on some plates for a short period, but I can't recall which letter series. Perhaps Bxx-nnn or Cxx-nnn?
Also --- The statement in the table that Q range had "(none from Qe-Qz)" is not correct. I had a QOx-xxx with "Victoria - on the move". Not sure when the slogans disapeared however...
[edit] Y = Yogis
I have no idea of the origin of this :) but where I'm from, "Yogi" is a nickname for ACTers, somehow connected to the "Y" on the numberplates. pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:11, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
- (The only example of this use I can find is here. Hmm. pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:14, 5 April 2006 (UTC))
- Wait, a source, kind of :) pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:18, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
- I had never heard the term, but I guess it is used about those of us who live here rather than as a self-reference ... --A Y Arktos\talk 21:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images?
Do you think there are any problems with displaying actual number plates like this? Privacy or maybe some regulation of the RTA/VicRoads et al? I don't know... perhaps we should doctor the plates to be generic things like "AAA 777"... or am I being paranoid? pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- The privacy issue shouldn't be a problem. Well, my images at least. I got permission for the ones I uploaded (one's from my car, one my mums). But I can't really see VicRoads having an issue with it either, since there's no personal information given away. ttam (talk)
[edit] Common features section?
I came here following links for LPG that needed updating, and found that the explainaton of LPG stickers on number plates is in the Victora section, whereas it should be in a generic section covering all states and territories. I propose to create a 'Common features' section after the federal numbering scheme section. The idea would then be that any features that are common to all plates, or exist in multiple states can be covered there. Opinions? --Athol Mullen 00:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- No objections from me. The autogas part seems strange where it is. Maybe some of the text in the lead section can be moved to a "General features" section. I don't feel comfortable doing this myself because I only know the sequences on Western Australian number plates - my user page would probably tell you the reason for that. :) Graham87 06:17, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
