User contributions for Bluebird207

31 December 2018

• 23:5823:58, 31 December 2018 diff hist +135 User talk:Bluebird207 And what I assume will be my very last edit: reminding visitors to this talk page of my retirement, and adding a link to the threads that I have archived
• 23:4423:44, 31 December 2018 diff hist −15 User:Bluebird207 And so, after nearly ten years, I officially retire from editing Wikipedia
• 23:4023:40, 31 December 2018 diff hist −25,718 User talk:Bluebird207 All the threads that I have retained over the years are now at User talk:Bluebird207/Archive 1 Tag: Replaced
• 23:3723:37, 31 December 2018 diff hist +25,751 N User talk:Bluebird207/Archive 1 Archiving the threads I have retained on my talk page over the years, prior to retirement from editing
• 23:2623:26, 31 December 2018 diff hist +2,304 User talk:Bluebird207 →Just a hunch...: this will be the final comment I make on my talk page before retirement from editing
• 01:5401:54, 31 December 2018 diff hist −93 Vehicle registration plates of Nunavut Simplified the descriptions of the bear-shaped plate and the current rectangular plate. Also replaced instances of "numbers" with "serial" - this word arguably making more sense, especially when it comes to serials containing letters
• 01:4101:41, 31 December 2018 diff hist −266 Vehicle registration plates of Newfoundland and Labrador Following a reconsideration, replaced all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also simplified the descriptions of the World of Difference and Cabot bases, the three variants of the flag base, and the pitcher plant base, and removed text within parentheses from the descriptions of the 1965, 1966 and 1969 bases - all for the benefit of casual readers
• 01:1701:17, 31 December 2018 diff hist +75 Vehicle registration plates of New Brunswick Following a reconsideration, replaced all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also confirmed the serials issued on the 1911, 1912 and 1913 porcelain bases (with a reference added), and refined those issued on the 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1929 bases
• 00:4800:48, 31 December 2018 diff hist −109 Vehicle registration plates of British Columbia Following a reconsideration, replaced virtually all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also slightly simplified the notes regarding the 123 ABC passenger serial format

30 December 2018

• 14:0314:03, 30 December 2018 diff hist −249 Vehicle registration plates of Quebec Following a reconsideration, replaced all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also simplified the descriptions of the bases from 1972 through 1976

29 December 2018

• 22:4722:47, 29 December 2018 diff hist +252 Vehicle registration plates of Oklahoma Pointed out the serials issued on the 1927 and 1928 bases. On both, Fords and all other passenger vehicles were allocated one serial block each, with serials in-between being allocated to trucks
• 22:3022:30, 29 December 2018 diff hist +47 Vehicle registration plates of Oklahoma Pointed out the serials issued on the 1917 base; also refined those issued on the 1918 and 1919 bases
• 22:2022:20, 29 December 2018 diff hist +98 Vehicle registration plates of Oklahoma Further tidying up, including that of the description of the current base
• 21:1621:16, 29 December 2018 diff hist −177 Vehicle registration plates of Oklahoma Following a reconsideration, replaced virtually all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Plus, some minor simplifications
• 04:0504:05, 29 December 2018 diff hist +105 Vehicle registration plates of Massachusetts Pointed out the serials issued in the 123·456 and A12·345 formats on the 1967 blue-on-white base (with some letters still being reserved for non-passenger plates). Also pointed out that the serials in these formats were also coded by the month of expiration after 1969 (so, for instance, the plate with serial 814·975 expired in May, and the plate with serial J36·208 expired in August)
• 03:3703:37, 29 December 2018 diff hist −110 Vehicle registration plates of Massachusetts →1967 to present: tidied up the first paragraph slightly and, in turn, removed notes from the table effectively duplicating bits from this paragraph
• 02:5002:50, 29 December 2018 diff hist +187 Vehicle registration plates of Massachusetts Pointed out the letter series used on the 1955-56 and 1957-58 bases, again in order of issuance. (The 1957-58 plate with serial T88·767 is a trailer plate - passenger plates used different serial dies, the ones used today)
• 02:3202:32, 29 December 2018 diff hist +233 Vehicle registration plates of Massachusetts Pointed out the letter series used on the 1949-50, 1951-52 and 1953-54 bases, in each case in order of issuance. Some letters were reserved for non-passenger plates - including A, B and C for Truck, D for Dealer, and T for Trailer
• 01:5601:56, 29 December 2018 diff hist +67 Vehicle registration plates of New York Clarified - hopefully once and for all - that the letters I, O and Q are not used in the ABC-1234 serial format
• 01:5201:52, 29 December 2018 diff hist +251 User talk:Bluebird207 →Vehicle registration plates of New York: reply
• 00:1300:13, 29 December 2018 diff hist −85 Vehicle registration plates of South Carolina Following a reconsideration, replaced most instances of "numbers" with "serial". When describing the designs of plates, this word arguably makes more sense, especially if the serial contains letters. Plus, little bits of tidying up

28 December 2018

• 23:3923:39, 28 December 2018 diff hist −38 Vehicle registration plates of Washington, D.C. I guess when I retire from editing Wikipedia in a few days' time, this Australian IP hopper will be more or less completely free to do whatever (s)he likes. Hop between IP addresses, add superfluous and unnecessary info, not make proper use of the edit summary box - and get away with it all, while at the same time not learning anything. If I can't make this individual - and the many others like him/her - see the errors of his/her ways, then who can?
• 23:3723:37, 28 December 2018 diff hist −23 Vehicle registration plates of New York I guess when I retire from editing Wikipedia in a few days' time, this Australian IP hopper will be more or less completely free to do whatever (s)he likes. Hop between IP addresses, add superfluous and unnecessary info, not make proper use of the edit summary box - and get away with it all, while at the same time not learning anything. If I can't make this person - and the many others like him/her - see the errors of his/her ways, then who can?

27 December 2018

• 04:1604:16, 27 December 2018 diff hist +348 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon Added a description of the For-Hire plate and pointed out what kind of vehicles it is issued to; also pointed out the permitted maximum speed of vehicles with Moped plates
• 03:5703:57, 27 December 2018 diff hist +20 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon →Non-passenger plates: added descriptions of the Low-Speed Vehicle and Medium-Speed Vehicle plates, and pointed out the maximum speed of vehicles to which the former plate is issued. Also, I think "Mobile Home" is the same as Motor Home?
• 03:1903:19, 27 December 2018 diff hist +25 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon Some simplification as regards the Permanent Fleet plates; also expanded the descriptions of the School Bus plates and, following a reconsideration, added full descriptions of the circa 1983 Travel Trailer and Utility Trailer plates
• 03:0303:03, 27 December 2018 diff hist +292 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon →Non-passenger plates: gave separate rows to both Special Interest plates (with the state name at the bottom and the top respectively), and pointed out what kind of vehicles these plates are issued to; also added a description of the Tow Truck plate
• 02:4802:48, 27 December 2018 diff hist −72 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon →Non-passenger plates: same for the Travel Trailer plates; also refined some of the serial ranges for these plates
• 02:3002:30, 27 December 2018 diff hist −38 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon →Non-passenger plates: some simplification as regards the Utility Trailer plates; also added estimated years of issuance for each one
• 02:1902:19, 27 December 2018 diff hist −227 Vehicle registration plates of Oregon Following a reconsideration, replaced most instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Plus, some minor simplifications
• 01:4401:44, 27 December 2018 diff hist +78 Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania Changed my mind and added full descriptions of the 1939-40 and 1940-41 bases - meaning that there are full descriptions of every base from 1906 through 1957-58
• 01:3901:39, 27 December 2018 diff hist +1,064 Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania Gave full descriptions to each of the bases from 1944-45 through 1957-58. Usually for periods where a state simply reversed the color scheme each year, I used simplified descriptions - but as the bases concerned in this edit were comparatively elaborate, I decided upon full descriptions instead
• 01:2801:28, 27 December 2018 diff hist +152 Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania Expanded the descriptions of the 1941-42 and 1942-44 bases, pointing out the expiration dates inside the top border on both
• 01:2201:22, 27 December 2018 diff hist +159 Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania The 1939-40 base was valid from January 1, 1939 through March 31, 1940; from then until the introduction of monthly staggered registration nearly 40 years later, the license year was April 1 to March 31. I've renamed the second column of the 1906-58 passenger plates table to "Dates Issued" and changed dates accordingly, to reflect this
• 01:1401:14, 27 December 2018 diff hist −6 Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania Simplified the descriptions of the 1939-40 and 1940-41 bases; also tidied up the note regarding the use of keystones on later plates of the 1937 base
• 00:2500:25, 27 December 2018 diff hist −226 Vehicle registration plates of Virginia Following a reconsideration, replaced all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also slightly simplified the descriptions of the standard passenger bases since 1993
• 00:0700:07, 27 December 2018 diff hist +2 Vehicle registration plates of Washington (state) Following a reconsideration, replaced all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also pointed out that the 1958-62 base was validated each year with plate stickers, being the first base to use them

26 December 2018

• 23:3523:35, 26 December 2018 diff hist +24 Vehicle registration plates of Wisconsin →1942 to 1952: added <br> tags between image filenames, to make the Image column narrower
• 23:3223:32, 26 December 2018 diff hist +143 Vehicle registration plates of Wisconsin Another separate table, this time for the plates from 1942 through 1952 - most of which had rounded corners. Plus, the 1941 base was the last single-year base, while the 1946-52 base was the only one with the numbers of each month as the codes (1 = January, 2 = February, up to 12 = December)
• 22:3022:30, 26 December 2018 diff hist +143 Vehicle registration plates of Wisconsin Gave the standard passenger plates from 1953 through 1967 their own table too. Each basically differed only in color scheme, and aside from the 1965-67 base, each was issued for two years. The 1953-54 base was also the first to use letter codes for each month
• 21:4821:48, 26 December 2018 diff hist +138 Vehicle registration plates of Wisconsin Created a separate table for the standard passenger plates since 1968. All are reflective and, aside from the original blue-serial variant of the 1986 base, were or have been issued for at least five years. Plus, the introduction of reflectorization in '68 coincided with fairly significant changes in the basic design of the plate (notably the reintroduction of the full state name after 15 years, and the position of the slogan changing)
• 21:2721:27, 26 December 2018 diff hist +174 Vehicle registration plates of Wisconsin Added a note regarding the month codes used from 1961 through 1986
• 21:0921:09, 26 December 2018 diff hist −109 Vehicle registration plates of Wisconsin Following a reconsideration, replaced all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also shortened the descriptions of the 1968 and 1973 bases
• 20:2020:20, 26 December 2018 diff hist +19 Vehicle registration plates of Wyoming →Specialty plates: forgot that the national flag still features on the Gold Star Family plate
• 20:1820:18, 26 December 2018 diff hist +308 Vehicle registration plates of Wyoming →Specialty plates: most types updated for the Squaretop Mountain base. The Pioneer plate remains unchanged, while the latest UWyo plate features a reversed color scheme and an 'A' type code. Also, Prestige plate serials can now feature five letters and numbers after the county code
• 19:2219:22, 26 December 2018 diff hist −258 Vehicle registration plates of Wyoming Following a reconsideration, replaced virtually all instances of "numbers" with "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Also simplified the descriptions of the bases since 1975

24 December 2018

• 02:1002:10, 24 December 2018 diff hist −14 Vehicle registration plates of Iowa It appears that 399 FSK was indeed the last serial issued on the original variant of the 1996 base, with county-name sticker
• 02:0302:03, 24 December 2018 diff hist −51 Vehicle registration plates of Iowa Following a reconsideration, changed virtually all instances of "numbers" to "serial". This word arguably makes more sense, especially for serials containing letters. Plus, other little bits of tidying up
• 01:4801:48, 24 December 2018 diff hist 0 Vehicle registration plates of Illinois →1979 to present: "number dies" ----> "serial dies", which perhaps makes more sense
• 01:4101:41, 24 December 2018 diff hist −19 Vehicle registration plates of Idaho It appears that issuance of the narrow-die variant of the 1985-91 Sawtooth Mountains base began at some point in 1989 - I have spotted a few such plates with 1990 expiration stickers on Ebay and other auction sites, and the same narrow dies started being used on the optional Centennial base during 1989 too