Talk:Wet floor sign

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This article was nominated for deletion on 7 May 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Merge with Sign

I don't think this warrants its own article. xenocidic (talk) 04:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I think that wet-floor signs are vital products in modern society and therefore warrant their own article. Carpenters13 (talk) 04:07, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Do you disagree? I think it is commonly understood that wet-floor signs provide not only information, but also increase bilingualism. Think about how many times you have seen "CAUTION! AVISO"! Now you know that Aviso means Caution. That is quite significant. Carpenters13 (talk) 04:11, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

This article is a work of humor suitable for Uncyclopedia, but if someone chose to write it there are references enough to create a brief article on these signs. As I noted at the AFD, "Most books on managing restaurants [1] and other property talk as well as on patient care [2] include at least the instruction to place one whenever there is a spill or a floor is mopped. Many legal textbooks discuss the failure to place one of these as literally "textbook" negligence leading to a slip and fall lawsuit "Business Law and the Legal Environment" By Ronald Aberdeen Anderson (1999) p 163 A Google News search shows scads of cases, starting in the 1980's, about accidents resulting from the omission of these signs [3] A book on warning signs contains over 130 words about the "wet floor sign": its effectiveness draws upon implicit knowledge in the average person that such a floor will present a slipping hazard, so that additional information may be omitted “Handbook of Warnings” By Michael S. Wogalter, p420, (2006). " Edison (talk) 01:20, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

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[edit] Cut too deep

Someone cut the article too deeply. There was some stuff that didn't need cut. xenocidic (talk) 17:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)