Talk:Thunderbolt siren/Archive 1

Logo Section Necessary?[edit]

I went ahead and worked a bit on the grammar here, but this entire section looks like fancruft to me. Is a detailed description of the logo's evolution really necessary for an encyclopedic article on this siren? Seems to me like one could find this information on one of the siren enthusiasts' websites. --Goldrushcavi 05:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who else would read this article other than Siren enthusiasts? Maybe somebody from Federal Signal. I have found little to no info on the logo from the enthusiast websites over the last few years. Don't worry about it!

Same people that would read any other article on Wikipedia. Be sure to check out Wikipedia:fancruft - from that page, "Fancruft is a term sometimes used in Wikipedia to imply that a selection of content is of importance only to a small population of enthusiastic fans of the subject in question." Same reason I wouldn't include a full list of credits on a TV show's Wikipedia entry, but might if I had a webpage about that show.--Goldrushcavi 05:01, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thunderbolt Logo[edit]

Does anybody have any pictures or stills of the various Thunderbolt decal logos from various years? It could enhance the logo section by putting a "face" with a "name."

Cities and Other Towns...[edit]

Where is this section going? Shall we just go ahead and dump in Thunderbolt's entire customer list? Rklawton 14:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, it'd be better, if, noteworthy ThunderBolts (prototypes, etc.) were listed only. There are a few clues and facts that are absent from this page, really. The ThunderBolt used a few different types of blowers, for example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.168.67.38 (talk) 05:35, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to delete this section. Lots of towns have ThunderBolts, and, there's no point in listing them all, really. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JustInn014 (talk • contribs) 20:03, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can't delete the section because it is constantly seen as "spamming" to delete it. Should we include a link to a video of one of these sirens in action? —Preceding unsigned comment added by JustInn014 (talk • contribs) 22:37, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and moved this section to a separate page to clear up space and make the article a little cleaner. Brandon Dusseau (talk) 02:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar Change[edit]

"By the late 1950s, the manufacturer deleted the grille design in favor of a protective black mesh screen." Changed "deleted" to "removed". "Delete" sounds more like the designer used a computer to delete the design. StonedChipmunk 01:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rotator RPM's[edit]

Rotator RPM's are 2, 4, and 8...kinda hard to have 4 settings when there are only 3 sleeves! Changed

-Jason

Video links[edit]

The following links are Youtube videos of this siren being tested in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. [1][2]. User:XLinkBot complained about them, so someone should review them and put them back after the entry in the towns list for Honolulu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.235.159.202 (talk) 22:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vortex picture[edit]

Is this nessecary? It seems as though a lot of T-Bolts are really being superseced by 2001s and T-128s. It sphuld be mentioned not all of the ThunderBolts sounded the same, either. A few of them sound quite different, really.

Trivia Section[edit]

In accordance with the notice that was posted on the trivia section, I've dispersed it into the History section and the new In Popular Culture section. Brandon Dusseau (talk) 02:13, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]