User:CmdrDan/Plaques/Generissues and questions

Issues and Questions

What is a plaque?

Some plaques are mounted on walls--some plaques are mounted vertically.

Some plaques are mounted on

Are plaques different from markers, signs, or other things?

Plaques may be mounted vertically or horizontally.

Is this a plaque; looks like a sign to me. Seems to lack permanence, but that's just me.

Pretty sure this is a wooden sign--at least that's what I might call itː

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Location

Where is the plaque

- On the ground? These appear to be mounted on the groundː

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- Vertically on a wall? - At what height is the plaque mounted? - Is the plaque mounted above eye level? This plaque may be mounted high on the wall--appreciate it aligns with the top of the windowː

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Mounted on a fence

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I happen to know that these plaques are mounted above my (approx 6') headː

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Looks very high--relative speakingː

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- Is it one of many plaques? - Is it amongst a group of plaques?

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Two--seemingly paired--plaquesː

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- Is the plaque mounted in a large rock? Is the plaque mounted in free-standing rock of approx 2x the width of the plaque; something like theseː

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--Mounted on the side or on on top of a specially constructed structed structure...a carin?

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Language of plaque

Shapes

What is the shape of this plaque; is 3/4 rectangle a thing--I think no.

This is NOT a rectangular plaque, but is it close enough?

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Colors

- Silver colored plaquesː

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Glossy Bronze color

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Materials

Category:Plaques_in_the_United_States_by_material
Category:Plaques_by_material ; this level of the category should list the materials NOT the countries in which the plaques then classified.ǃ

Category:Marble_plaques_in_the_United_States
Category:Stone_plaques_in_the_United_States

Quality

I certainly do not want to be rude--I certainly do not want to speak poorly of another's work, but perhaps I am being too sensitive--is that a thing?

=Categories of Plaque

Public works, works of civil engineering, Civic structuresː

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File:CortlandtDeyUnderpassPlaque.jpg

File:Brooklyn_Bridge,_Manhattan,_New_York_(7237210734).jpg

Railː Stations, Terminals, Bridges, Tunnels, maintenance facilities

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Religious institutions

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Assessments of imagesː

Plaques may be reflective which increases--sometimes significantly--the PITA factor associated with capturing a quality image.

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- Off Centerː can be stylistic, however, it fails to show the entire work so unless the off center image exists in conjunction with an image that displays the entire subject please get an overview image as well.

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File:Plaque_for_Fort_Amsterdam_at_No._1_Broadway_(7237069636).jpg
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Reflectionsː

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Out of focus

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Difficult to read

Perhaps because of glare--general problem

Reflection

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Plaques vs Signs; Signs vs Plaques

Plaques connote significance; Signsː much less soː

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File:Occupy_Wall_Street_11_11_11_Debra_M_GAINES_Sign_4874.jpg
File:Photo_of_a_placard_within_the_Trump_Tower_in_New_York.jpg
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File:Nightingale-Bamford_School_(door,_number,_plaque),_20_East_92nd_Street,_Upper_East_Side,_Manhattan,_New_York.jpg

Name of the school followed by two MEDALLIONS--round plaques?

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The name of the Building--the building is named in Honor of former Mayor Dinkinsː

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Complex shapes and designs and decorations on plaques--sometimes in colorǃ

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File:American_Merchant_Mariners%27_Memorial_June_2023_(plaque).jpg
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File:Grand_Central_-_IRT_World_War_One_Memorial.JPG
File:Edison_Underground_Central_Station_System_Marker.JPG

Obstructed views of Plaques

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Meaningful file namesː ARGHǃǃǃ

My Bookmarks of Plaques--oy so many plaquesː

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