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Stylized text
The fact that other articles do something is not always indicative of the wisdom of doing a thing. A few years ago, we had an editor of articles on highways in the US state of California making changes that degraded the quality of a Featured Article so that it would match the other articles which weren't even Good Articles. I'm also reminded of a saying, "what is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular."

There are several reasons why the stylized text is not a good idea over a graphic.
 * It puts an undue visual weight on specific text by making it a different color.
 * We don't allow icons to appear mid-sentence per MOS:ICON, and the stylized text is essentially an icon.
 * Not all browsers will properly display the coding in all cases. Printed copies of the article may omit the backgrounds completely, for example.
 * Screen readers and other adaptive technologies will ignore the stylization.
 * The text doesn't actually match the sign in terms of proportions and typeface, which the graphic is designed to be an authentic representation.
 * The graphic I inserted has alternative text describing the sign that will appear if the graphic does not.

Of the other articles using stylized text or even marker icons mid-sentence, many are on topics from countries where English isn't a primary language, and in many cases, they're created using writing and editing techniques from other language editions of Wikipedia, which may allow such stylized text mid-prose. This does not mean those articles comply with our English Wikipedia Manual of Style.  Imzadi 1979  →   00:51, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

December 2014
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