User:Bloodkith/Draft page
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[edit] mission statement
"To list weapons according to thier various attributes"
this page is envisioned to be a catalog of all armaments/ anything that can be worn or used as a weapon in the traditional sense. This page is an attempt to make sense of all of the various "list" pages that almost seem redundant from so many cross references. It is also hoped to classify weapons into less BROAD catagories such as lableing everything from sabres to rapiers to cutlasses as swords. Many blade desings are so similar that names are superficial and i feel they need to be group together as a class of objects such cutlass, machete, falcion all under the same heading, not just lumped together with every sword types. It is hoped to eventualy include the entire panoply of weapons and armor pieces in an easily referenced system. on a Table rather then merely listing a string of names, that bundle together a myriad of disimilar pieces under one heading and force the user to link hop just to see what kind of sword it is.
[edit] what belongs here
Any traditionaly used weapon since anything a person can pick off the ground from a blade of grass to a heavy stick can be used as a weapon this list will be for those items specificaly designed for the use of warfare/self-protection
[edit] What does not belong here
Implements not specificaly designed to be used as a weapon, such as hoes/rakes/wood-axes/splitting mauls/shovels ~ however at the same time things like baseball bats/hockey sticks/boat oars/iceaxes/Fireaxes could be considered for inclusion since they have been used by civilians for home protection. Use your gut, or put in your 2 cents.
Fantasy blades and invented items for fiction the one exception will be famous blades that may have actualy existed or is of historical importance they will be labeled as historic and included in proper table according to it's type.
[edit] Orginization
| style/function | Martial use | Region of association | Era of association |
|---|---|---|---|
| weapon | mart | region | era |
| weapon | mart | region | era |
| weapon | mart | region | era |
[edit] What is?
- Mideival - anything associated with age of feudal europe
- Martial art - anything belonging to an esoteric system of study (fighting school) rather then as standard equipment of an army.
- Fire arms - anything of age of blackpowder/try to avoid post civilwar inovations
- Other - it is so easy to try to overcomplicate things, let info stand alone in the varios articles pertaining to them,
==Inclusions== for those who wish to include an item but are boggled by the catalog format link it here and state why you feel it needs to be inserted
