Talk:Falchion

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Look, I'm a video game nerd myself, but this is an encyclopedia, not a gaming web site. This article contains almost as much roleplaying trivia garbage as factual information. Why is it that nerds feel obligated to fill every article related to weapons or anything Japanese with a list of video games or anime in which they appear? You'll notice that the "Apple" article does not contain a list of every book and movie in which a character ever consumed an apple, nor does the "Pants" article have a list of famous pant-wearers; this is because it's not encyclopedic information. A falchion is a type of sword; of course half of the fantasy games out there have them. Someone needs to start a "Purge Wikipedia of Fanboyism" project.

Hey! That's just rude!

I cut out all the Popular Culture references except for the mention of Diskworld. That's the only case where the anecdote had something directly relating a falchion to the plot, rather than just 'in game/story X, there's a sword called a falchion that may or may not be anything like a historical falchion.' --Clay Collier 22:41, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The only one of those gaming entries that I felt was notable as a comment is Fire Emblem, since Falchion isn't simply the type of sword wielded by the main character, but it's the sword's name. --Visual77 14:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

removed due to questionable grammar->questionalble content: "There is ample pictorial evidence of falchions used in combat by commoners and noblemen alike, and this type of sword was likely the most popular design. Also favord by alot of knights." jdb ❋ (talk) 00:20, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I removed the internal link from "Conyers" in "Conyers Falchion" as the link sent me to Conyers, Georgia, not having anything to do with Sir John Conyers or his Sword. Sort of a temporary fix until I get the gumption to write an article about the relevant Conyers. --Solacium Christiana 14:27, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

The image banner is obsolete, and really should have been placed in the article, not here. I'm making the correction. Canonblack 22:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] merge?

we need a central article to discuss single-edged weapons. There are just too many terms for one and the same thing. Sword#Single-edged_and_double-edged_swords has:

Europeans also frequently refer to their own single-edged weapons as swords — generically backswords, including sabres. Other terms include falchion, scimitar, cutlass, or mortuary sword. Many of these refer to essentially identical weapons, and the different names may relate to their use in different countries at different times.

in the spirit that Wikipedia is not a dictionary, we should merge these into a single article and discuss each term briefly there. "Falchion" seems to be essentially an old-fashioned or poetic term for "backsword", without being any more specific. dab (𒁳) 14:40, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questional Picture

The Falchion in the picture doesn't look like a functioning or historically accurate speciman. The handguards are too thick and looped a strange angle rarely seen in accurate replicas. The Celtic decorative scheme would also be inapropraite, it is a lot of excess mass and genunie articles don't have much decorations on them other than twisted wire. Would the editor(s) of the page please chage it?