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[edit] WP:MilHist Assessment

A nicely written article, this seems, upon a quick scan, to cover the majority of what I'd imagine one would need to say on the subject. But this needs a picture. While I like all articles to have pictures, it is particularly essential for an article on a particular style or type of weapon with a distinctive appearance. Words can only describe it so well, especially if the reader has never heard of a shamshir or a kilic. I think this article also needs to have some further explanation of the terms used; I am an Asian studies major, with a focus on classical/feudal military history, and I do not recognize more than half the terms used here. Clarity to the average, uninformed, reader is the goal here. Proper, technical, and accurate terminology is essential to a good article, but so is clarity. LordAmeth 02:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talwar origins and date

The talwar has been know in Rajasthan since the early 13th Century.

The "Sirohi blade" is believed to be the lightest among all talwars...Sirohi is a town in southern Rajasthan.

http://sirohi.nic.in/hist.htm

http://www.indianngos.com/districts/sirohi_about.htm

Sirohi

[edit] Video game references notable?

Over half of the whole article is video game references. Are they really notable enough to warrant a mention? And I agree with LordAmeth, this article needs a picture.130.234.5.136 19:03, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

You may notice that the comment by LordAmeth is over two years old. That is because there has been an image for some time now, after he mentioned it, but the image that goes with this article is repeatedly removed or replaced with unrelated images by this user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:68.60.229.114

(Contributions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/68.60.229.114)

Take a look at his history of edits. All are on this article, and the one that isn't was to add "Tulwar"/"Talwar" to the other article.

This is the image (to the right) that is supposed to be used with this article, and I link to it here in hopes that he will not remove it, so that the next person to notice the lack of a picture will be able to see what is going on.

As you can see, I've attempted to let him know via his talk page that he ought not be doing this, but he doesn't seem to read it. He also doesn't leave edit summaries, making things confusing.

My latest edit restores this image, but if you happen across this article again, and it's missing... You know what's happened.

Also, I find the list of video game references to be silly, but I leave that in there because people are so adamant about adding to it, and keeping it accurate. It's hardly encyclopedic information, and I'd like to see it gone, but I don't think I am the one to make the decision to get rid of it.

69.65.232.61 (talk) 11:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)