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Talk:Bowstaff

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A bowstaff is a weapon used in England in the 17th century.
The bowstaff never needs to be unstrung and when stringed is totally flat so can be used as a light staff, or a walking stick.
The advantages of a bowstaff are that it always ready to use but it requires great strength and is not extremely accurate unless you have great skill.  The second key advantage is that it serves as both an offensive and defensive weapon without switching tactics.
It is commonly featured in the Robin Hood tales as the weapon of choice of Little John, and is the weapon of which Robin was forced to use to cross the river.  In the Mel Brooks parody, the primary flaw of the bowstaff was illustrated as they tend to weaken over years of exposure and eventually snap when needed.
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I have never heard of this; nor has the OED, or any other reference I looked in. Furthermore, it doesn't make any sense; if you keep a bow strung, it will necessarily take a set. An unstrung bow can be used as a staff weapon or walking stick in an emergency, of course, but that risks damaging it. The picture, and some of the description, is of quarterstaff. 
I may of course be mistaken, but if you want to restore this article please provide a citation. As is, it sounds like a creative misunderstanding of bo (weapon).
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The Bowstaff closest resembles the quarterstaff in appearance in function as compared to the bo.  The phrase unstringing comes not from the meaning as the sense of stringing a bow and arrow but from what is done to the ends of the staff.  Typically the bowstaff has both of its ends "strung" as a matter of wrapping in order to prevent the ends of the staff from cracking and splitting from being swung as a club or repeatedly mashed into the ground.  As you mentioned keeping a bow strung at all times would cause the curve to lose its play and therefore most of its power.  I have been as yet unable to locate the texts for citation but I do know that detailed studies have been done in various living history texts; most of these texts are unavailable online.
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Hmmm, interesting. Thanks.
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Update: I've been informed that a weapon called a bowstaff, matching the original editor 138.89.174.154's description, appears in R.A. Salvatore's Demon Trilogy, which suggests it is entirely a fantasy weapon (though the existence of staves with wrapped ends is entirely plausible.) Megalophias 15:39, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source please?
Talk:Granny

message: The eponymous horror video game is missing from this list for some reason.
Granny  Seiquesou1234 (talk) 13:15, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Video game

message: Simone
@ 41.74.140.244 (talk) 16:43, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Granit 2 jogo
Talk:Selection methods in plant breeding based on mode of reproduction

message: This article is way too technical and reads like a college textbook. I would like someone with knowledge or experience in relevant areas to do some rewriting. --BorgQueen 14:44, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that what you want is covered by the expert tag, not the technical tag. Adjusted tags. Guy Macon (talk) 17:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sauk people

message: It would be great if someone provided a sound clip of the word "oθaakiiwaki", or at least the pronunciation in IPA. Omphaloscope talk 16:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of oθaakiiwaki 

message: The statement "According to Anishinaabe oral tradition, these five Sac were killed by local Dakota in the late 18th century." is not in the cited work at the cited page number. Also, the link text is Anishiaabe but it does not link to the Anishinaabe article. Concept14 (talk) 04:23, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographical Names 

message: Regarding the proposed splitting off of the Sauk language, you can just go for it. I'm surprised they've been combined for so long. Yuchitown (talk) 14:53, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Sauk language]]
Talk:Iteration

message: The article is very interesting, but it would be even nicer if the references used to create it could be also read.
Best regards,
--Hgfernan 18:25, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where are the references ?  

message: Is it me or shouldn't the recursion link go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion_%28computer_science%29 instead of the disambiguous one?
HashKagen @ danish wikipedia 12:33, 22nov  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.74.217.52 (talk) 11:33, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. -Bryanrutherford0 (talk) 16:52, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  correct linkage? 

message: Wow.  This is one of the more troubled pages I've come across in a long time, out of thousands.  Would barely know where to start.  My own impulse would be to separate algorithmic iteration (mathematics and computing) into a separate article.  — MaxEnt 21:58, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made some edits that will likely help in this regard. Heterodidact (talk) 06:49, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red-headed step child
Talk:Amity Business School

message: Note:  A letter that was posted here, was removed.  The same letter was put in the article (and I took it out).  Frankly, I don't get what somebody is trying to do, they need to explain themselves, in their own words, clearly.  Generally, copying/pasting letters off other web sites, is a bad thing (as its either a copyvio, or its libel, violation of privacy, or I don't know what).  This whole thing is rather odd.  --Rob 18:08, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

message: Aicte withdraws approval of courses to Amity Business School
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=12056
Twenty-two sprawling campuses. 35,000 students. 130 professional degree courses. That’s the Amity universe. [BLP content redacted]
http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/be_cautious_from_amity 
Amity student commits suicide 
http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/07/stories/2005100721270300.htm
--Anujsalujaa (talk) 09:35, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Up Facts 

message: Globally Comparable Infrastructure --Neetukumarr (talk) 07:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Infrastructure
Talk:List of Paraguayans

message: Why is Luis Maria Argana first on this list? He is not the most important Paraguayan in recent history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariscal8 (talk • contribs) 
:The list goes by alphabetical order :) . Bruno18 17:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Some presidents are in, some are out... what's the point? --Againme (talk) 15:32, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This list is arbitrary and has no criteria...
Talk:St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh

message: I think I should point out that there are TWO chapels of this name on the rock. There is the one described here, and also another at the foot of the rock near the railway line. It is a ruin, and in a very bad way. --MacRusgail 18:18, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting, didn't know that. Any info could be added to the article...dave souza 19:27, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There is only one St. Margaret's Chapel on the Castle Rock. St Margaret's Well is the other Saint Margaret associated edifice on the Castle rock. The defensive well house tower (built in 1362) is the ruin near the railway line which you see today. Antisthenes 22:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for that info which seems logical: can you cite a verifiable source so that it can be added to the article? .. dave souza, talk 23:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll try to dig out a source next time I'm in the library. I'm not sure that this is really a point worth adding to this page though since aside from a common name the chapel and the well really have nothing to do with one another. This is more properly a point to deal with in articles concerned with a.) Edinburgh Castle and b.) Saint Margaret.
84.66.255.79 20:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Two chapels
Talk:Börek (food)

message: If this food originated from the Turks, why is it listed as an Albanian food under the Albanian name? I am not saying that it is only a Turkish food - I believe it is eaten throughout the Balkans-Greece-Turkey area. I am not trying to make a nationalistic statement here, I was just going to expound of varieties of Turkish Borek, and I don't know what Byrek is, if it is the same, etc. For example, in Turkey you can order borek plain or with powdered sugar (they call it Kurt Boregi and I am not sure if that refers to Kurds or wolves). You can also get it with ground beef and a variety known as su boregi which is kind of noodly with white cheese.
I guess I should look into Wikipedia rules about how to choose countries, varieties of names, etc. Please let me know if you have any thoughts on this matter --Chinawhitecotton 18:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't help thinking, with all due respect tio Albania, that this dish is better known generally as borek or börek. The article itself states that the Albaninan version is of Turkish origin. Palmiro | Talk 23:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Andrew Stanton

message: Is it true that Pixar dumped Stanton over the JC fiasco?108.23.147.17 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 17:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Carter 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Revolver (upcoming film) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 September 11#Revolver (upcoming film) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Steel1943 (talk) 21:49, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Revolver (upcoming film)" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:List of companies in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

message: Why does this article need to exist if there's already a category of Dallas/Ft. Worth-based companies? (It's not really an external link; I just don't know how to link to a category.)  Also, Why does this contain More companies than those that are listed on the DFW page? Should they not all be on the same page. Though, I do think it is necessary to include a differentiation between those listed on the fortune 500 and those that are not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.128.188.179 (talk • contribs) 
:Lists are often there to organize things that ca't be organized clearly (and specifically) in categories.  For instance, it's better to have one big category and a list that breaks things down for the category than tons of categories and no lists.  Also it allows for images and whatnot. drumguy8800 C T 07:34, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category vs. List 
Talk:Strathspey (dance)

message: What about the pipe music which accompanies the dance? I'd have to dig out my pipe stuff, but when I was drumming for a pipe band I remember strathspeys being harder to get a feel for. I would prefer to leave the subject to a real expert though, as I knew many. Khiradtalk 22:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the pipe music? 

message: one pf the better WP pages as far as content goes. Informed and extended my interest without introducing frivolous trivialities.  49.182.174.6 (talk) 11:31, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  feedback from user 

message: A simple one coud be: "One - Two (rassembled) - Three - Hop". Japarthur (talk) 07:18, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of the steps ? 

message: "In the New World, the Cape Breton strathspey differs from its Scottish cousins in that the "snaps" can come at any point in the measure"
OK, so there are rules as to where they can some in a traditional Scottish Strathspey? What are they? No mention of them in the text to this point. EphenStephen (talk) 21:06, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Positions of 'snaps'?
Talk:2005 Tennis Masters Cup

message: We need information on all those players that did not compete in the Cup.  I suppose most of the instances are contusion-related?  Although I'm not certain about Hewitt, what with his wife having the baby and all... Maybe he withdrew because of the birth of his child?  I mean, this is got to be a first: only one of the Top 5 players is actually participating in the Cup (after Agassi withdrew following his first match).  This is definately worth mentioning in the article.  Regards, Redux 19:04, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

message: I added the ref because there has been confusion about this elsewhere on wikipedia, and not surprisingly since the "official" site incorrectly says indoor hard courts. But the ITF site's tourney draw is correct so I used that as the lone reference.
Hopefully this will help prevent further confusion.
--Armchair info guy (talk) 03:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Added ref for indoor carpet surface
Talk:Illyrians

message: Albanians are the most related descendants to the Illyrians. Revise and refer to the Albanian language for facts and proof please fix this. 2601:80:4600:E1A0:E033:8345:EC4C:C79A (talk) 03:39, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong 

message: I have replaced the southern Illyria map and its mistakes with the southern Illyria template which is what has replaced this map in all relevant articles. As it is the product of many discussions about consensus and doesn't make any reference to ethnicity, it's something which shouldn't be a matter of dispute.--Maleschreiber (talk) 17:44, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Both maps you removed are one worse than the other. It would be good to have a proper map for this article, if there is someone willing to work on it. Ktrimi991 (talk) 18:34, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maps 

message: The passage:
--The term "Illyrians" last appears in the historical record in the 7th century, referring to a Byzantine garrison operating within the former Roman province of Illyricum.-- seems to have a wrong reference. It cites Schaefer 2008, p.130 as reference source.
But Schaefer 2008, "Encyclopedia of Race Ethnicity and Society" at page 130, writes only about the ethnic composition of the balkans: ""The mountainous terrain also allowed minority peoples to take refuge to escape conquerors and thereby retain their identities rather than be assimilated. Examples include the retreat of Illyrians and Dacians into the mountains at the time of the Slavic invasions (7th century) and their later reemergence as Albanians and Vlachs.""
makes no reference about the last time the term Illyrian was used, no reference to any Byzantine garrison whatsoever. JøllyRøger321 (talk) 20:18, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong source: The term "Illyrians" last appearence. 

message: The claim by Bogdan Brukner is old and outdated. Greeks had that, naming, habit everywhere they went. Egyptians, Gauls, Persians, Sclavenoi, the list of Greek names with no historic value abound. There was never such a group of people.  One that self-identified as Illyrians. We should stop promoting it as it really means nothning. Just as there was never a region called "Balkan". The name was invented by an English writer in 19th century after he travelled through the region. How is that a valid reason for calling the southeastern corner of Europe by a turkish name that was never in any form of official use? 220.158.190.180 (talk) 13:18, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Proto-Illyrians"
Talk:American Bashkir Curly/Archive 1

message: This was tagged for CV and then removed with a claim of permission recieved.  I've asked the editor to document permission here.  site is http://www.curlys.ca/PageSSCurlyOrigin.html    RJFJR 17:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Signed comments

message: I've looked at the history of this article, and it suggests a biased person created the article in an effort to advertise the sales of Curly horses. In searching Google for curly horse information, all that I found was contained on commercial websites whose aim was the sale of Curly horses. I found the article Bashkir curly which seems to be much better suited to Wikipedia's expectations. Therefore, I suggest this article be redirected to Bashkir curly. I'll be bold and just get it done now (revert me if you want, that's what makes this site so great ;). Xaxafrad 04:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect
Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Workshop

message: POTW has been sending alot of hostile talk page messages my way, so i'm just going to move them all to a separate archive to not violate WP:TP. Although i'm going to keep my pledge of above, i'm having a really hard time bringing myself not to name it "the Pig Pen" ;-) Karmafist 20:15, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Notice For Everyone
Talk:Black lemur

message: I've seen the black lemur credited as being the only primate besides Man to have blue eyes. Comment?  Trekphiler 10:22, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Blue eyes

message: The Black Lemur primarily eats fruit,[6] with an estimated 78% of is diet consisting of the latter.[7] 
This sentence makes no sense. Will somebody who knows what it's supposed to mean please fix it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.244.33.124 (talk) 08:24, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Makes no sense
Template talk:Scottish Professional Football League

message: I think 'Heart of Midlothian' and 'Hibernian' should be used as they ARE they official names of the clubs. --Antz 19:46, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No-one's denying that; however, the full names are seldom used by the public. Heart of Midlothian is invariably shortened to Hearts and Hibernian to Hibs. I think they're more useful - and far less wordy - in their shortened, common form. Erath 20:04, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

text: On the contrary, I'm offering a suggestion that's far more likely to be useful in an encyclopedic sense. The object of the template is to provide the information as a quick-reference - the articles themselves can go into the naming detail. Erath 09:21, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hearts / Heart of Midlothian and Hibs / Hibernian

message: As clubs' logos are copyrighted with no free licence, their use in Wikipedia is subject to the Fair use policy. The relevant guideline states:
:9. Fair use images should only be used in the article namespace. They should never be used on templates (including stub templates and navigation boxes) or on user pages.
Therefore I've removed the logos from this template. Please do not replace them. Qwghlm 13:41, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of fair use images 

message: Rather than link to football in every Scottish division for each season, I've created pages for 2006/07 and 2005/06 for the SPL. Could others make similar pages for previous seasons? Table data here. Fedgin 14:57, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change to SPL seasons 

message: Can I suggest that this template be broken into to separate templates? Since this template links to all the top-flight season articles I would suggest that it be changed to just include that, following examples of the templates for Allsvenskan seasons (Sweden) and Tippeligaen seasons (Norway). Then creating a separate new template for the Scottish Premier League which would include the former teams, SPL league seasons (1998 to 2013) and all the related pages such as List of Scottish Premier League stadiums (included at the bottom of the existing template). Cal Umbra 09:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and made the changes as there were no objections. See templates: Template:Scottish top division football seasons and Template:Scottish Premier League. Cal Umbra 15:46, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested change
Talk:Contact sport

message: In regards to this section I can add much more information on injuries from a health aspect and common injuries in the sport.  I can also add some infamous injuries that have changed the ways and rules some of these contact sports are played. 
144.80.144.70 (talk) 16:41, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Injuries  

message: I have reverted this edit as the sources used are not reliable. Everything in Wikipedia has to be verifiable to a reliable source. The gftskills.com website is a self-published website advertising a personal trainer. The other source soccertruths.com is a self published website created by . They do not meet the standards for inclusion. If you can find a peer-reviewed or published work eg an academic journal or a newspaper (not a tabloid) that discusses whether this is a contact sport, limited contact etc then this could be used. Please do not try and re-add the information without discussing it here or without a reliable source. See bold, revert, discuss and the 3 revert rule which guide your actions here. Woody (talk) 15:24, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Association football 

message: Is rail race a contact sports and If no why 41.190.3.64 (talk) 19:51, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  P.H.E 

message: — Assignment last updated by JonCole2 (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: English 102
Talk:USS Florida

message: * A fourth USS Florida was present at the Battle of Tayacoba during the Spanish-American War in 1898.     
I have serious doubts about this Florida being a USN warship.  Yes the records indicate that there was a transport Florida (and Fanita) escorted by the USS Peoria for this engagement.  This is further substantiated in that a ship (Florida) was leased by the US Army from the period 2 May thru 9 Sept, 1898.  The USS Peoria left Key West on 25 Jun with the transports and returned them early July. 64.136.27.225 20:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Mazda RX-4

message: i´m a propieter from a mazda rotary pick up rx4 its a great truck, i´m from mexico.
in my country the rx4 mazda is unique
Hola! A pick up ute in an rx4 shape? Do you have any pictures? Stevee2 11:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: hello!
Talk:Naqadeh

message: Note for Diyako : do not alter this topic otherwise it will be deleted for ever !!!
Naghadeh (Persian), Naghaday (Turkish) ;Naghadah(kurdish)
it is a small city and lies about 23 km southwest corner of Lake Urmia ( West Azerbaijan province of IRAN ) 1,300 metres above sea level .
Foundation of Naghadeh dates from 1750 -1752 when an azerbaijanian tribe called gharapapakh migrated from northern azerbajanian region (ghafghaz) and settled to soldooz ( a turkish name that means : a flat and fertile land with plenty of water resources inside ) . Little is known of its history but in ancient times there was some arian civilization there especially in hasanloo , a rural town 10 km northeast to Naghadeh. Also tribes Kurds began migrating to naghadeh from the mountains of west Asia (now IRAQ) during these times .
Gharapapakh , the largest ethnic group of Naghadeh's turks , make up about 74 percent of city's population.
Naghadeh has several cultural and recreational attractions like yeddi_goz and sultan_yaghoob Also there is two universities : payam noor and Azad free university .
Region economy greatly depends on agricultural products , also cattle and sheep are raised both for meat--lamb and mutton--and for wool, so enough meat - wheat - corn - and dairy products available to feed its own people as well as for export to people in other cities . Region farmers also raise apples, grapes, tomatoes , potatoes , onions, peas, and other fruits . The high farm production results from the fertile soil and the use of modern machinery and scientific farming methods.
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Hi, You can write here your viewpoints on the article. We can discuss. Remember you must have sources for whatever you claim! Thank you Diyako 20:49, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
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