Talk:Kabuto

message: is the inspiration for the helmet of Darth Vader. i dont believe this to be true. the idea that his helmet derrives from the standard wehrmacht stahlhelm is more common. because of the use of german stormtrooper also more plausible.
The word kabuto is probably related at a very ancient level to the Indo-European *kaput, "head." The helmet is protection for the head, and the first helmets were probably made of the skulls of bears, lions, and wolves. Das Baz 15:05, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 15:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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message: This page is a good example of image galleries run rampant.  We need to pare down the images to a few examples that support the text of the article.  Please note WP:IG and WP:INDISCRIMINATE.  I will be back to help with this later. Wilhelm Meis (☎ Diskuss | ✍ Beiträge) 17:54, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that you do not have a real interest in the subject but just want to "pare down the images", as far as I know you are the only editor who has complained about the way this article is presently laid out and there is a reason for that....for this type of article to properly educate people you need images, its as simple as that, in my opinion.Darkness walks (talk) 04:36, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, but I have to agree with WM. It is cultural bias to imply that we should fill this article with images because Japanese armour is different from European armour. Either expand the text so there is some sense of proportion, or remove most of the images. If Japanese armour needs to be explained, then Wikipedia should do that with words. Konjakupoet (talk) 09:09, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I would have to regard the idea that Japanese armour is fundamentally different from European armour as an exceptional claim.  It is superficially different, but not fundamentally different.  I would also argue that 83 images do not add much more information than 12 well chosen images, to any article (unless the article in question is simply too long and needs to be split, but that's not this article).  Some reasons to remove excessive images from an article include making Wikipedia articles accessible to those with disabilities and mobile device accessibility, as well as avoiding an indiscriminate collection of images and providing only pertinent and encyclopedic media content.  Specifically, the latter states: "Adding multiple images with very similar content is less useful... You should always be watchful not to overwhelm an article with images by adding more just because you can."  Again, I think the coat of arms template I linked in this thread demonstrates that if you want to depict the constituent parts of a complex object, you can do so with a template showing a generic form of the object with each part labeled, and these labels can even link to those articles (if they exist), without cluttering up the article with image galleries.  I will work on a proposal on my sandbox page later and see if I can strike a balance of images that is acceptable to everyone here. Wilhelm Meis (☎ Diskuss | ✍ Beiträge) 16:58, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
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