Talk:List of melee weapons

message: If you would be so kind as to find out what a "dolon" is, and add it to this list if it fits, that would be great. It's evidently an ancient Roman weapon, but when I look on Google, I keep getting the mythological character and the town. The reference to it is at Swordstick. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.95.23.122 (talk • contribs).
Me again. I've got two more weapons--the suntetsu and the koppo. Again, if anyone knows anything about these . . .65.172.233.90 22:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Research Projects

message: The "Pole weapons" section is getting a little fat. Since many of these are spears and can be found on the "Spears" page, maybe we should remove those and leave the others. 
Any thoughts? I am not the only person who reads this page, right?
Only to keep the dead links out.  I also think the whole list needs some trimming but I don't know where to start (besides the dead links of course).Peter Rehse 01:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible removal of weapons?

message: With all due respect, we kinda need them (there are more than a hundred and twenty spears, and I haven't even counted the number of swords.) I put them back for now. If you get rid of them again, please post your reasoning here (if it makes sense, I'll listen.)
I did, explaining most of them in the edit explanation, as they were removed.
I removed a series of pithy (and hence contentious statements).  Something of a joke is an opinion - true or not is besides the point. Telling some one not to add shoe - besides being obvious sure enough someone added shoe.  Things like Sword see Swords are redundant, and the comment at the top (well that is fair enough but try a rewrite that is a little less conversational.Peter Rehse 01:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hey, who deleted the links to longer lists and categories?

message: Should this section actually be included? To me, this page should be a list of weapons created with the intention of being just that. I don't see why a section including things such as chainsaws, baseball bats and the like, should be here. While these things can most certainly be used as weapons in an improvised fashion, are they truly melee weapons?
Atombomb93 04:06, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvised Weapons 

message: It's an old-fashioned term for Staff, which is already on this list. Besides, the link for Stave goes to a page about musical notation. Feo takahari 22:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Please Stop Adding [[Stave]]

message: Javelins are used for throwing. And thus qualify as ranged weapons. Exec. Tassadar  (comments, contribs) 13:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move [[Javelin]] 

message: Could someone please explain what is the difference between Knives, Daggers, Swords, and Fencing Weapons so that there will be no more confusion about this?  If there is no definite distinction between Knives and Swords, these categories should be merged.  The Bowie knife page says it is "long enough to use as a sword" and the Katara (sword) page says it is also called "Bundi dagger".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.235.33.23 (talk) 17:03, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Knives, Daggers, Swords, and Fencing Weapons

message: I suggest severe prunning, or complete removal of the improvised weapon list; just about anything can be used as an improvised weapon. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 20:08, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There needs to be some means of determining what is a widely accepted/used improvised weapon. A glass beer bottle is known for its use in bar fights, but do we really need so many different gardening tools? We could group them into categories, but then we get too many categories... Probably the best and most efficient way would be to remove the section entirely. --Sunao  —Preceding undated comment added 22:49, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvised weapon