Talk:Kukri/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Repetition

There seems to be quite a bit of duplicate information here -- the length of the blade, the significance of the notch etc. are dealt with twice. Nath 18:00, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

If I didnt know that there was debate about the signifiance of the Cho before I sure do now, its mentioned three times.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.104.250.115 (talk • contribs) 19:21, 10 April 2006

Annoying and Constroversial Statements

The author goes out of his way to talk about things that aren't verified or are sensitive issues. For example, the "clitoris of the goddess Kali", "Aryans", etc. I understand what he is saying and find him discussing things like that tactless and downright offensive, especially to orthodox Hindus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tu160m (talk • contribs) 03:28, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Contradictory info

I've tagged this article as containing contradictory information. It states that "The most effective kukri is about 16 to 18 inches in overall length and weighs in at one to two pounds. Bigger examples are impractical for everyday use...", and a few lines later "Blades longer than 15 inches are generally considered impractical." Not sure how important this is to the article overall, but to my mind this and the points above make me question the reliability of the information. I84 22:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe the 12-15 inch statement was about the blade, whereas the 16-18 inch statement is overall length, i.e. it includes the handle/grip.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.147.61.28 (talk • contribs) 16:01, 11 June 2006

That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up. I84 22:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

External links cleanup

This section is filling up with commercial websites (manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, etc) which is against WP guidelines WP:EL. Calltech 20:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Sections

We should add more sections. Redskunk 03:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Spam?

User:195.40.118.229 just spam-templated the external links section. Not without cause, since two of the links are both to the same source. If you ask me, khukuriknife.com is a welcome source, but perhaps it would serve the article better as a reference (which this article is sorely lacking) than an external link? --mordicai. 17:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Clarifications

What does "balanced so it will rest in a vertical position" mean? If this is in reference to the idea that when balanced by a finger on an edge, it will tend to rest with the sharp edge pointing at the ground, wouldn't that simply be a consequence of the "bend" of the blade? I suspect it's not a planned consequence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.92.70.107 (talk) 01:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 18:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Kukri or Khukri?

The title "Kukri" should be changed to "Khukuri". That is how it is spelled and pronounced who make and sell khukurs. If you do research on internet, the word "Khukuri" is much more popular than the other words. You can find a dictionary entry for "Khukuri" in www.dictionary.com. I think the word "Kukri" got a place here just because it is easier for the westerners to pronounce it.

So I strongly recommend to change the article. Aaniyo 09:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Huh? The claim that "'Khukuri' is much more popular than the other words" is false. Google gives a mere 92,600 hits for "khukuri" and 85,500 hits for "khukri", compared to 2,910,000 hits for "kukri". —Lowellian (reply) 08:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

The name Kukri is very very incorrect. The actual name of the thing is Khukuri. Foreigners might have perceived it as kukri but since the article is about khukuri I strongly recommend the original name of the article be changed to Khukuri.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Longroof (talk • contribs) 04:47, 15 March 2007

Wikipedia policy is to use the common English name (see Wikipedia:Use common names and Wikipedia:Use English). The common English name is kukri. —Lowellian (reply) 08:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 19:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Mistake

Well...
One question?
Who is writing/editing this article? Men/Women or Nepali/Non (real) Nepali?
As I went through this article (though I am not scholar about Khukuri), I found it very funny.

From the first sentence till last sentence everything is mistake.

From Article: "The khukuri (Devanāgarī: खुकुरी) is a heavy,..." I have few Khukuri which is not heavy at all.

"The name is pronounced khu-khoo-ree. Although khukuri, "khukeri" or khookree are more accurate transliterations, kukri is the most well-known spelling of the name of this blade style." Mistake! Correct is खुकुरी (Khu-ku-ri)!

"The kukri is designed for chopping and in use resembles a cross between a knife and an axe." Mistake - there are lots of varieties" Correct is: 1. War purpose Khulkuri, 2. Meat/bone cutting purpose Khukuri 3. House hold/daily use purpose Khurkuri etc. And their purpose are not mixed.

"Blades are typically 3 - 10 cm wide and 30 – 38 cm long, but size varies. Larger, less practical ceremonial blades may be as long as 70 cm." Mistake! Correct is: Special forces,Military uses Khukuri are seen to be less than 30cm weapon which is believed to be more Practical in close combat. (Comes in modification e.g. Nepal army use, British Army use (STF use), Indian Army use etc. And bigger than 30-38 cm or more or equal to 70cm is documented (Museum) famous warblade Khukuri too.

"Blades are deflected at an angle of 20° or more, with a thick spine and a single sharp cutting edge; this causes the end section of the blade to strike square on, greatly increasing chopping effectiveness." Mistake! Khukuri is not only Angle of 20° or more but a good blanace, good blade angle, combination of hardmetal and softmetal etc (difficult to explain here). A real Khukluri (not Decoration/Souvenir one) is an art... like a Samurai Blade. A well trained Khukuri fighter can chop in a single swing from Human Bones to Animal Cow/Goat neck etc by using 30cm or less Khukuri.

"Khukris can be broadly classified into two types: 'siropate' are used for warfare, while 'budhuni' are used for woodwork." Mistake! Correct! The writer forgot to mention Vojpuri/Bhojpuri Khukuri.

"siropate" Mistake! Correct: Sirupate. Which is used by Kiranti (but not by Aryan/Kchetri etc.) And this weapon is not effective in wood cutting.

"Bhojpuri" which is more effective in woodcutting than meat cutting. But it is still unclear to me, why it is used in Army purpose!

"Siropate have sleeker and thinner blades, while the budhuni have thicker wider blades shaped more like fish." MIstake! Sirupate and ?Budhuni...? Well... Sirupate Khukuri and other type of Khukuri differs not only by Shape and size as descrbied above. But more than that. Balance is the key difference. (I can't explain it in scientific words. I will ask some specialists to describe them.)

"The Nepalese handle these knives from the age of five." Wow... what are you trying to say by using that age group here?

One friendly question! Are you writing this article to Humiliate/offend certain race?

Please, don't write anything without-sense which can rise conflict within certain group of people.

Please, remember words are mightier than swords!

Peace~!

AnThRaX Ru (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll correct/develop more

I'll find more GNU free copyright pictures, and put here. And will add more factual/History technical details within few days.

Sorry, I have deleted few/many unrelated to the main article sentences which was offensive and/or was controversial and/or lacked facts.

If you have facts to prove, please correct me. I welcome!

PS: Please, give me few more days so that I can provide more.

AnThRaX Ru (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 00:34, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Clarity

The article states "It is erroneously said that the knife is specifically weighted for the purpose of slitting the throat." What part of the following definition is not slitting the throat? "The specific strike for which the kukri gains this reputation is difficult to accurately describe, but essentially involves striking near to the jugular with the blade near the handle, followed by a quick draw across the rest of the neck with the remainder of the blade." Mbrady4415 21:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Useful for slitting the throat and made with the intent of it being particularly useful for slitting the throar are two different things. Dannysjgdf (talk) 10:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Makes no sense

This paragraph:

The name is mistakenly pronounced as khu-khoo-ree, "khukeri" or khookree. The Khukuri[2] is the correct spelling of the name of this blade style. In early English writings there were many and diverse spellings of the name[1].

is frustrating me, and kind of also making me a little mad, because either the writer wasn't paying any attention at all, or someone has brutally edited without regard to resulting loss of clarity. Since I know nothing about this subject, including how to pronounce/spell this word, I can't fix this, but I strongly suggest someone get in here and flesh it out before I disappear the whole thing. First, it seems silly to announce that the word is commonly MISpronounced (and give examples of such mispronunciations) without also providing the reader with the correct pronunciation. It's also silly to say (even if a source is cited) that the "correct" spelling of the word differs from the spelling used in the title of the article itself. One or the other spelling should be deleted, and the remainder of the article edited to reflect that and maintain consistency.

Finally, the sources cited in this paragraph I consider bogus. One links to the Russian version of this exact same article ([1]); using a link to a WP article of whatever language is inappropriate in a reference list, and if I were looking for the "correct" pronunciation of the name of this knife, I'd find myself no further along in my search unless I were fluent in Russian. Since this is the English-language version of WP, we can't assume that all readers are Russian-speaking. I'll probably delete that reference on the above grounds.

The second reference is a website that I don't believe meets the WP criteria for a valid/reliable source ([2]), and I will probably delete that reference, too.

I'll be back later to check on the exciting developments!! Love, Sugarbat (talk) 03:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I removed the confusing pronunciation paragraph. If someone can write one that makes sense, please do. Since policy is to use the most common English spelling, I've changed everything to "kukri," reflecting the title of the article, and over half a million Google hits.

I looked at the Russian Wikipedia article, and though I don't speak Russian, I can read the alphabet, and it basically lists the same mix of spellings that were in here. Cadwaladr (talk) 05:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Fiction - Usage in Resident Evil?

Didn't the character Alice use a pair of these in the movie Resident Evil:Apocalypse? —Preceding unsigned comment added by GeneticInsanity (talk • contribs) 04:15, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Pop Culture

Do we really need the long list?Halofanatic333 (talk) 12:44, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Copyvio

The "parts of a kukri" section seemed to refer to a "pic" that wasn't there, so I wondered if it had been carelessly copied from somewhere else. A quick google shows it clearly comes from here: [3]

So I have commented the entire section out as copyright violation. Besides, it was a long list of dicdefs, and Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Hairy Dude (talk) 15:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Tangs, which is it?

The opening section says that tangs are normally rat tail or partial and then below in the manufacture proceeds to describe quite perfectly how the tang is a full tang extending to the bottom of the handle. Someone needs to learn a little more about tangs before mislabeling the khukri as a partial; it would be useless in war or chore if the handle sheared due to poor craftsmanship (partial / rat tail tang) everytime it was swung. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anothernic (talk • contribs) 14:10, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Factual Error in Image Text (correct in main text)

One of the images says: "The two smaller blades are used for sharpening and maintaining the Kukri". This is incorrect. The correct description is in the main body of the text: "The karda is a small accessory blade used for many tasks. The chakmak is unsharpened and is used to burnish the blade. It can also be used to start a fire with flint. ". (The karda in the picture seems too small to be anything else than a decoration karda. I do not know how big a chakmak would need to be to be useful. But I *believe* the chakmak in the picture is too small to be anything else than decoration too) Peope (talk) 08:56, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Spelling

I've changed everything to "kukri" again. The title of the article is "Kukri" and the text should be consistent with the title. "Kukri" is the most common spelling in English, and WP policy is to use common names in English. Right or wrong, that's the way it is, and I hope anyone who wants to change it in the future will read this first. Cadwaladr (talk) 19:30, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Years later, but someone went through and capitalised about half the instances of the word "kukri". Since it's not a proper noun, but rather a common noun, I've lowercased all instances other than the first word of a sentence. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:11, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

"In popular culture"

Yesterday I added another entry to the "in popular culture" section, but I've more recently begun to doubt whether this section is encyclopedic. Looking at [4] there are over fifty examples of kukris in popular culture. I doubt it's encyclopedic to include them all, but it also should not be arbitrary which of them are mentioned. I would like some input on by what standards should we should determine whether to include examples in this section, or whether perhaps the section should be removed altogether. --Mors Martell (talk) 22:06, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

RfC: Kukris in popular culture

Around 20 examples of kukris in popular culture are given in this section of the article. Per [5] there are over 50 examples of kukris in popular culture, and while it would not be encyclopedic for the article to include them all, it should not be arbitrary which are included. I request assistance on by what standards examples should be included or not included in this section. --Mors Martell (talk) 15:56, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

I think a lot of the current references are trivial and don't really illuminate the subject of the Kukri. Also, I'd imagine that that section is potentially infinitely expandable. I think the Dracula reference is good because the Kukri actually plays a significant role in a decisive point in the narrative. The rest are mostly just iterations of "character x" had a Kukri which I personally find uninteresting. The inclusion criteria are pretty subjective but this essay may provide some guidance. FiachraByrne (talk) 10:30, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Had been thinking this same thing for a while, glad to see it brought up. I would guesstimate that no more than 4 or 5 of the examples meet WP:N, with the Dracula one being the best example. Maybe one or two of the manga or video game ones might be Notable. My off-the-cuff suggestion would be to cut it down to four or five, see if it's possible to footnote any of them as having received WP:RS third-party note, and put a big "hidden text" warning telling folks that any IPC addition not meeting WP:N will be promptly removed. Tell you what, I'm going to WP:BEBOLD and get it down to 5, and if anyone else wants to trim it further, feel free. Or revert if someone has an actual policy-based argument for keeping some ones I've cut. I'll also see if I can find a good ref for the use of kukri in Dracula. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:36, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

I had hoped one of you might assist in improving this section of the article, but if no one else is interested I'll take a crack at it. --Mors Martell (talk) 01:03, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

This is proving more difficult than I expected. The only entry for which I can find a secondary source is the kukri's appearance in Dracula, but I hesitate to remove the entire rest of the list. Advice from other editors would be welcome. --Mors Martell (talk) 01:30, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

My initial impression would be that the most relevant examples to mention in the article are those where the identity of a character's weapon as specifically being a kukri (as opposed to some other type of knife) is a prominent plot point. Cases where a character is using a knife which happens to be a kukri — but where only an expert would notice this obscure fact, or nothing about the story would be significantly different if another kind of weapon were being used — are likely to be less important. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:43, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

In the example I initially added, from Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, one of the characters uses a weapon specifically identified as a kukri. It's one of only three weapons available to the character, the others being a pistol and a shotgun. However, the gameplay would be more or less the same if the weapon were another blade of similar size. Is that an example you would suggest removing? --Mors Martell (talk) 15:31, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

• In its current form it feels like trivia. In film and Television section it is mentioned in most of them as khukri was used in this episode or that episode. It is not notable. One other thing is in gaming section it is mentioned as weapon in several games. Now Ak 47 and M16 or RPG can be found in most of the action or shooter games that doesn't mean we list them in respective articles. Most of the uses are without any ref so remove them. I would advise to keep the section but keep it short. Four or five is okay. What is encyclopedic? Khukri is a weapon used by Gurkhas and used by several armies such as Indian Army and British Army those are the details which are encyclopedic not use in some movie in a single scene.--Vyom25 (talk) 07:20, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Going by this discussion, I'm going to get rid of the list entirely; the trivial elements are going bye-bye, and the non-trivial I'm going to integrate into the History section, since non-trivial ones are historical by the impact that they've had. Right now, I've only been able to find a place for the Dracula reference, although of course if you can figure out how to integrate three or four more into the same section, this discussion appears to conclude that it would be appropriate. For future reference, if you want to integrate something this way, you should use this version of the article. Nyttend (talk) 19:04, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

duplication, spelling and copyrightvio

Having looked at the comments on this page about duplication, spelling and the 'parts list'; the copyrightvio and the fact that it was also far too detailed and rightly, in my opinion, deleted.
On spelling, I have looked in three different dictionaries and all of them spell the knife 'kukri': Somebody above states that it is policy to go with the common spelling in the English language. That's good enough for me.
I've deleted the code for the 'well used kukri' as it's the same picture (I looked) as the 'polished presentational kukri'. Duplication?

RASAM (talk) 20:48, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

"Vishnu's Finger" - Really?

I've never been involved in any kind of knife fight, and hope I never shall be, but flicking blood off the blade into my opponent's eyes strikes me as a highly unlikely technique. How accurately could you flick it? How many drops would hit his eyes? What would he be doing with his knife while you're concentrating on your flicking skills? Of course, if any Gurkhas can vouch for this then fair enough.Paul J Williams (talk) 10:31, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

The idea is more as a distraction rather than accurately hitting the eye. Morinae (talk) 15:32, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Unsourced blather

I'd suggest removing everything from this article that doesn't have a reference as a source. But it would be a very short article. Kortoso (talk) 17:57, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

May I suggest, after seeing this comment on my watchlist, that one finds references for these unsourced statements? I am no knife expert, but surely some references ought to be found, resulting in a less radical strip-down on the page. Thanks, ^{My name is}not^dave (talk/contribs) 19:45, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

May I suggest starting with finding reputable sources, see what they say, then report on that, rather than try to cherry-pick sources that support mythical claims and assumptions.

Googling "kukri" or even "kukri history" mostly produces sales sites that may have useful information, but they are primarily interested in hyping the legend, rather than researching. The following two might be the closest we can get to responsible, authoritative sources:

http://www.ikrhs.com/

http://www.gurkhabde.com/the-kukri/

Kortoso (talk) 16:43, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 26 April 2017

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The result of the move request was: not moved.(non-admin closure) Kostas20142 (talk) 15:16, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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Kukri → Khukuri – Common spelling in Nepal as it is Nepali origin weapon. Airkeeper (talk) 06:20, 26 April 2017 (UTC) Airkeeper (talk) 06:20, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose move. We use the common English-language spelling, not the common spelling of the country of origin.  ONR  (talk)  22:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose. The current spelling is by far the most common in English-language sources. This is not Nepali Wikipedia. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:20, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose Moving Kukri to Khukuri would be like moving Tycoon to Taikun, the more technically accurate Japanese transliteration. Both kukri and tycoon have become English words. Genealogizer (talk) 01:56, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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Place of origination

Does this originate from Nepal or the Indian subcontinent? It stood as saying Nepal for years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, etc) until Highpeaks35 changed it without a source on 7 October 2018. Since then there has been a steady stream of them reverting anyone who tries to change it back, quoting "unreferenced". Per WP:BRD, it should be changed back to Nepal until a consensus is found here. Anarchyte (talk | work) 04:44, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Anarchyte, I used a neutral geographic term. Modern Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (founded 2006) or Republic of India (founded 1950) did not exist at the time of its invention. Unless we can point to Kingdom of Nepal as the source for this item, but Indian subcontinent will still be most accurate and neutral. (Highpeaks35 (talk) 04:50, 6 January 2019 (UTC))

@Highpeaks35: From what I'm seeing it might in fact be the Kingdom of Nepal. This source mentions the kingdom. Anarchyte (talk | work) 04:58, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

@Anarchyte: The below statement on this reference clearly point to the fact, the Kukris were in use before the founding of the Kingdom of Nepal by Prithvi Narayan Shah. It was invented before the Kingdom of Nepal, per this source, and none point to any kingdom or nation, only verified info we have is the historic and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent being the birth of this item. (Highpeaks35 (talk) 05:03, 6 January 2019 (UTC))

When Prithvi Narayan Shah, the king of the independent Kingdom of Gorkha and the founding father of Nepal, invaded the Kathmandu valley in 1767 and conquered it the following year, the kukri was credited with playing a major role in his victory.

Hmm, you might be correct with "Indian subcontinent" then. It should be noted that this article (unsure of its reliability) mentions the Kirati people, whom weren't only present in Nepal. Anarchyte (talk | work) 06:06, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 January 2020

The notch on a Kukri knife is a fletching tool for arrows. The pin sticking into the middle of the notch is used to gouge a groove in the arrow shaft to glue feathers in. 2601:401:8003:5830:0:0:0:2 (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: - That is interesting, but we would need a reliable source before it can be added to the article - Arjayay (talk) 12:01, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2020

Uuysham (talk) 09:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Regarding information in Khukuri page, please change the place of origin from' Indian subcontinent' to 'Nepal'. In addition to this, it is spelled as 'Khukuri' not 'Kukri'. Khukuri were made and used by Nepali Gurkhas way before. The place of origin can in no way can be categorized under 'Indian subcontinent'. The place of origin should be specifically mentioned as 'Nepal'. Misrepresenting the place of origin is unfair and rude to us Nepalese. It also distances us from our pride and identity in global platform, creating confusion and giving wrong information among both nationals and foreign individuals who want to learn more about our Khukuri. Uuysham (talk) 09:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC) Uuysham (talk) 09:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: - the page has been semi-protected specifically to stop these changes.

1. The claim for the origin being solely Nepal is totally unsourced.
2. The spelling is as per the article title - this is the English Wikipedia and we use the Commonname in English, which is kukri.

- Arjayay (talk) 09:20, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2020

103.124.96.170 (talk) 15:39, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: Empty request RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 15:46, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Merger needed

There is also an article for "khukri". One of these articles should be merged into the other.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Huensao (talk • contribs) 11:16, 9 September 2005

While merging, please do proper research and write the correct originating place of kukri which js Nepal, not India. Vijay Raj Gurung (talk) 19:32, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

“originating from the Indian subcontinent” this sentence is wrong. Please change it so it says Nepal and not India. RainiDD (talk) 21:53, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Move from talk page

Hi, this sentence “originating from the Indian subcontinent” in the Kukuri page is wrong. Please change it so it says Nepal and not India. RainiDD (talk) 21:54, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Not done @RainiDD:"Indian subcontinent" includes both, and there is nothing in the article which supports the statement that it came from one of the modern countries in particular... Please provide a reliable source to support your statement. RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 21:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Please refer to the page for Khukuri in the BritishMuseum website as well as the Gurkha Museum website. The term khukuri is predominately used for this type of knives in Nepal so the Wikipedia page should reflect this information without mentioning the Indian subcontinent. I don’t understand why it is difficult to change it so it says originating from Nepal. The Greek version “Kopis” has it’s own page dedicated to it without a mention of the Indo-Greek subcontinent. RainiDD (talk) 19:56, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@RainiDD: Nepal is part of the indian subcontinent. Flalf^Talk 04:33, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2020

Khukuri originated in Nepal.Please do not include Nepal as Indian subcontinent.Every nepalese has Khukuri in their home.All Nepalese and Nepali speaking people uses this weapon.it has been used in world war and many wars in Nepal. 194.193.218.183 (talk) 06:33, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please see the answers to these points above - Arjayay (talk) 13:23, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2020

Mercwmouth (talk) 13:17, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: as you have not requested a change.
Please request your change in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article.
However, if you want to change the spelling of Kukri, or remove "Indian sub-continent" please see the answers above - Arjayay (talk) 13:25, 1 June 2020 (UTC)