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additions to archery technique

arrow guide (tong-ah ,)
"bow magazine" made by Jörg Sprave;

First picture shown in article

Is there a reason for the picture to show parts A,B,C,1,2,3,4 but with no accompanying legend in the description that lists what those 7 parts are? It seems a bit incomplete to show the labels but nothing attached to those labels in the picture. Would a different picture work better, should there be a reason to have the picture description as it currently is shown? --boldblazer 05:12, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually came here to ask the same thing; as I'm not the first, I've boldly changed it to an alternative. Hopefully someone more familiar with bows than I can clarify what sort of bow is depicted there. BilledMammal (talk) 04:33, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 19:37, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bows and arrows in warfare

Given the prominence of bows and arrows in warfare for a thousand years or so, this article is very sparse on the matter (pretty much a single sentence) and needs to be expanded. DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:42, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Shortbow" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Shortbow and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 14#Shortbow until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 06:33, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]