Talk:Swiss Army knife

The new Swiss Military standard issue knife?

Can anyone confirm which knife and which manufacturer was awarded the contract for the new official army knife known as the Soldatenmsser 08? I have received conflicting information. Koalorka (talk) 04:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

'Trivia' template deleted

A 'trivia' template was on the 'Popular Culture' section. I deleted the 'trivia' template since the guidelines on WP:TRIVIA specifically reccommend Trivia be moved to 'References in popular culture' sections as we have here.Filceolaire (talk) 13:00, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Victorinox logo.gif

The image Image:Victorinox logo.gif is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
• That this article is linked to from the image description page.

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• Image:W-wenger-logo.jpg

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Anachronism?

The section headed "Knives Issued by the Swiss Military" begins with the phrase "During the late 1890s, the Swiss Army decided...." and goes on to talk about the Modell 1890 (and an 1889 service rifle.) I suspect that "the late 1880s" was intended. Charles dye (talk) 20:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Logos

It's not obvious why we need to have a gallery section again just for the sake of the two company logos. Firstly, they're non-free, which means we should use them sparingly and only when really necessary. We already have multiple images of the knives themselves which show the logos. Secondly, it means opening another gap in the content, and gallery sections are discouraged. I rather think that these should simply be removed again. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:14, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

WP:NFTABLE suggests that there can be exceptions to the no gallery rule - but per the above I don't think this is one of them. Яehevkor ✉ 10:35, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

The logos where there in the original image setting I tried to restore, but can be removed since there are pictures of knives and articles about Victorinox and Wenger that display them.--Francis Flinch (talk) 11:11, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Removed again. Thanks, folks. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:14, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Unreliable sources

At present, several points in the article are referenced to unreliable sources, namely forums and the SAK wiki. We shouldn't reference content using websites which are user-generated. Ideally these need to be replaced with more reliable sources, especially if the article is to go through GA. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:58, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

What is reliable information and what not gets harder to find out with time progressing. Sadly the occurrence in (reviewed) scientific works of painful copy paste jobs or invented datasets seems to be rising, resulting in doctorate revocations and forced resignations of university professors. A few decades ago such things were very rare.--Francis Flinch (talk) 12:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)