Talk:Sword of justice

Two meanings of the term
The term "sword of justice" may refer to at least two different things: an executioner's sword used for literally chopping off a convict's head; or a ceremonial sword wich is part of a monarch's insignia and symbolises their judicial power. Currently, this article covers only the former meaning. The latter may be covered either in the same article or a separate one, but until a new article about the other meaning is created, we don't really need disambiguating hatnotes. — Kpalion(talk) 10:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I think there's also the metaphorical usage. Try going to Google Books and searching for the exact phrase "Sword of Justice" - you'll get a lot of hits, especially in religious contexts (and it's worth remembering the actual executioner swords often had religious mottoes). But as for redlinks: it's longstanding Wikipedia guideline & tradition that redlinks are not to be discouraged. If the ceremonial sword is notable, would deserve an article, would survive AfD, then link to that article even if it doesn't yet exist. --Gwern (contribs) 16:57 27 December 2009 (GMT)

Executioner's sword
The page Executioner's sword links to this page in the "See also" section. As someone who is unfamiliar with this subject, the two pages seem to be talking about the same thing. This page even starts with the phrase "A Sword of Justice, or executioner's sword, was...". This article does not have "Excutioner's Sword" in its "See also" section, while, as said before, the reverse is true for the first article. Are these in fact two different subjects? Are there supposed to be two separate articles? I'm sorry if I'm going about this the wrong way, I'm quite a novice at Wikipedia process and editing... Thanks. :) Magicmonkeybob (talk) 05:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Merge
Seems like Sword of Justice is a synonym for Executioner's sword. The two articles should be merged. They are about equivalent in terms of quality and both would benefit from a merger. Boneyard90 (talk) 13:04, 10 July 2011 (UTC)