User:Lightofdawn/sandbox

Article Evaluation of Ice hockey equipment

The Talk page of the article is relatively lacking in suggestions, except for the suggestion of adding (then later on expanding the History section). This is something I happen to agree with user A.anderson.20 when he suggests that there are not nearly enough citations in this section to add credibility. Furthermore, there isn't much of a timeline of the evolution of materials in the equipment. For example, the author mentions that sticks were thin pieces of wood until the 1930s, but he doesn't say why the material changed or what it changed to. It would be beneficial to add what issues players had in using wood sticks (did it hold too much water, was it too heavy, was it not tough enough? etc). There's just simply not enough information there.

Content Changes to Cleat (shoe)

There should be a section for track cleats and "bicycle cleats and ice cleats" might be better off in a separate category titled something along the lines of "other surfaces" if you're going to structure this page by putting many different cleats under "Grass Cleats" it doesn't make much sense to not organize all of the different shoes based on the material they are typically used on.

Under Track Cleats:

Track spikes are placed at the bottom of shoes in order to increase traction and speed. While removable spikes are available, most runners opt for fixed spikes. These spikes come in a variety of different materials. Originally, spikes were made out of metal due to their strength and hardness. However, German engineers began experimenting with canvas and rubber spikes during the World War, in part to help find a more lightweight material. Finally, in the modern era, the most common type of track spike is made of plastic, due being both cheap and easily molded. This second aspect of plastic is especially important, as spikes need to made in a variety of different shapes in order to accommodate runners on all different types of surfaces. Needle spikes (3/16") are used on all-weather tracks, Chrismas tree spikes (1/4") are especially common on any surface, pyramid spikes are used for cross country runners, and tartan spikes (1/4") are used mostly on rubber tracks.

Reflection:
 * Summarizing your contributions: include a summary of your edits and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article. How does your article compare to earlier versions?
 * I added a section on track cleats to the article as well as included information describing what each of the new subsections our group divided the cleats into meant. These were valuable additions because firstly, the article was entirely missing many different types of cleats and our group split up work on who would include which types that were not originally put in the article. Furthermore, the original author seemed to think track cleats were not cleats because the shape of the studs, which I think does a disservice to the integrity of the page as a whole. Furthermore, it was necessary for me to describe which each new category we used to divide the cleats into groups meant, because it needs to be justified why we decided to make the formatting changes that we did.