User talk:HIST406-13YRAZIN

Wikipedia Critique: Power Loom

The article appears well written, however it is oddly worded at times and seems to fall apart towards the end with less detail. There is some unnecessary language that could be trimmed out which would help make reading the article easier and not overly complivcated. The article is rather short for something that has impacted humanity on such a level, and there are links of other items that are not defined at all in this particular article. This forces the reader to click multiple links to other Wikipedia articles to grasp a fuller understanding of the topic.

The structure of the article is simple and straight forward however as just mentioned, some more components could be added to aid the reader(s) in their education of this topic. It first defines what a shuttle loom is which is appropriate as the power loom is a. Shuttle loom before it delves into a brief history of the power loom and its developments over time. While it listed individuals who contributed to the origination of the power loom the images used in the article are relatively quite modern. The images are dated a century past the time the article is discussing and the images are all similar and none show any type of schematic or design of the machine but just pictures of many looms in factories. The article has an extremely brief history of the decline and reinvention of looms but doesn't give to much detail. The section dealing with the social and economic implications of the power loom is also relatively short and from personal research for past projects there is plenty more that could be added to this topic.

The sources used are authoritative however it appears that the article just gave the briefest of representations of what these sources can potentially offer. The sources were underused and contain much more information relative to this topic and that should appear on this page but does not.

Overall to summarize, the article does an adequate job at describing what it is but if someone needed to find really more in depth research on power looms and power loom related issues this page should not be consulted as its over alll contribution to someones edification on this topic is more or less inadequately thorough. This page could be improved on in almost every aspect, however it is a solid skeleton of a potentially full bodied authoritative article. what is there so far is not half bad, besides from the images and actual written style, but major rooms of improvement can greatly enhance its ability to educate people on the subject. It does little more than to briefly summarize the basics of impact and history of the creation of this device.

Improvement I would recommend would be to add more informative pictures or perhaps even a video. A section on modern uses of the Power loom. More in depth contributions of the various individuals who assisted in building the machine and longer pieces on the economic and social impacts it had on the western countries and its spread to other parts of the world, and it's impact on poorer countries that now utilize its capabilities to enhance their economy and society.

"Power Loom." Wikipedia.org. Accessed Feb. 17 2013. .

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