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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk09:57, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Created by RAJIVVASUDEV (talk). Self-nominated at 05:32, 30 April 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: As usual, I have made some minor amendments to the article and the hooks (I prefer the second one, but both are fine). However, I think the article needs a bit more work. In particular, it needs to draw a sharper distinction between, on the one hand, the textiles (ie the cloths, materials, etc) and, on the other hand, the fibres and/or other substances used to make the textiles and the applications or products (eg bandages, PPE) made from the textiles. Bahnfrend (talk) 10:08, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • @RAJIVVASUDEV: I've had a quick look at the modified version of the article, and also at some of the references. It seems that the references (or at least some of them) may similarly blur the distinction between the cloths, materials etc and the articles made from them. I think that's a bit odd, and also confusing. I say that because the Wikipedia article "textiles" states clearly that that word, on its own, refers only to the cloths, materials, etc, and not to objects (eg clothing) made from them. But of course Wikipedia can only repeat what the references say as to the meaning and/or use of the different expression "medical textiles". In the next few days, I will have a closer look at the references. It may be necessary to modify the article a bit more to make the point that the expression "medical textiles" has a somewhat loosely defined meaning (and/or is often used loosely). Bahnfrend (talk) 07:03, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @RAJIVVASUDEV: Okay, I've now looked closely at both articles. I'm satisfied from a review of the sources that "textiles" refers to the fibers as well as to the fabrics or cloths. However, the sources also indicate a distinction between the textiles and the products or applications. The "textiles" article already reflected that distinction, and I have made some further amendments to the "medical textiles" article to make the distinction clearer. The two main amendments are (a) a rearrangement of the tables in the "Types" section to shift the emphasis to the fibers and fabrics, cloths or materials and away from the applications, and (b) a move of the "Fibers" sub-section of the "Materials and technologies" section to the top of that section, combined with the addition of a "Recent developments" sub-heading above the content that was originally at the top of that section. I now think the "medical textiles" article is ready for DYK (as previously indicated, I prefer the second hook, but both are fine). Bahnfrend (talk) 05:23, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Kadolph, Sara J. (1998). Textiles. Internet Archive. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Merrill. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-13-494592-7.
  2. ^ Joseph, Marjory L. (1977). Introductory textile science. Internet Archive. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-03-089970-6.
  3. ^ "textile | Description & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-19.