User:Dfred/Knots

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Contents 1 Expanded coverage of the main Knot article 2 Correcting errors/gaps in existing pages 3 Knot project 4 New articles 4.1 Knot articles 4.2 Supporting articles 5 Stylistic consistency between individual knot pages. 6 Creation of photographs and diagrams of knots

[edit] Expanded coverage of the main Knot article

After initial expansion should add Template:todo to Talk:Knot...

• History of Knots
  • Earliest origins
    • perishability of materials
    • circumstantial evidence
    • logical arguments
    • "every simple knot has already been tied" (HaSoK)
    • Gorilla nest knotting, granny/reef, Hagfish's overhand trick
  • Archaeological record
    • Laid rope in Lascaux cave, 17000 BP.
    • Egyptian solar ships
    • Quipus
    • Iceman, bogs, etc.
    • Inuits
    • String figures
  • The Age of Sail
    • HaSoK refs
    • John Smith of Jamestown, A Sea Grammar, 1627
    • Richard Henry Dana, Jr. The Seaman's Friend
    • increased forces, rigging complexity, applied knotting, structural engineering
    • Do note non-sailor sophistication (cowboys braiding in particular)
  • Ashley and modern times
    • Om Knutar, other "early modern" books
    • ABOK published at moment of great change, preserved some of the communal knowledge gained in Age of Sail).
    • Change in materials (synthetics and other fasteners become common)
    • Old knots coming out of retirement for use in new materials (angler's loop/bungee cord, buntline hitch/synthetics, etc.)
    • Technical climbing, rescue, etc.
    • Late 20th century knot book publishing boom, echo chamber effect
• Cultural significance
  • Magic, Religion, Superstition
    • Actual ritual, religion, supersition, etc.
    • Marriage, "Tying the knot", Handfasting
    • Magic performance (knot tricks)
  • Heraldry
    • Carrick bend, Bowen knot, Overhand knot, Figure-of-eight knot, etc.
  • Folklore
• Knot#Properties
  • Knot#Strength (initial cut)
  • Knot#Security (initial cut)
  • Knot#Jamming and releasing (planned)
  • Knot#Complexity and ease of tying (perhaps)
• Naming and identification
  • Knot is either correct or is is a different knot
  • Lack of true taxonomy
  • Traditional division of types
    • bends
    • hitches
    • knots
    • abmiguities in that scheme

[edit] Correcting errors/gaps in existing pages

• Rolling hitch naming issues and cleanup (initial cut complete)
• Taut-line hitch complete tying illustrations/variations/cleanup (initial cut complete)
• Move/rename for Adjustable grip hitch and adjustable hitch (complete)
• Magnus hitch (#1736) integrated into Rolling hitch page for clarity's sake (complete)
• Redirect Midshipman's hitch to Taut-line hitch (complete)
• Constrictor knot expansion/rewite -- See Talk:Constrictor knot (initial cut complete)
• Add redirects for all common names of Taut-line hitch (complete)
• Buntline hitch needs serious expansion, slipped article should redirect (initial cut complete)
• Carrick bend expansion and reworking into more wikified form (initial cut complete)
• Ashley's stopper knot - cleanup, naming (Ashley's vs Ashley) (in progress)
• Expansion of ABoK article (in progress)
• Plait/Braid/Pleat disambiguation thingy (in progress)
• Daisy chain (knot) needs to be moved to Chain sinnet and expanded, ref'd, etc. (moved, cleanup and expansion still needed)
• Bottle sling needs image and cleanup (in progress)
• Angler's loop stub should be expanded (in progress)
• Add image and correct terminology in Turk's head knot
• Trucker's hitch page is currently woefully inadequate and flawed
• Double figure eight bend should be merged into Flemish bend (and that merged with Figure-of-eight follow through?? Hmmm...)
• Tugboat hitch has some naming and diagramatic issues, alt name for Capstan hitch, better image
• Bowline currently has serious problems: NPOV, left-handed/Dutch Marine discussion needed (ref #1034 1/2, "distinctly inferior") -- waiting until gain more experience/perspective before wading into those troubled waters (fixed lead diagram)
• Ashley's Bend expansion, naming, etc.
• Klemheist knot needs clarification on whether it's the same as a French prusik/Marchard/etc?
• One-sided overhand bend needs images and serious wikification, possible merge from Euro death-knot there, alt names from AKS: Openhand knot, Creeler's knot
• Honda knot needs wikification, more precise description for rethreading through second overhand knot
• Trident loop needs refs regarding climbing use, add unreferenced template after 8 Mar 2007 if no response in talk
• Add Image:Yarn twist.png to Rope, and fix right/left mistake in image description

[edit] Knot project

• New sections for guidlines:

• Limitations of knot strength/efficiency figures (Day AKS and HaSoK)
• Knot origins: invention, publication, credit, etc.

[edit] New articles

[edit] Knot articles

• Continuous ring hitching (stub complete)
• Alternate ring hitching (stub complete)
• Jury mast knot (stub complete)
• Strangle knot (stub complete)
• Transom knot (stub complete)
• Overhand loop (stub complete)

[edit] Supporting articles

• Turn (knot) - need article for Round turn actually various turns (initial cut complete)
• Bight (knot) - (stub complete)
• Knot components - or somesuch

[edit] Stylistic consistency between individual knot pages.

I'm learning more about templates and other tools to hopefully be able to do some work in this area.

[edit] Creation of photographs and diagrams of knots

• Fix tying diagrams for Handcuff knot and Fireman's chair knot
• Corrected/tightened final image for Blood knot
• New image(s) for Water knot (and cyclic failure mode ref)
• Replacement image for tying One-sided overhand bend -- probably one frame of a loose knot will suffice
• Chain sinnet (spool knitting)

For gallery see User:Dfred/Images.