Talk:Underwater diving

message: *Check MOS issues in captions - "16th-century" should be an adjective, 'Lusitania should be italicized
: Done 
*File:Alexander_the_Great_diving_NOAA.jpg needs a US PD tag
: Done 
*File:John_Scott_Haldane_1910.jpg: source link is dead. We need to know (a) when/where was this first published, (b) what steps have been taken to try to ascertain the author, and (c) what is the status of the image in the US. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:23, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have absolutely no idea of how to go about this. Please suggest a way forward. I can delete the image, but would prefer not to as Haldane was the most influential researcher in the field. • • • Peter (Southwood) (talk): 09:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The key here is, what is the earliest known publication of the image? That will tell us which of the UK rationales apply, what US rationales we could potentially apply, and will give a lead on whether the author has ever been identified. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:49, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: There are quite a number of new articles in the scope of underwater diving created since the FA review. I plan to update the article so that it refers to some of those.
Ecological impact, economic aspects and tourism come to mind.  Any constructive suggestions welcome. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 16:52, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates 

message: (courtesy ping ) 
A new section was started but the content was merged into another section, leaving coverage incomplete. Refer to this edit for the merge.
I see Scuba diving tourism not so much as a reason to dive, but a consequence of the desire to dive in a wider range of environments, and the lack of desirable dive sites in many areas. The resulting service industry is more an economic aspect of the activity, which is why it was put in a new section of that title with relevant information on the industry, and not in "Range of diving activities", where it may deserve mention, but only briefly, or it becomes undue weight for that section. The economic aspects are significant, and at some stage there should probably be an article on that topic. There are also economic aspects of professional diving as mentioned in the "expand" tag, which would logically be bundled in the same section. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 06:54, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Economic aspects

message: , I removed the image of a scuba diver that you added from the section on physiological constraints on diving, as I could not see how it added value to the section topic. If you believe that the image would improve that section, you are invited to explain the value and relevance here before replacing the image. Alternatively, you can explain what you consider valuable about the image in more general terms, and we can consider whether it might be useful in another article. Please ping me with your reply. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 14:35, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image removed 

message: I just created the stub magnesium torch, and while I remember these clearly from watching Jacques Cousteau and Sea Hunt on television in the 1970s (they were reruns from the 1950s and 1960s) I am finding it extremely difficult to locate any information on them. Searches for "magnesium torch" or "underwater torch" are futile due to the British use of the word "torch" to mean "flashlight" or "lamp", returning results for electric flashlights with magnesium cases. I did find a youtube video featuring them briefly, but not much else.
I was hoping someone here with a longer memory and more expertise might point the way to better sourcing. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:12, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: (partly - still room for improvement),  · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 07:52, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Underwater torches