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I've changed the category back to shipwrecks. Although wreck diving mentions some of the aspects of law, this is only one part of the connection between wreck diving and shipwrecks. If anything wreck diving would be under uses of shipwrecks (along with salvage/treasure hunting), but it doesn't make sense to have a category for just those two. I think it makes more sense to leave this page under the main shipwreck category. Viv Hamilton 22:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I merged the section 'Things to consider when wreck diving' with Diver training because there was a lot of duplication between them. In doing so, I removed the statement that it is compulsory to take wreck diver training. It certainly isn't in the UK, but I don't know if it is compulsory in some other countries. If so, perhaps this could be added back in with a statement of which countries it applies to. Viv Hamilton 19:13, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
I've reverted the statement that wreck diving is also known as salvage diving because this article only covers recreational/sport diving. Salvage diving is covered under marine salvage or treasure hunting. Possibly this article should be renamed as Wreck diving (recreational), or expanded to address salvage diving. Viv Hamilton ( talk) 09:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
HOW MUCH MONEY DO WRECK DIVERS MAKE AND ALSO WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE JOB RELEVANT —Preceding
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Legis' recent edit on "Deep diving and wreck diving" made me stop and think. I've always thought that deterioration was mainly due to wave, and especially storm, action (so shallower = greater effect), but it's also logical that the main factor may be biological (shallower = might light, more life). On the other hand, my experience on wrecks around the UK suggests that wrecks like the Lucy, which is in a fairly sheltered bay, have stayed in good condition, unlike similar wrecks at similar depths in the English Channel which are often little more than encrusted piles of plate. So, does anybody know any good sources that would clarify the mechanisms of wreck deterioration? Cheers -- RexxS ( talk) 01:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I was going to delete this section: Wreck_diving#Zenobia.2C_Larnaca.2C_Cyprus.2C_Mediterranean_Sea in the main article, and then it occurred to me that a more balanced section on popular wreck diving sites worldwide might be a punchy addition to the article. We would have to monitor it to stop an extravagantly long list developing, but a short rundown of some of the most famous wreck dives in the world (I am thinking, off the top of my head, Hilma Hooker in Bonaire, President Coolidge in Vanuatu, RMS Rhone in the British Virgin Islands, the Oriskany and the Spiegel Grove in Florida, the Zenobia in Cyprus, Truk Lagoon, Scapa Flow but there are probably a lot of others I have never heard of) could be useful. Any views on this? I generally prefer editing for usefulness to deleting. -- Legis ( talk - contribs) 12:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Sounds good - I have taken a first stab - I will tighten up the sourcing when I get home and can insert page references. I'll also make a stab at starting the new list article later today. The start of a long journey! -- Legis ( talk - contribs) 16:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
In the section " Types of wreck diving", there is this statement: Non-penetration wreck diving is barely more hazardous than conventional scuba diving (save that the underlying terrain may present greater risk of sharp edges). Around the UK coast, wrecks are prime targets for fishing boats and fishermen on small boats, because the wreck attracts fish. The result is that wrecks are often covered in near-invisible monofilament line - a huge entanglement hazard for divers. I can still vividly remember diving the Lord Stewart out of Brixham, and spending the whole dive wielding line cutters to cut myself out of line, every two fin strokes! So the statement I quoted above made me smile, to say the least. However, I'm not a WP:RS, so I'm flagging this up in case anybody can find a good source to modify that rather misleading bit of information. -- RexxS ( talk) 01:03, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Is this necessary? It seems to me that most major statements in the article are footnoted and cite reliable sources. Views? -- Legis ( talk - contribs) 01:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
The article has been in British English since the start. Please do not change spelling to American English. Peter (Southwood) (talk): 09:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
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I've changed the category back to shipwrecks. Although wreck diving mentions some of the aspects of law, this is only one part of the connection between wreck diving and shipwrecks. If anything wreck diving would be under uses of shipwrecks (along with salvage/treasure hunting), but it doesn't make sense to have a category for just those two. I think it makes more sense to leave this page under the main shipwreck category. Viv Hamilton 22:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I merged the section 'Things to consider when wreck diving' with Diver training because there was a lot of duplication between them. In doing so, I removed the statement that it is compulsory to take wreck diver training. It certainly isn't in the UK, but I don't know if it is compulsory in some other countries. If so, perhaps this could be added back in with a statement of which countries it applies to. Viv Hamilton 19:13, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
I've reverted the statement that wreck diving is also known as salvage diving because this article only covers recreational/sport diving. Salvage diving is covered under marine salvage or treasure hunting. Possibly this article should be renamed as Wreck diving (recreational), or expanded to address salvage diving. Viv Hamilton ( talk) 09:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
HOW MUCH MONEY DO WRECK DIVERS MAKE AND ALSO WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE JOB RELEVANT —Preceding
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Before adding external links to an article, an editor should read WP:EL.
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Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a place to promote external sites. If an editor feels that an article would be improved by extra information, then please add content to the article and source it properly (see: WP:RS). Please don't just add an external link to an external site unless there are very good reasons that the page's content couldn't be reliably sourced and summarised in the article. -- RexxS ( talk) 16:39, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Legis' recent edit on "Deep diving and wreck diving" made me stop and think. I've always thought that deterioration was mainly due to wave, and especially storm, action (so shallower = greater effect), but it's also logical that the main factor may be biological (shallower = might light, more life). On the other hand, my experience on wrecks around the UK suggests that wrecks like the Lucy, which is in a fairly sheltered bay, have stayed in good condition, unlike similar wrecks at similar depths in the English Channel which are often little more than encrusted piles of plate. So, does anybody know any good sources that would clarify the mechanisms of wreck deterioration? Cheers -- RexxS ( talk) 01:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I was going to delete this section: Wreck_diving#Zenobia.2C_Larnaca.2C_Cyprus.2C_Mediterranean_Sea in the main article, and then it occurred to me that a more balanced section on popular wreck diving sites worldwide might be a punchy addition to the article. We would have to monitor it to stop an extravagantly long list developing, but a short rundown of some of the most famous wreck dives in the world (I am thinking, off the top of my head, Hilma Hooker in Bonaire, President Coolidge in Vanuatu, RMS Rhone in the British Virgin Islands, the Oriskany and the Spiegel Grove in Florida, the Zenobia in Cyprus, Truk Lagoon, Scapa Flow but there are probably a lot of others I have never heard of) could be useful. Any views on this? I generally prefer editing for usefulness to deleting. -- Legis ( talk - contribs) 12:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Sounds good - I have taken a first stab - I will tighten up the sourcing when I get home and can insert page references. I'll also make a stab at starting the new list article later today. The start of a long journey! -- Legis ( talk - contribs) 16:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
In the section " Types of wreck diving", there is this statement: Non-penetration wreck diving is barely more hazardous than conventional scuba diving (save that the underlying terrain may present greater risk of sharp edges). Around the UK coast, wrecks are prime targets for fishing boats and fishermen on small boats, because the wreck attracts fish. The result is that wrecks are often covered in near-invisible monofilament line - a huge entanglement hazard for divers. I can still vividly remember diving the Lord Stewart out of Brixham, and spending the whole dive wielding line cutters to cut myself out of line, every two fin strokes! So the statement I quoted above made me smile, to say the least. However, I'm not a WP:RS, so I'm flagging this up in case anybody can find a good source to modify that rather misleading bit of information. -- RexxS ( talk) 01:03, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Is this necessary? It seems to me that most major statements in the article are footnoted and cite reliable sources. Views? -- Legis ( talk - contribs) 01:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
The article has been in British English since the start. Please do not change spelling to American English. Peter (Southwood) (talk): 09:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
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Squirl1, In your edit adding an equipment section you referred to OHE 1/3 safety rule
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. These terms are not familiar to me, and I have not been able to find an explanation on the internet, so have not been able to clarify them myself. I guess the former refers to the
rule of thirds, but would like a confirmation, and an explanation of "OHE" on this context. Positioning light is even more of a mystery. Please either explain here what they are, and where you got the terminology from, or clarify in the article. Please ping with reply. Cheers, · · ·
Peter Southwood
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