Talk:Diver communications/Archives/2015

Safety stop
Most counties use three fingers against other palm to signal safety stop. 3 minutes at 3 meters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.171.79.203 (talk) 08:10, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you know of a reference for this? &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:20, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Countries
Article ought to state about the internationalization of these gestures. Are they used by Japanese scuba divers? Chinese? Iranian? Tierra del Fuegonian? Tempshill 23:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * RSTC signals would be used by organisations which are members, and probably others. I don't have references for other signals. PADI is member of RSTC, and worldwide including the countries mentioned. &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:20, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps not Tierra del Fuego, I don't have any information on that. &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 13:09, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Other signals?
What about moving the left hand from the left eye, to the left nipple and then to the diver's bottom? Eye, left tit, behind, or "I left it behind"? 196.36.71.28 07:02, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reference? &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:20, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Does anyone know of a reference for hand signal "I am dizzy" or "I am narked": Pointing at the side of the head with a rotation of the forefinger? &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:20, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Merge with new article Diver communications
I suggest that this article should be merged into a new article to be named Diver communications and redirected, as its title does not properly allow for inclusion of voice comms, and its contents are a subset of diver communications. Peter (Southwood) (talk): 15:30, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Where only one main article is being absorbed into an article with broader scope, the best way to do this is to move this page (rename it) to Diver communications first. This preserves the contribution history. The new article can then be expanded to cover voice comms. Go for it Peter, I doubt very much anybody will consider it anything other than an improvement. --RexxS (talk) 22:38, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Renamed with redirects Peter (Southwood) (talk): 09:55, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

B-class assessment
The article meets the six B-Class criteria:

I will promote to B and if anyone disagrees, please identify problem areas. &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 13:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. A large amount of the content would be considered common knowledge by divers.
 * 2) The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not have obvious omissions or inaccuracies. Some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. If this is the case, they are not obvious.
 * 3) The article has a defined structure. Content is organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the relevant the sections that I can think of.
 * 4) The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly.
 * 5) The article contains a large number of supporting illustrations.
 * 6) The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article does not assume a high level of technical background although some technical terms are used.