Wikipedia:Peer review/Snorkeling/archive1

Snorkeling
This article has undergone very little change in the past 6+ months. I believe this is because it is pretty-much complete, so I'd like to see your opinions of its completeness. The main help the article could still use would be along the lines of: some inline references, some paring down of the external links, and perhaps some better captioning of the images (or maybe different images). Thanks! — Epastore 20:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments from WindsorFan
Well, as you've already said, it could do with some inline citations (I see there is already a sources section, but page numbers need referencing). The article seems to focus on recreational snorkeling and doesn't mention scientific snorkeling, etc. Can you provide a history of snorkeling to complement what is already there? Snorkeling.info is already linked and it provides a basic history here that is ideal as a starting point. Images all provide sources, which is good. WindsorFan 15:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments from Palmersville
I agree that a history of snorkelling is what this article lacks. The snorkeling-info history page mentioned above provides a pre-history of snorkelling, but very little in the way of a modern history of the activity, i.e. the period from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. The most striking omission is the lack of information in the article when it comes to tracing the origins and development of the breathing tube that gave its name to the activity. More needs to be made of the fact that snorkelling is what you make of it. It doesn't require any kind of specialised masks, fins or snorkels as other underwater pursuits have come to do. Nor should there be too much emphasis on exotic locations - snorkelling can be done in any lake, river or sea and with an exposure suit it can be done all the year round. I see snorkelling as the aquatic equivalent of hiking, a non-competitive everyman activity.

Palmersville 20:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)