Too many subforums

[JeffG]

Jeff, I know you have absolutely no intention of helping, so go back to the off topic forums. =]

You know do you? You are impressive aren't you.

 

[JeffG]

Jeff, I know you have absolutely no intention of helping, so go back to the off topic forums. =]

So after being with ScubaBoard for 25 days and being certified less than a year and now publicly admitting that that you don't know what you are talking about...you are still willing to provide a concise detail FAQ for ScubaBoard.

Awesome.

I like your tenacity.

 

[lucybuykx]

The same questions are literally asked every day

I am after one sticky, high level that explains all the acronyms used. Whats LDS, BP/W, SS? Some of these I have figured out after seeing mutiple contexts, others like BP/W have had to be explained, I would never have got it otherwise.

Personally I hate acronyms. They are lazy and cliquey because they exclude those who are not in the know. But hate is one of those two edged emotions - I can only hate that which I also see in myself. I use them only too often and dont think twice about it.

So to help everyone out, new and too shy to admit it types, and those who just cant help writing them, an acronym explainer sticky?

 

[DandyDon]

S.C.U.B.A. is an acronym.

We used to have a list of acronyms, but as long as it was - it was impossible to keep current. And there is the 4-letter minimum of V-boards that confuses people who don't know to use *DIR*

Here is one, but it doesn't have LDS: http://www.euc.ca/Documents/Articles/Scuba ACRONYMS.pdf Indeed, there may be some there none of us have ever heard of - these are like slang, always changing.

So is Google. I use that to search Scuba + the word I need defined.

 

[El Orans]

So to help everyone out, new and too shy to admit it types, and those who just cant help writing them, an acronym explainer sticky?

How about this one: http://www.scubaboard.com/cms/article8.html

 

[SkullDeformity]

Okay, now put that in a place that is easily acessible (say, a sticky that will show up on forum searchs?). That entire article system is hidden and unknown. The acronym article is outdated too.

 

[DandyDon]

Dang, thank El! :blush: I couldn't find that one. It's in the Articles...??

 

[Ber Rabbit]

I have started this thread as a place to put ideas and links for this project as well as do post editing. The new thread is intended to be a working thread so chatter (mine included ) will be removed. Let's keep the chatter in this thread. You can still post links, etc here and I will copy them over to the other thread so everything is in one spot to make reviewing and ultimately sorting it easier.

Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions!
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[Walter]

Under BCD FAQs ..................

Why don't you explain the difference between BC and BCD?

 

[lucybuykx]

Thanks El. Had a browse through that. It covers a good crop of acronyms but of course not all.

Another idea - How about a Thesurus type document - how many different ways is the inflatable jacket scuba divers wear described?
BC, BCD, stab jacket are all the same thing. Or a dive school - dive school, dive op/operator, dive resort, DS, LDS ...