Well known expert within Florida Keys dive industry lost

[DennisW]

I apologize, I shouldn't be laughing in a thread about the loss of a diver, but Ellen, you are just too funny.

 

[fairybasslet]

I apologize, I shouldn't be laughing in a thread about the loss of a diver, but Ellen, you are just too funny.

I really hesitated writing it, but I was feeling very silly yesterday. You're probably right though, it was kind of inappropriate, but I did get a PM out of it.

 

[DandyDon]

This thread is useless with the name removed.

The no names of victims rule was not my idea. I just try to obey it.

 

[Walter]

Unless I'm mistaken, that rule (also silly, IMO) applies only to speculation about what happened, not to reporting an incident.

 

[DandyDon]

Unless I'm mistaken, that rule (also silly, IMO) applies only to speculation about what happened, not to reporting an incident.

I thought it was so that if a loved one did a Google search on a victim's name, such a search would not lead the loved one to our threads where we discuss the deceased and the accident. Anyway, here is the sticky - emphasis mine..

Special rules - Please Read

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The purpose of this forum is the promotion of safe diving through accident analysis.
Accurate analysis of accidents and incidents that could easily have become accidents is essential to building lessons learned from which improved safety can flow. To foster the free exchange of information valuable to this process, the "manners" in this forum are much more tightly controlled than elsewhere on the board. In addition to the TOS:

(1) Events will be "scrubbed" of names. You may refer to articles or news releases already in the public domain, but the only name you may use in this forum is your own.
(2) No "blamestorming." Accident analysis does not "find fault" - it finds hazards - and how to reduce or eliminate them.
(3) No flaming, name calling or otherwise attacking other posters. You may attack ideas; you may not attack people.
(4) No trolling.
(5) Remember that you cannot read minds. Restrict comments to what happened and how to prevent it, without speculating on what someone else was thinking (or not). The only thoughts you are qualified to share are your own.

It is important for us as a community to assess and discuss diving accidents and incidents as a means of preventing them. However, once emotions are involved intelligent discussion becomes next to impossible. If the moderators feel that the discussion is getting out of hand in any thread they may close or remove the thread, with or without notice.

I have only been removing the victims' names. I guess I should remove all names in a quoted news report...??