Okay - let's try this. Here is a list of things you may discuss, put together and work on. As always, please be careful not to violate the suppression order or violate the TOS and rules.
- Create a timeline for the case.
- Write up your own recap of the story of the case and post it. Great for people who are new to the case, plus you get to give a voice to the victim.
- Go back and collect the known facts of the case, along with their source links, and post them. If you don't have time to collect all of them, just do whatever you have time for, and ask for others to add to it. BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO VIOLATE THE SUPPRESSION ORDER WITH THE LINKS. If you can't link it - it is not supported as fact and is considered rumor.
- Write up your own theory of what happened in the case. Great to get others thinking about and posting on the case, and bring attention to it.
- Find a picture of the victim that hasn't been posted for a while, and post it so there's always a face to put with the victim's name, reminding people that the victim is a real person.
- Find the most recent map(s) of significant locations, update them if necessary, (we in the US don't know about Australian geography). There are different tools for creating the maps such as Google Maps (
http://maps.google.com/), Bing (
http://www.bing.com/maps/?FORM=Z9LH7), and other online tools.
- Check Google News or Interceder (
http://interceder.net/) for the most recent news story, and post it with a note that it's the most recent story on the case. AGAIN BE CAREFUL NOT TO VIOLATE THE SUPPRESSION ORDER.
- See if there's a candle lighting site for the victim. If so, light a candle and post the link. If not, create a site, light a candle, and post the link so others can light candles.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?l=ENG
- Humanize the victim - see if you can find some of the victim's favorite things, make a list, and post them. Did you find the victim's favorite song? See if you can find the lyrics, and post a link to them. Did you find the victim's favorite place to go? See if you can find a website for it, or a link to it on Google Maps or Bing.com, and link to them.
- Write up a recap of the victim's story, or a particular aspect of the case that interests or puzzles you, in your very own unique way, and post it.
- Write up a Myth Buster! Do you know of a rumor or misinformation that's made the rounds in the case and has always bugged you? Look up the source links for the real facts, and bust the myth!
- Start a list of direct quotes from LE, along with the date stated, and link to source. Post it and ask others to contribute to it.
- Is there a certain news video or press conference that you and others are constantly listening to to determine what was said? Transcribe it and post it for reference.
- Make a list of the news websites that have been covering the case regularly, collect their URLs, and post it.
- For cases where there are general discussion threads instead of a forum, check to see if important information and links have been brought forward from previous threads, such as timeline, case recap, list of news websites, photo archives, candle lighting site for the victim, etc. Post the ones that haven't been brought forward yet.
Let's see how this goes. Maybe we can channel the energy and get this discussion back on the road to somewhere
Salem