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[natbee]

On another note - is there an index somewhere of common acronyms used on this site? I keep seeing the same ones but don’t know what they mean!

 

[Gemmie]

On another note - is there an index somewhere of common acronyms used on this site? I keep seeing the same ones but don’t know what they mean!

I know there's a list somewhere as I've seen it before. But now that I want it I can't find it! Maybe @Cool Cats will have it handy.

Meanwhile, which acronyms are you wanting to know about?

 

[Cool Cats]

On another note - is there an index somewhere of common acronyms used on this site? I keep seeing the same ones but don’t know what they mean!

I know there's a list somewhere as I've seen it before. But now that I want it I can't find it! Maybe @Cool Cats will have it handy.

Meanwhile, which acronyms are you wanting to know about?

I remember seeing it once and am looking for it. Please anyone can join in and search --- thanks Sleuthers!

And yes, which specific ones are on your mind?

 

[Gemmie]

On another note - is there an index somewhere of common acronyms used on this site? I keep seeing the same ones but don’t know what they mean!

Finally found it. Click HERE for WS acronyms/lingo.

 

[natbee]

Finally found it. Click HERE for WS acronyms/lingo.

Thank you for this!! One that I've been seeing is JMO. Didn't see it on the acronym thread either but maybe I wasn't looking hard enough!

 

[Gemmie]

Thank you for this!! One that I've been seeing is JMO. Didn't see it on the acronym thread either but maybe I wasn't looking hard enough!

JMO means Just My Opinion. You'll see variations of it like MOO (My Own Opinion). The reason for this is because WS (Websleuths) is fact based. If you're posting facts, you must include a link to your MSM or LE sources, etc. (Main Stream Media / Law Enforcement). Otherwise you'd need to let people know what you're stating is your opinion, and not fact.

 

[Klclevi]

Hi @Cool Cats

Hope you are well. I hope I am doing the right thing - can you please explain what the bookmarking means please - I do not want to offend anyone, I have bookmarked some comments on threads so I don't have to go back and find them or print them out so I can reference them .

Thankyou so much!

 

[Cool Cats]

Hi @Cool Cats

Hope you are well. I hope I am doing the right thing - can you please explain what the bookmarking means please - I do not want to offend anyone, I have bookmarked some comments on threads so I don't have to go back and find them or print them out so I can reference them .

Thankyou so much!

Websleuths has the WATCH feature and your online device will have the BOOKMARK feature.
When on the internet in general I bookmark topics of interest and things I need etc....
When on Websleuths I click the WATCH icon to watch threads I'm interested in. Come along with me and try it....

Just for an example click on this posted thread here....

Australia Thread 'AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025'

Sep 28, 2025

Search continues for missing boy Gus
29 Sep 2025 6:09am

Police continue to search for missing boy Gus in the mid north of the state.

Four-year-old August (Gus) was last seen at his homestead, about 40km’s south of Yunta, at 5pm on Saturday 27 September.

Gus is Caucasian with long blond curly hair. He was wearing a grey sun hat, a cobalt blue t-shirt with a yellow minion on the front, light grey long pants and boots.

- SAPOL News

*Will update thread with photo if and when it becomes available.

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• Forum: Missing Persons Discussion

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Now scroll to the top right where you will see these 3 icons:
NEW POSTS - JUMP TO NEW - WATCH

Now click on WATCH and you will then be officially FOLLOWING this thread.
Now go to the very top of the page where it says WATCHED THREADS and when you click on it every single thread you follow will pop up.

Makes it SUPER CONVENIENT and I enjoy using it and have a large variety of threads bookmarked.

It is A-OK to do!

 

[Klclevi]

Websleuths has the WATCH feature and your online device will have the BOOKMARK feature.
When on the internet in general I bookmark topics of interest and things I need etc....
When on Websleuths I click the WATCH icon to watch threads I'm interested in. Come along with me and try it....

Click on this newly posted thread here....

Australia Thread 'AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025'

Sep 28, 2025

Search continues for missing boy Gus
29 Sep 2025 6:09am

Police continue to search for missing boy Gus in the mid north of the state.

Four-year-old August (Gus) was last seen at his homestead, about 40km’s south of Yunta, at 5pm on Saturday 27 September.

Gus is Caucasian with long blond curly hair. He was wearing a grey sun hat, a cobalt blue t-shirt with a yellow minion on the front, light grey long pants and boots.

- SAPOL News

*Will update thread with photo if and when it becomes available.

• jypsijemini
• south australia
• Replies: 3,786
• Forum: Missing Persons Discussion

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/threads/australia-4yo-august-gus-missing-from-rural-family-home-in-outback-yunta-south-australia-27th-sept-2025.753899/

Now scroll to the top right where you will see these 3 icons:
NEW POSTS - JUMP TO NEW - WATCH

Now click on WATCH and you will then be officially following this thread (using as an example).
Now go to the very top of the page where it says WATCHED THREADS and when you click on it every single thread you follow will pop up.

Makes it SUPER CONVENIENT and I enjoy using it and have a large variety of threads bookmarked.

It is A-OK to do!

Hi Coolcats

yes have got that down pat thankyou so much ! sorry i meant individual posts (you can click the bookmark in the top RHS of the comment!
sorry if i did not make sense previously!

 

[Cool Cats]

Hi Coolcats

yes have got that down pat thankyou so much ! sorry i meant individual posts (you can click the bookmark in the top RHS of the comment!
sorry if i did not make sense previously!

Hey I tried it and it simply bookmarked the individual post to my online device's normal bookmarks. Perfectly acceptable thing to do.

 

[Klclevi]

Hey I tried it and it simply bookmarked the individual post to my online device's normal bookmarks. Perfectly acceptable thing to do.

gotcha, thankyou so much for responding so quickly. greatly appreciated

 

[Cool Cats]

gotcha, thankyou so much for responding so quickly. greatly appreciated

Glad to have you and welcome!

 

[iulia]

Hi Coolcats

yes have got that down pat thankyou so much ! sorry i meant individual posts (you can click the bookmark in the top RHS of the comment!
sorry if i did not make sense previously!

Sorry to barge in, i just wanted to say that I also bookmark individual posts by clicking the symbol near the post number. I find it super useful, and I find all my bookmarked posts by going to the top bar, clicking on my name which opens a small menu with two tabs, one for my account and one for bookmarks. I am not sure if you were able to find that already, I know it took me a bit to find them, so I thought I’d write it here in case it might help other users too.

Edited to add a screenshot of the steps, please excuse my photo editing skills

 

[Klclevi]

thankyou so much!

 

[Cool Cats]

Sorry to barge in, i just wanted to say that I also bookmark individual posts by clicking the symbol near the post number. I find it super useful, and I find all my bookmarked posts by going to the top bar, clicking on my name which opens a small menu with two tabs, one for my account and one for bookmarks. I am not sure if you were able to find that already, I know it took me a bit to find them, so I thought I’d write it here in case it might help other users too.

Edited to add a screenshot of the steps, please excuse my photo editing skills

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Very Cool Thanks for helping!

I love when WS posters chip in with their knowledge and expertise, if I don't know an answer I look for someone who does.

 

[Gemmie]

Hi @Cool Cats

Hope you are well. I hope I am doing the right thing - can you please explain what the bookmarking means please - I do not want to offend anyone, I have bookmarked some comments on threads so I don't have to go back and find them or print them out so I can reference them .

Thankyou so much!

Bookmarking does exactly what you said you were using it for. So you can easily find posts that you want to reference back to for whatever reason.

For folks that don't know what we're talking about, it's the icon to the left of the Post # on the end.

To access your bookmarks click on your name at the top and go to Account Details:

There you'll see Bookmarks:

 

[Klclevi]

Thankyou so much Gemmie - greatly appreciated!

 

[Rukaiyah]

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[Gemmie]

Tx, I'm totally new .I just joined so I don't know anything but I'm sure I'll learn fast.

Welcome to WS, @Rukaiyah!

 

[Cool Cats]

Tx, I'm totally new .I just joined so I don't know anything but I'm sure I'll learn fast.

Welcome Rukaiyah, alot going on. The shooting at Brown University is recent and the stabbing deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle. Many threads available here at WS.

I will post these recent ones for you but if you want something lighter we have several threads that are for fun joking around sharing, etc..Even games. Let me know if you want me to post these lighter ones for you.

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Post in thread 'RI - Mass Shooting at Brown University - Providence 13 Dec 2025'

Sunday at 2:13 AM

More detail on NYT from the TA who was leading the econ study session in the room where some of the shooting happened:

Live Updates: 2 Killed and 9 Injured in Brown University Shooting

Hundreds of police officers were searching for the gunman after he escaped into the streets of Rhode Island’s capital, officials said.

www.nytimes.com

The session for the Principles of Economics class, scheduled from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in an engineering building on the Brown campus, was nearly over. “I was just teaching my review, like usual,” Mr. Oduro, a 21-year-old senior and teaching assistant, said in an interview.

A little after 4 p.m., he ended the session, which was to be his last time teaching that particular...

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Post in thread 'CA - Murder victims Identified as Rob Reiner and wife Michele - LA Dec 14 2025'

Monday at 11:22 PM

The article said that he left a trail of blood. It also stated the the hotel bed and shower were bloody, so I'm thinking maybe he was wearing dark clothes that hid the blood stains from the naked eye?

The blood in the hotel room could’ve also been his own from a suicide attempt.

Nick Reiner put on suicide watch after his arrest in parents' deaths

Nick Reiner 'is under supervision of the jail mental evaluation team' at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, a law enforcement insider confirmed to Daily Mail Monday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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