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This is the Conversation Forum for h2g2 FAQ: All About h2g2 << anton lesser I need to do a translation from Spanish to English >> Subject: Are the Pisa guys pulling our legs or is it a typo? Posted Jul 30, 2006 by Satyajit   Posting 1 "We want h2g2 to be the best Community in the world, and to do that we make a point of listening to what the Community wants - so it's up to you to let us know that you think." That is part of the FAQ answer to 'What can I do for H2G2?' Do they really mean 'let us know THAT you think' or is it 'WHAT you think' that they were really thinking about (if at all)? What do you think? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Are the Pisa guys pulling our legs or is it a typo? Posted Jul 30, 2006 by flyingtwinkle This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Hi Satyajit, What is the term""pisa guy"" Subject: Are the Pisa guys pulling our legs or is it a typo? Posted Aug 19, 2006 by aka Bel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 at Satyajit. If by PISA you mean the same PISA German pupils are suffering from so much, then I'm convinced they put 'that' just to check if people not onbly read, but actually understand what they read Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Are the Pisa guys pulling our legs or is it a typo? Posted Aug 20, 2006 by Satyajit This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Hi flyingtwinkle! On hootoo, the editors are also called the pisa people. The reason : I quote from the wikipedia article about H2G2 "The Italics (technically 'the Editors'), the inhouse editors of h2g2, are the only people on the site who get paid (by the BBC) for what they do. They monitor the content of the Edited Guide and oversee the general development of community life. They are named for the way their names appear in conversations, in bold italics, to keep people from impersonating them. There are informal nicknames for the editors such as 'The Powers That Be', 'The Towers', 'The Powers in the Towers' and 'Pisa People'." And to anticpate a question about what is the PISA that Bel is talking about, it stands for Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Are the Pisa guys pulling our legs or is it a typo? Posted Aug 20, 2006 by aka Bel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Pisa as another name for the italics is new to me Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Are the Pisa guys pulling our legs or is it a typo? Posted Aug 20, 2006 by   Traveller in Times >42 )^( _ This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Traveller in Time almost read all the HooToo History "Have a look at < A632431 > 'h2Jargon', perhps there are more unknown phrases . NB not to be confused with < A754490 > 'h2jargon' as promoted by this one has not been maintained. " Conversation list Conversation list

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