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31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders Posted Jan 31, 2003
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Great news!!!! 5ooo entries today ! Neugen 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
jaz'd(ace & yada yada *sigh* chocolate yada) Posted Jan 31, 2003
Bravo! for all, & intense celebration...dancing in the virtual streets! 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Jan 31, 2003
I'd /love/ to be an Italic - I think it would take a while for the novelty to wear off. I have a suspicion that I might need some other experience first, however, plus they'd need to be hiring...
Whoami? 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Jan 31, 2003
The only vacancy listed under 'New Media' at the moment is 'Community Studio Co-ordinator (part-time) Newport, Wales'...
Whoami?
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Jan 31, 2003
That was a bit off-topic - back to the !!!
Whoami?
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Jan 31, 2003
Subtle URL drop: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/drama/progpages/hitchhikers.shtml - try the quiz, h2g2 is mentioned...
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
And it's a fine advertisement for the "Community Artists" too... 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Geggs Posted Jan 31, 2003
Out of random curiosity, what was the first edited article?
And YAAAY! on the 5000.
Geggs
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
Oh, and Whoami, I got ten out of ten in the quiz, despite the fact that one of the answers was wrong and one was ambiguous... 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Jan 31, 2003
"BBC 7 will be broadcasting a three hour tribute to Douglas Adams on March 2nd. They will then broadcast the radio series in their 7th dimension stream (18:00, repeated 00:00) starting March 3rd. The 3 hour slot will consist of existing tribute programmes with new links and some previously unbroadcast interview material."
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Jan 31, 2003
He said *Edited* Entry, didn't he? 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Jan 31, 2003
Also, damnation! I was going to tell y'all about that in a week or so! 
Whoami?
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
It's "Edited by" Jim Lynn... 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Jan 31, 2003
Peet, which ones do you think are wrong/ambiguous? They all seem ok to me...?
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
Try A207... 
"How many arms does Zaphod have?" is ambiguous - as far as I know he grew another one in a later book, so two of the answers are correct depending on what time period you refer to.
"What is six times nine" was never the question to the Ultimate Answer; it was "What do you get if you multiply six by nine". It involved pulling letters from a scrabble bag, so the exact phrasing is important too. Oh, and even then it wasn't the real answer; Ford and Arthur screwed up the computer program when they crashed with the Golgadfrinchuns (sp?)...
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Saturnine Posted Jan 31, 2003
LA LA LA LA LA LA!!
Some of us have only just got up to the scrabble part you know...
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Jan 31, 2003
Email 'em - see if they change it! That's the only reason there's a link to h2g2 on there 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 31, 2003
The quiz never opened up for me.
All I got was a window that
said "Close this window," which
was the only part that worked. 
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31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
- 21: Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders (Jan 31, 2003)
- 22: jaz'd(ace & yada yada *sigh* chocolate yada) (Jan 31, 2003)
- 23: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Jan 31, 2003)
- 24: me[Andy]g (Jan 31, 2003)
- 25: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Jan 31, 2003)
- 26: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Jan 31, 2003)
- 27: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Jan 31, 2003)
- 28: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 31, 2003)
- 29: Geggs (Jan 31, 2003)
- 30: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 31, 2003)
- 31: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 31, 2003)
- 32: The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin (Jan 31, 2003)
- 33: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Jan 31, 2003)
- 34: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Jan 31, 2003)
- 35: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 31, 2003)
- 36: The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin (Jan 31, 2003)
- 37: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 31, 2003)
- 38: Saturnine (Jan 31, 2003)
- 39: The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin (Jan 31, 2003)
- 40: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jan 31, 2003)
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