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31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Saturnine Posted Jan 31, 2003
6/12/06?
Ok. Well. I guess I can wait.
Someone pass me the 
and 
and if you would occasionally wipe me over with a damp cloth to stop me getting dusy, t'would be gratefully received.
*waits*
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Demon Drawer Posted Jan 31, 2003
Actually 10,000 entries will depend on University Projects outstanding which people are forgetting about as well. So it will be before either of the dates above. Especially as my Uni project takes 2 days of the estimate once Mina finishes editing it. 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
Sorry, Saturnine, the lemon-scented paper napkins haven't arrived yet. We'll just have to wipe you down with an oily rag. 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 31, 2003
DD, when a University Project becomes an entry, isn't it usually counted as one of the five for that day? 
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Saturnine Posted Jan 31, 2003
What *type* of oil is that??
DD -WHat is this *Uni Project* thing? How...why...what...eh?
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Demon Drawer Posted Jan 31, 2003
No Peet Uni projects are all seperate Uni entries and they usually appear below hte 5 for the day.
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Saturnine Posted Jan 31, 2003
Ah. So. Kinda like a Guide Entry is piece of GCSE coursework...and a Uni thing is like a whole project Uni degree type......thing.
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Peter aka Krans Posted Jan 31, 2003
Yeah, something like that. Though usually you collaborate with other people on a Uni project. 
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Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Feb 1, 2003
We decided to put a hold on the Uni for a while to give us time to rejig a few things, which might be why you've not heard much about this recently. It's been pushed back a little because of a few other projects we're working on, but we're still very keen to reopen the Uni as soon as we can (Mina in particular has been working very hard on this) and we already have a number of superb projects in the queue, ready for the grand reopening.
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Lady Neugen Bigeyes;Owlatron`s thundercat;Researcher of the hyperlink;Honorary Muse of card-senders Posted Feb 1, 2003
Too many pots in the fire? or is everything divinely inspired? 
Neugen
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Lady Scott Posted Feb 1, 2003
*answers post from waaaay back*
Paul, the window closed for me too - until I happened to see the *other* link on it that said "take the quiz" - above where it says close this window.
The questions were too easy, if you ask me (even though those two were not completely accurate) - except not being from Britain I had no idea about the last one, so I had to guess on it and missed it.
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Mu Beta Posted Feb 1, 2003
"We decided to put a hold on the Uni for a while"
Oh, I won't bother subbing all these entries on radar for a while then.
I've skipped the backlog, so this question may have already come up, but did we officially designate a 5000th entry?
B
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Lady Scott Posted Feb 1, 2003
Yep...
I could be mean and tell you to go read the backlog - after all there's only 4 LED's of it! (says the Thingite
)
But no, I'll be nice and tell you - they said it was the one on the front page about kissing.
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Mina Posted Feb 1, 2003
Don't stop subbing Master B! Projects are still moving through, the only difference is that new projects probably won't be added to the faculty pages as they are being redesigned and we're putting them straight on the new ones on my hard drive. 
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Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Feb 1, 2003
Master B - the first posting to this Conversation, or the link on the Front Page should take you straight there
31 January, 2003: h2g2 Edited Entries reaches 5000!
Saturnine Posted Feb 1, 2003
"Wanders lonely as a clown"
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