h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A648317
he he, take a look.
Lord Preston OMFC

Get rid of the blue text. Just leave the text at its default colour. At the moment this is almost illegible if you look at it in Classic Goo skin. Edited Entries need to be viewable in all (both) skins.

This seems to be a guide to protests on h2g2, rather than protests in general. So you should change the title.

You might want to check some of the spelling and grammar too... I'll just look through it...

'styles of protest go in and out of popularity'??? I think this is just a bit dubious...

'H2G2 has seen a few of these styles and this page is dedicated to laying out the pros and cons of each. Plus give you examples for you to study and/or join in with.'Try joining these sentences together.

'How is works:'Probably just a typo, try 'how it works'.
Next line down: Capitalise 'success rate'to be consistent.

'The H2G2 rating standard. 10 being the best while 0 is the worst.'Try running these together too.

'One of the main ways of H2G2 protesters has been the "we shall not be moved stance"'Move the quote marks to the end of moved and find another word for ways... methods?

'You as a protester are using up one of there main forums to hold your protest and therefore making it more dificult for the public to use H2G2 so the italics, noticing this, should try to move you on swiftly, the best way for them to do this is to give into your demands. 'Try forming 'The best way... etc. into a new sentence.

'success rate:This method has been successfull in the past. But it takes a long time and many protests die out before the italics give in. I remember the was once a protest on sergi precoveove because the article had been in the "most neglected list" for along time when it clearly was one of the busiest in the guide. Unfortunatly we have not been able to find the arcive footage of that one. But it was eventualy successful.' Several things here- capitalise success rate, remove second l in successfull, run first two sentences together, I remember there instead of the, a long instead of along, change spelling of unfortunatly, arcive, eventualy.

Method 2 Aims, change oppnion to opinion. How it Works: capitalise first letter of third sentence. Check spelling of especially.
'success rate:This mehtod has not been greatly successful though it makes a point and people genrally remember it, it hardly ever actualy gets things done.' Capitalise success rate, mehtod to method, genrally to generally, actualy to actually.

Method 3
'Description:A method for those unplanned protests the "run round screaming your head off"method. This one does exactly wot is aays on the tin!!! Wot and aays? Also success rate (again) and change 2 to to.


Method 4 Aims- cloath to cloth. How is works-see above. pts to puts. nick name into one word. 2 od to to do. wot to what. success rate-overally? Rating- matte ris to matter is. Examples- unfortunatly-change spelling.

Protest Links- stugles to struggles.Christmass to christmas.


I think that's about all... sorry to give you so much extra work

thank you, i have made the amendmants u sugested. very nice of u 2 spen so much time over it!
Lord Preston OMFC

Hmmm.

There seems to be an awful lot of HTML which wouldn't survive the transition to the edited guide here, even if it does look very pretty.

And aren't marks out of ten just asking for trouble, they are personal opinions after all... We all have our opinions on how to get what we want.

whisky

personal opnions? may i remind u that it was the officail H2G2 rating! and anyway we want a little controvertial so people protest about it! lol
Lord Preston OMFC

Just out of curiosity, where did the official H2G2 stats come from?

whisky

From sources within H2G2 who can not b named for their own protection
Lord Preston OMFC

From sources within H2G2 who can not b named for their own protection
Lord Preston OMFC

Though I do think it is brilliant, I don't see it as anything resembling an entry to the edited guide.

I does hold a lot of personal oppinion (well, group oppinion), and some contredictions and inaccuracies that should send it to the real HHGTTG.

It is verry well written and I bet that going to the post office and presenting it is a good move, but removing text coloring (which will have to be done for edited guiding) and changing to third person in all places that are not won't suffice.

Also, links to unedited pages aren't allowed, as they may change without warning in the future, by a mare researcher's decision, rather then an Editor's decision .

Once again though, It's and I did enjoy reading it.

Yours,

Dancer


Dancer

Also, please revise yourself with the following:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Writing-Guidelines




Dancer ()

i feel hurt and upset by ur coments!
well i don't really but i thought i might as well say it to show i have feelings!
Lord Preston OMFC

I propose to move the thread to the entry (no offence man <frood&gt, any seconders?


Dancer

Seconded. I can't see this becoming Editor's Pick of the Day, amusing though it is!

mayb thats ur down fall, ur imagination!
Lord Preston OMFC
P.S. thanx 4 think it was funny

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'Peer Review' to 'Protests'.

Fascinating read, but not really Edited Guide material.