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

Gets a thumbs up from me.

Sprout

I've tidied it up a little - hopefully not too much.
Waz

Faberoonies! Mind you - I am hoping we get official before too long...

The more I read of the Mining Metaphors, the more I like them. It is neat that we have our very own smiley, complete with miner's helmet, dirt on the face, and the breath of inspiriation!

Ben

Is that what that is! I thought you were feeling the cold.

Official - yes, fingers crossed. It's been quiet on the italics front this week. We seem to be hung on the voting/picking choice at present. Which limits what I can do with the What Miners Do page.
Waz

I am hoping to spend some time with Ashley and Anna sometime in the next three weeks. I am hoping we can identify what pages need updating, and what decisions are still to be made.

Ben

Oh, excellent . Is it a case of the more we sort out before that the better you will be able to concentrate on the main issues? Or are you of the opinion that there are some main issues which are better/easier dealt with face to face (with or without the aid of a flipchart) that need sorting out before we can go much further?
Waz
(forgot him last time!)

I think the further on we are the better - no sense in holding things up. My dates in London are dependent on a whole load of RL things.

Ben

I'm not entirely sure what is left to sort out now? There are so many threads with bits hanging off them...We could really do with a page with all the unfinished business on it?

The two issues that come to my mind are:

1) The picking/voting business. What are we opting for (and to what extent do we have a choice?

2) Do we all agree that the featuring of an article in a previous fora does not prevent it being used for the UG? Or is it a time limit thing, and if so, how long is this time limit?

My view on this would be a six month delay, whether Post, or CAC, and that being archived on fiction central or poetry corner should not preclude featuring in the UG.

But there may be more?

Sprout

The voting/picking issue was one I had in mind, the other was the editor role.

Other issues I can think of are the extent of guidelines, the miners' code of conduct, the way in which UG entries will be archived, technicalities of subbing...I'm sure there are others.

I like your idea of including previously featured work but with a time delay.

This isn't the best place to be discussing this I suppose. A page to collect unfinished business is a good idea. Any volunteers? If not I'll have a go over the weekend.
Waz

Six month delay on Post or CAC entries sounds good (especially since most of my best pieces would already be available under this plan!).

Maybe we could also give our approval on those draft pages which appear ready? Tie up those loose ends.

I give a thumbs-up to this draft page, except there's an awkward sentence:

"The Underguide [link somewhere?] is an Unofficial part of h2g2, which gives great entries which do not conform to the Edited Guidelines the recognition, kudos and day in the sun which they richly deserve."

Needs something done to those two "which" clauses, or needs to be split into more than one sentence.

Ah - that's me. I like to get as many witches in as I can.

"The Underguide [link somewhere?] is an Unofficial part of h2g2. It gives great entries which do not conform to the Edited Guidelines the recognition, kudos and day in the sun that they richly deserve."

Dewitched.

Waz

Good job!

thanks fwt.

I've set up a page listing what I see as unfinished, or possibly unfinished, business. It's here A984486. But I'm not sure what best to do with it. I thought of starting a new thread on the Underguide Plan D page linking to it. Anyone got any better ideas? Or is it best left here?
Waz

Definitely post where people are reading!

I ususally put a post in the Underguide thread on my page and one in the MSN group. It would be a good idea to put one on the Subcom's Plan D page as well. It is your entry - you can do the posts!

I find I need to explain the Underguide quite often, and we could do with a page which says "this is what the the Underguide is at the moment, and this is what it will be in the future" with some key links. Then when we are explaining to people in AWW what it is, all we will need to do is point them to that page. I am too busy just now to write that page. Will you do it? Or shall we try to get another Miner to do it?

Ben

I'll do it!

I feel I ought to do something to earn my place here!

But not today though [I don't think] as I've got my course this afternoon...

Well volunteered, that Entity!

B

Bless you fwt, I was having a look at doing it, there are a lot of places to crib the info. from. Like the short description on the Volunteers Home page which I think is a mix of GTB and Ben's words. But it's still going to take some writing out. I was about to volunteer when I got a call from my mother en route to catch a plane to say she'd left her handbag on a train. So now instead of having a free day there's all sorts of hassle to sort out.

This A961788 has a whole list of Underguide links if you want to copy/paste the GML.

Ben, I'll post the links to unfinished business later.

Waz - off to be an important call in a queue to someone. Again.