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

We already have an entry about Devon in the Edited Guide - A203671 - but it is very old and could do with a major update and overhaul. So does anyone know this part of the world very well? We'd love you to help us out in writing a new and better guide to this lovely county.

Paully

Consider me volunteered!

Hurrah! Well done, Skankyrich!

But don't let that put off anyone else from volunteering any particular dates, locations, sights or famous people to this thread - it'll be lovely to get some more suggestions!

Paully

Anything I can do to help, Skankyrich? It's a huge county with a huge history!

Oddly enough I'd been considering volunteering to write a replacement entry on Devon, having found it unfit to link to from my Sidmouth entry. Of course, it would probably have taken me two years to get around to writing it, as usual.

Yep, I will help too - so if whoever starts adds the entry to this forum, we'll see it and start adding/commenting etc.

CHawke

Hi Parrferris!

Your precise problem with linking from your Sidmouth entry is one of the main reasons why we've launched this project. It'll be great to have a 'base' entry for every county from which other entries can be linked. Hurrah!

Paully

I thought you'd be along sooner or later

Funny enough, I've been wanting to update the Devon entry too, it's bloody rubbish isn't it? I'm sure between us we can come up with a brilliant entry on this fine country

I'm off to work soon but when I get home I'll create a basic entry, outline headers, subheaders and prospective links. Once that's in place, you or any other contributors can simply post paragraphs on different theme here for me to paste in. Sound ok?

PS if nothing else it needs to reference these A799428A644627 and A500473 (ok so two of them are part mine )

CHawke

Obviously I meant county, not country

Well volunteered, Skankyrich!

Paully

I will aim to have a link to the bare bones here by tomorrow morning

That sounds like a sensible way of doing it. I'll probably be along tomorrow evening...

Well there are lots of excellent Devon based entries that you can link to...

Number 6's entries on the best football team in Devon Plymouth Argyle are very good. Then there is the one on the Giant prawn in Plymouth.

OK, the bare bones are at A6021505.

I've outlined the entry into sections and found relevant links to add when material comes in. Please feel free to write about any part of the entry as it stands, let me know what subheader you think it should go under, and I'll do a sub's job on it, add it and credit you as a co-writer. If you know a Devon link that I don't, (internal or external) post it and I'll add it. Guidance on each section is in italics where appropriate.

Initially, please try to post paragraphs that will fit under the headings already on the page - or suggest alternative headings if you have other work to add. For now, anything that doesn't directly fit will just go under the final 'anything else' section for proper filing later - unless there are better ideas Ferrettbadger, I've got the Argyle links but if there's something about a giant prawn in Plymouth, you've have to write a few introductory lines and give me a link to the entry - if I don't insist on that, I can see I'll have to do all the linking and typing myself

Finally, remember we have a county here to be truly proud of - I'm very fond of going to the Lake District and telling them how fantastic the place is and that Cumbria is definately, absolutely, beyond the doubt the finest and most beautiful county in England apart from Devon. To avoid a fight at this stage, I point out that they get points deducted for Sellafield and the M6. This is a real opportunity to make this page the best guide to Devon anywhere in the world - and it's down to you. Put some love into it, get all your wonderful knowledge of the local high points into type and give our county the entry it deserves.

cool - I'll have to stop myself writing at work

AS someone who spent many years in facts and figures relating to the SW I'll tweak the numbers for you, get the latest (2004) figure and stuff.

One thing we need to define is what is Devon.

As a political entity "Devon" doesn't include Plymouth and Torbay. The "Devon" that we think of, hasn't existed for about 10 years.

Again, I'll write some stuff on that as it is what I know.

There's an Exmouth entry at A224542 which may be required.

CHawke

Ok I will go and have a look at that giant prawn entrie and come up with something.

In the meantime can I be cheeky and plug two of my own "devon" related entries?

A1146098 that can go in the "sport" section, about the mighty "Greenbank Wanderers" in the Plymouth and West Devon sunday league.

and

A1165510 that can go in the leisure section it is an entry about the finest (IMHO) public house in all of Devon (and mayby beyond ) the "Seymour Arms".

How about something along the lines of:-

"One of Plymouth and therefore Devon's newest and most unusual tourist attractions is the somewhat puzzeling Giant Metal Prawn, firther details can be found at A2313145"

?

Thats fine, FB I'd already found your pub entry - it's in the pubs and restaurants section - and I've put the link to the football team with it, for now.

C, as a physical entity it does include Torbay and Plymouth, though I'll add a 'Political Devon' section if you want me to, so you can expand on this. Sound ok?
I'd already found the Exmouth link; it's there under 'East Devon Coast'

Cheers guys!

added the text to the entry page already.