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

We’re in the process of putting together an h2g2 Edited Guide entry for each and every one of the UK’s Counties and Regions – and we’d like you to help us write them!

Ideally we’re looking for a volunteer to take on the job of putting together an entry on West Lothian, covering the following kind of basic information:

- General location in the UK, including all of the bordering regions.

- The main towns and cities there

- A very basic history of the region (which, for those created in more recent times might include a little background about the region before the county was formed). Some counties/regions will be famous for specific key events in history, which we'd also like to know about.

- Any geographical features (lakes in Cumbria, Peak District in Derbyshire, Pennines in Yorkshire/Greater Manchester)

- Links to other related entries for the region.

If you’ve also got the time, we’d love to see the following kind of thing in the entry too:

basic statistical data (population, size, house prices, etc); famous sons and daughters from that region (actors, sports stars, musicians?); any notable places to visit and things to do (castles, theme parks, shopping centres); TV/film appearances that might give people an idea of what the county is like, etc, etc.

If you feel that you haven’t got the time to devote to writing a whole County/Region by yourself, then please help us get the work up and going by posting any relevant facts, figures, bits of trivia or the like to this conversation thread – which will GREATLY help the person who eventually writes up the whole article. Thanks in advance for your contributions to this massive h2g2 project!

Cheers!

Paully

I think I could write about west lothian having lived there for the past 12 odd years :P
Charles

Hurrah! Thanks for volunteering, Charles!

You might want to have a glance at an entry that's now been virutally completed and is progressing through Peer Review - A6092606 (County Fermanagh). It might give you an idea of the kind of info we're looking for. However, feel free to write more or less about whichever areas of West Lothian you feel might be of interest to readers around the rest of the world!

Paully

As the volunteer appears to have Elvised do you need someone else to take this on?

I wouldn't say no! Any volunteers to help write any of our outstanding UK Counties entries would be much appreciated!

Paully

Ok I'll get started on it then. Good job I have about 6 stubs to be added to.

Marvellous! You're a saint, sir!

Paully

Did this one happen DD? We do have these lovely T-shirts, and you did so well with the other entries your wrote for this project.

(We promise not to spam too much at once today! )

No this one has not happened yet. Thanks for the reminder.

You going to give me 4 t-shirts if I complete this one then are you?

There are plenty of entries left to do, and we're allowing a T-shirt for each entry. Not for entries already written though.

OK it is underway at A18774020