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

Hi!

Welcome to H2G2. I’m JulesK and I’m an ACE (Assistant Community Editor). I’m here to help if you ever feel a bit lost during your first few days on the site. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll find someone who does

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Here is a useful list of links and help pages which you may like to browse through: A559695 (Have a while you do!)

The site is built around the Edited Guide, which is made up of Edited Entries written by fellow researchers about Life, the Universe and Everything. They are called Edited because they’ve been through the Peer Review and Sub-Editing process. It’s advisable to read the Writing Guidelines at A53209 before submitting anything to Peer Review, as folk don’t take too kindly to people filling it up with inappropriate stuff.

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Jules

hello, do you check for puntuation and spelling? If I wanted to talk about mating habits in animals, would that be inappropriate

Well, if you are submitting your Entry to one of the Review systems, there are people there who will point out grammatical errors if you've missed any. They do like you to have a good go by yourself first, though.

You can go here for help with spelling and grammar: A1022897

You can of course create an Entry which is 'not for Review' and this means anyone can still search for and read it. Then the spelling etc is not as vital, although people will still help you if you ask

Have a look for similar Entries using the Search button to see if anyone else has written about your subject already. Then you will see the tone of such Entries and what is allowed. If there is already an Edited Entry about it, you won't be able to put one into Peer Review.

(I think you should be OK writing about mating habits in animals as long as you aren't doing it to be rude or silly - remember that we have some children on this site).

Great to hear from you!

Jules