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

We're delighted to let you know that since the launch of the new version of Pliny, we've been able to continue fixing and tweaking things behind the scenes. Today one of those things is able to come out to the front and show itself off. We've been able to launch the Core Team badge, a shiny multi-coloured badge that will sit on the Personal Spaces of those Senior Volunteers that make up the 'Core Team': those that manage the running of the site on a day to day basis.

Every official Volunteer on the site gives up their free time to keep The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Earth Edition, up and running, and we really can't stress how grateful we are for this. The site would not be here without their effort. There’s a lot more volunteers than you might first realise, quietly beavering away behind the scenes.

Managing those volunteers and their hard work is the Core Team; these are the team leaders and their deputies, who are always in contact with each other, have official monthly meetings, and between them and their interaction with NPL, guide the daily running of the site and plan out its future. In short, these are the people who are responsible in the same way as the paid staff were when the site was run by the BBC or earlier when TDV set it up.

In order to assist in clarifying the management structure of h2g2, the Core Team will not only be distinguishable by a shiny new badge, but they will also start appearing as Italics in the forums.

The Core Team comprises:

Pastey U45177
Lanzababy U10790805
Milla U153664
Magwitch U780990
Tavaron U1314679
Witty Moniker U15777
Dmitri U1590784
Lil U551837
Solnushka U138596
Psychocandy U194479
Asteroid Lil U81931

For the core team,
Milla

I what the core team is doing.

I noticed the new font just before I got to this announcement, but thought my eyes were going

Hurrah for Hootoo's Eleven!

Thank you very very much much much, Italics.

morning

Clearly a spoof. Monday 2 February 2014 doesn't even exist.

And we have a winner!

We've been wondering who'd notice that first! Well done Icy!

D'you know, I've been staring at that subject line all evening thinking there was something wrong with it but it took me ages to actually work it out

What would we do without you Icy

I'll ask the CEs to fix the typo.

it's rait in my reality

Why wait?

Subject line corrected.

Although I was sorely tempted to leave Icy's as was.

If you're going to erase all evidence, then please remove my post too - you've engineered it to look as if I made some insane remark.

I respectfully disagree, Icy. In context -- that is, among us -- you don't look insane at all.

No, really, I just read the comments and it looks as if you pointed out an error.

Which you otherwise never do.

No it doesn't. You changed the posts before my remark. Had you left those it would indeed look as if I'd pointed out an error.

[Sends a toblerone to Icy out of gratitude. Correction: sends *part* of a toblerone, having eaten part of it before sending ]

I notice the Ministry of Truth has done some historical revisionism, yes?