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2018-01-26 Announcement: What's going on at h2g2?

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h2g2 Operations

So you log into your Personal Space on h2g2 and you want an entertaining read but can't see anything new? A new Help Page has been created with the aim of bringing more of the delights of h2g2 to your fingertips: A87902427


2018-01-26 Announcement: What's going on at h2g2?

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Icy North

There's an elephant in this room, isn't there?


2018-01-26 Announcement: What's going on at h2g2?

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Gnomon - time to move on

I can hear a herd of elephants


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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA!

* creeps in*


I bet I'll get modded for topic drift, if I say anyfink smiley - biggrin


2018-01-26 Announcement: What's going on at h2g2?

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Recumbentman

Nice to have a place to go when things are quiet...


2018-01-26 Announcement: What's going on at h2g2?

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h2g2 Guide Editors

Thanks to Ops for posting this announcement for us smiley - ok

Not sure I'd call it an elephant, but it was a puzzle to us that some people commented they were disappointed that there was nothing new in h2g2 while others commented they were impressed by how much new content there is in h2g2 each week.

We had a think about reasons for the discrepancy, and it seemed possible it was related to people logging into their Personal Space to find what's new, rather than visiting the Front Page. Past subscriptions may no longer be delivering new content as expected, so the Help Page aims to help people to make changes if necessary.

We learned a few tricks from the exercise, so we hope it helps others too smiley - smiley


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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

New tricks are always welcome. smiley - smiley


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Icy North

Gnomon was right. There's definitely more than one elephant.


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Gnomon - time to move on

My disappointment is not at the quantity of new material being published, but the fact that it is almost impossible for a new writer to contribute to the site, since the system is so full of bugs.

Even reasonably experienced writers encounter bugs where all their work disappears. It is only the people like Bluebottle and Dmitri who use it every day can master the different skins and navigate their way around the pitfalls.

I suggested solutions to some of these bugs in March 2016 and was assured many times they'd be looked at, but nearly two years has gone by and there's still no sign of anybody having tried them out.


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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

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minorvogonpoet

One thing that's annoying me is the appearance of an advert that's an obvious scam. smiley - grr It's from Prizes world and reads 'This is not a joke!1,000,000 visitor. Our random winners selection system could choose you to win AN APPLE PRODUCT. Be our lucky winner!

Can we do anything about these?


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Milla, h2g2 Operations

Hi mvp,
Could you send a screenshot to [email protected]


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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

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