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

Some of this is already covered, but not from this angle. Anyway, I needed to get it off my chest.

all comments welcomed,

purplejenny

Are you sure that's the right number, as it didn't work when I tried it.

oops, sorry, thanks.

Try this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A398306

pj

That works.
But if you want it in the edited guide the fist thing you have to do is take out all the swear words.
BTW Black taxis can use bus lanes, so at least traffic jams are not so much of a problem.

I liked it... here in america a "season ticket" is usually used for season passes to a sporting or recreation event, so the turn of phrase was especially nice when used in the context of the nasty daily commute.

Hi!

As Mina said, the swearing will have to go. If I were you I'd proof-read it too, as there are a few spelling and grammatical errors in there. Also, the Editors won't be too keen on having opinions in there such as 'the road signs are all rubbish' unless you can eloborate on them, eg/ with a convincing reason for why they are rubbish.

Otherwise, I think it's an entry which shows a great deal of promise!

It's a nice article. The main criticism (atleast as far as the Edited guide goes), is that it's more of a personal opinion rather than a useful guide.

It would be nice with some headers, and there might even be some appropiate pics available. See the GuideML guide for more info

I like the entry and the idea.

Using some GuideML would make the entry really nice and would get chances of getting in the edited guide much better.

I was in London for a day but I learned much involving London.

The tubes seem to be a really nice way to travel. There are a few ways to pay youre way. There is paying on the spot, and then you can get cards which you can swipe for quiick and easy access. There are different plans for these cards available. The first introduction to the London tubes is very ominous though. Somehow you find your way from point A to M and somehow to point @ and bypassing right under point B(youre intened stop) without anywhere to get off. To alleviate the problems of tube induced stress there are many guides to help you out. There are maps on the walls of the tube stations and there are also handouts. After studying the maps and keys and any handouts you find you have a better chance of finding youre way. With determination after some experience any traveller can get a gist of how the tube system in London works.

I walked all over London one night, by myself and I had no trouble whatsoever. I had walked a few hours in fact. I did have a habit of blending in with "natives" on the trip and was very well accepted after buying a tweed hat in Edinborough. Ironicly, later that night I was accosted by someone, with some of his friends, right outside my hotel in Piccadilly circus and lost a few pounds. Good advice when in danger: Run, very fast! Hopefully in the direction of security.

The basic principle of the Tube is easy, you find a map, find where you are, where you want to go, trace a route to get there, changing if neccessary, then do it. All of the lines are colour codes, and there are line maps on the tubes to let you know how many stops there are.

Working out the quickest way to get somewhere on the other hand takes a lot of experience and judgement, but it's not usually too much of a problem.

All tubes have barriers requiring a ticket (credit-card sized paper ticket with a magnetic strip which must face down as you insert the ticket). Singles or returns are available - and for these your ticket will get eaten up when you have finished the journey, or travelcards, which let you go on anything (buses, tubes, trains, trams and maybe soon boats) for the whole day, within certain zone restrictions. These tickets you keep for the whole day.

Buses you either pay the driver for a single journey (soon to be a flat rate 70p), no returns available, or show the driver your travelcard/buspass.

The trams are new and in Croydon.

Trains mostly take your out of the city, but you can use them within the zones (e.g. Liverpool Street to Straford) on a travelcard, or buy a seperate ticket.

Now I'm a terrified tourist, going to London for the meet up! Thanx, PJ!

Lady Elly

There's nothing to be scared of.

Where are you coming from?

Israel.... Yeah, yeah, it's very funny for me to be scared, I know, but our towns are very small and London makes me Agorophobic...

Great news Purplejenny, your entry has been recommended for the Edited Guide

Congratulations! This thread will shortly move out of the Peer Review, and your entry will appear on the What's Coming Up page (http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A395822). You'll get an email once it makes it onto the front page, but there is a bit of a queue so please be patient.

Congrats again! I'll be making use of this for the next meetup

wow thanks Croz!

Thanks for all the feedback people, hopefully the editors will put in some of your comments and handy info when they sub-edit the entry.

*beams with quiet pride*



pj

Editorial Note: This thread has been moved out of the Peer Review forum because this entry has now been recommended for the Edited Guide.

If they have not been along already, the Scout who recommended your entry will post here soon, to let you know what happens next. Meanwhile you can find out what will happen to your entry here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/SubEditors-Process

Congratulations!

I am Whoami?, newly appointed Sub-Editor. It is my pleasure to prepare this article for the Edited Guide. Since it has already been approved, I will take it and work on it. Most of this is just clear formatting, adding in Subheadings and so on. Congratulations on getting an entry approved!

hi whoami

Groovy, Gr8, and congrats on your new appointment.

Is it worth mu while looking over and editing the article, or is it entirely in your hands now?

I understand that Abi fancied having it ready in time for to help people get to the July 7th Meet-up...

let me know if theres owt I can do to help you,

Jenny

OK, this is really great. I have already been through your article, making your lists of methods at the top into GuideML < UL > tags and have added appropriate headers and subheaders. To go through yoiur article took 50 minutes from start to finish. I have had to cahnge a few sentence structures, especially those commented on in this discussion, but no really major changes. It won't be necessary for you to do any more hard work on this article now it's in my inbox, but it would be great if you would stick around in case I have any questions. Regarding June 7th, that is the day I finish for the summer, and I will do my best to have this batch (4) articles done before then. However, I have one article that will take about 6 hours, it is so long...

My, my you are a loverly sub-ed whoami...



I shall leave it in your capable hands.

BTW isn't it nice to have a sugar-sweet thread in peer review?

jenny

Aw, thanks! ! It's great to get such +ve feedback. Very kind of you to say that. I am going to start work on the reams of article on EverQuest now. It'll take for ever, although it looks like the article is pretty neat already...