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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A492077

Another collection of my local knowledge for your perusal. As you can probably tell from the entry number, I've been working on this one on and off for quite some time.

Any comments?

Sue

Hey, Sue!

I think this one is great! Just a couple quick comments:

1) The last sentence in the pubs part is unfinished -- I still don't know where to get the best beer!

2) Footnotes are supposed to be written as complete sentences.

Keep up the good work!


Mikey

S'OK I suppose , now my previous comments (in one of our journals) have been made, before that it was pants

Is the pub sentence unfinished because you are still researching it? How many pubs have you got left?

TTFN

ChawkE

Don't quite know how but I'd managed to put an old unfinished version up - corrected now. Still doesn't tell you which is the best pub in town, but it does indirectly tell what *not* to drink! I think there's another couple of minor modifications in this version too.

Mikey, could you possibly give me an example of what you mean by the footnotes? Sorry but I've got my hungover head on this today and I'm not sure I quite follow.

Thanks
Sue

I *think* he means that footnotes should read as full sentences in their own right. Not sure about that, lets just check guideline..................nope nothing in http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/SubEditors-Style to say they must be sentences

ChawkE

Well done. I liked this entry, I'm fairly local to Waltham Abbey, and it does seem to be more used as a "shortcut" onto the M25 when there is trouble around. I'll hang around a bit more next time.

Excellent entry! As a scout, I pass it along to peer review by other scouts. I'll update you on its progress.

*Michael Notforyou*
Official Scout, h2g2
U113408

Michael - check the e-groups - been there, done that - sorry

ChawkE

Sorry Sue the powers thought it was crap...... nah, its in, well recommended anyway, an old lag like you knows the drill, wait and you'll have yet another entry added.

Well done, and all that

ChawkE

Well, anyway, it's been closed off. And I'll pick another one.

Thanks for your recommendation. You'll be glad to know that we think this entry is great, and it has now gone into the Editorial Process for future inclusion in the Edited Guide. When it does get into the Edited Guide, we will email to let you know, but please bear in mind it can take a while for entries to go through the sub-editing system. Thanks for writing for the guide!

WOAH!

My fault! This is ChawkE's thread. Almost didn't notice it.

My sincere apologies, and my mistake.

I take back my closing off the thread, and will let ChawkE do it.

I'm just pleased you all seemed to like it - and thanks for commenting Mina, it's nice to have a bit for feedback from someone that does know the place, if only a little.

Just one thing CH - an old lag? Hmmmmm.....

Sue

Just FYI, here is where they say that footnotes need to be full sentences:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/SubEditors-GuideML#FOOTNOTE


Mikey

mmmm, point taken, but I don't think that is an issue for researchers placing stuff in Peer Review, as the info researchers are given on their home page on the

"Click here if you want to know what sort of thing the Editors are looking for, "

Makes no mention and whilst links into the page you quote only has it done as a "The following entries might also be of interest:"

I think it may help if, with you sub-ed hat on (how do you keep a track of your hats?) that you ask for the page I refer to above, which has a lot about footnotes and is probably more read tham the page you quoted, to be updated to include the sentence thing

ChawkE

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!

OK - I'll put in an email about it. Good idea.

Actually, I wear all my hats on top of each other -- it's quite a balancing act.

Mikey

Thanks for the link Mikey. I think I get the drift now, so I'll give those footnotes a re-write as soon as I can.

Sue

Ok, footnotes amended. Could you please have a look to make sure I've understood correctly?

Thanks

Sue

Sue -- The footnotes are closer, but not quite there yet. The deal is that footnotes are supposed to be grammatically complete sentences that can stand on their own. For some examples, take a look at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A533828

Here, the only time footnotes aren't complete sentences is when they're just references.

Hope this helps some.


Mikey

Thanks Mikey - examples I can understand! I have another bash at them, but I doubt I'll get the chance to update the entry until I get back from holiday - so expect to see an update sometime round the 20th (hopefully).

Thanks for your help on this one - I know a sub-ed would put this right for me, but I'd much rather get as much right myself as I can.

Sue