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

I have a problem. I am writing an entry with my sister and I put both of our researcher numbers in the correct box. However, this makes on of us the writer and one of us the editor. Is there any way to make us both the writer?

Thanks.

BTW, the entry is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A908868

No, that is exactly what is meant to happen. You, and only you, can edit any entry you write - adding extra researchers will give them credit, but they won't be able to edit the entry.

It's the editor who has control, so what you're asking is for both of you to be editor. Unfortunately, only one person can have editing privilieges because the system could not cope with two people trying to change the same document at the same time.

To get around this, set up two versions of the entry. one from your page and one from your sister's page. You can transfer the content from one to the other by using the test facility e.g. <./>test908868</.>.



Amy

If this goes through to the Edited Guide you will both appear under Written By and a Sub will appear under Edited By.

As far as the unedited guide is concerned, your sister could copy the text to an entry on her page, adding your name, so the order of the names would be reversed.

Hi!

If you submit this entry to Peer Review and it gets accepted into the Edited Guide, the edited entry will have both of your names as writers, and the sub-editor's name as the editor.

However, if it remains as a Guide Entry, I don't think there's any way to make both of you writers or both of you editors. If you wanted your sister to edit it, then the easiest solution would be for her to copy the GuideML from <./>test908868</.> into a new entry, edit it then for you to copy the GuideML from the new entry back into the original one.

I hope that helps
RhoMuNuQ {Ace, Guru}

Simulpost!

... Better still, they said the same thing!

4 people replied, all saying the same thing!

We must be right then...

Or "fools seldom differ..."

It's very good advice.

It is on the Feature suggestion list to expand the list of credits so that they are a bit clearer who has done what, but currently this is how it works.

Hi Mina!

Would there be different credits for Edited Entries to Guide Entries?

RhoMuNuQ

Probably not, although if there was a demand we could look at whether it was something that we wanted to do, and if it was technically possible to have different fields for Edited and normal Guide entries.

The list currently says - More Contributor Fields - Have more fields for each article: Editor (one person), Author (one person and the originator of the piece), Co-writer (list), Thanks to (list), and Artists (list).

OK, seems like a good idea to me!

Thanks.


We're planning to get it edited anyway, so it won't be a problem for long.

Thanks again.

No problem