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

I just wanted to drop you a note to say... I like writing (been published - poetry - in Eire) and would like to know the sort of things you look for - just to change my style a bit, etc. Only been on this site for 24hrs or so and am amazed at the diversity of the people and the sheer size of the site - it's a bit like IKEA the first time you go round one - ever so slightly confusing and really rather nice. I am a complete novice at computors and fiddly bits (altho I can now do s and icons after being referred to the right page by another researcher. I'm learning! Pse get in touch and give me an idea of the sort of stuff people write, or refer me to the right area and I'll eventually find it. Cheers one

Hi Witchone - nice to meet you. I got notified of your posting because of having posted to this thread in the past - or maybe it's because I have Z listed as one of my friends it is confusing!! - but the confusion and muddle adds to the fun!
I'm sure Z will talk to you soon about writing but - as you can probably see - there is a vast range of experience and talent out there and anybody can join in. You could start by putting some of your poetry on your Journal part of your space if you like.

Thanks for responding... never occured to me to bung some verse on my journal space, but I'll have a go and see what happens. Having a literal mind, journal = diary = witterings and angst and soul searching - the sort of thing you get at 3.00am when the night sweats hit you big time and whilst you're cooling down you get to wondering "Whats it all about >really< when you get down to it. Those sort of thoughts. Not "pomes". What a good idea. Thanks .

Hey Witchone welcome to h2g2, (hello again Vegantoo)

Firstly there are two sorts of writing on h2g2,

The first sort is anything and everything that you write, that includes conversation threads and you journal. You can also add a guide entry, (if you click on contribute there's a list) and this unedited entry will be part of the guide.

If you want more people to go to your unedited entry then you can put a link to it on your personal space or promote it in a number of other ways.

There's also the Edited Guide, this is what the scouts pick the entries for. DouglasAdma's oringinal project was to create the earth edition of the hitchikers guide to the galaxy. They're looking for factual enteries about anything.

What scout look for can be found in the "writting guidelines" you can find them here --> A53209 any question you know where I am !

Thanks for your reply - and to vegentoo for passing it on. Have done all the appropriate "clicking" and so on, and have come to the conclusion I'd better learn some computor jargon and MSL before I start writing "properly" - I have some ideas for topics that don't appear to be covered yet, but as I've only been playing with a PC since Easter Monday, I've an awful lot to learn "technical wise" before I can do anything creative - which brasses me off, somewhat, but also gives an impetus to learn... Vegentoo suggested I put some of my poetry in journal entry form, which I tried this morning, but I don't have the ability to lay out the work as it "should" appear -Tabs don't seem to work on text entries. The only way I can think of doing it so far is to copy the poem from my word processing part of the PC and then paste it onto the journal entry. It seems a horribly long winded way of doing it (if indeed I can manage it ) any guidelines/ways of doing it you can suggest please? Sorry if I appear to be taking the mick, I'm not, honest. This computor jargon is a totally foreign language to me so far, and the only way to learn a new language I guess is to make a bold stab at it, fail, learn by your mistakes and try again. Once the car is fixed and returned I can resume computor classes and maybe - just maybe - have a more appropriate vocab. the next time I need to ask questions. Thanks

Nonsense! you don't need computer knowledge to write on h2g2!! what you do need is what you've got ideas.

We'll help with technical questions...

in text entries you're right the tab doesn't work, but if you want to set a poem out you can use the space bar to but it the way you want.

Eg I can do something like this just by clicking space bar a lot...

A
B
C
D
E

Don't worry about computer jargon, there's lot of us who can help you with that.

Oh Okay, that didn't work.

I would advice you against cutting and pasting from word, because word has some hidden characters, and it comes up a bit differently if you cut and paste into word..

There is a solution to this, and it may seem a bit more complex... but don't worry it isn't!

If you create a guide entry, you

Start of by putting

Write your entry exactly how youwant it, using the space bar to lay it out how you want it..

Then finish off with..



Now click on the display in "guide ML" and change format,

then on update...

brilliant! Thankyou! I shall get cracking on a couple of entries over the course of the next few days, and ask "technical" questions later then. Thanks also for showing me how to set out the pomes - I shall probably bore the drawers off people pontificating over the course of the next few months (I've got SCREEDS of the stuff!!!!)
I think I've found my spiritual home!

Marvellous!!!!!

Do ask me any questions youmight have.. welcome to h2g2.. a few more places you might like to find are... A265169 the parent and child group, (I had a look on your personal space) oh and the Bookworms club, run by me A745544

You can also drop into <./>thepost</.> which is our very own Newspaper, which is one our very own newspaper, they have a regular poetry and prose colum. It tells you how to contribute as well

See you soon

I just wanted to drop you a note to say...

just to ask how to put links in (ie) smileys ..who`s online etc on guide ml got pics off to a art now lol

this is cool how you do this

Well to do that you need to use guide ML, you can find out about that here, A187229

You can see what my Guide ML was by clicking here testuserpage185843

Okay that didn't work, try here!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/testuserpage185843

I just wanted to drop you a note to say... hellooo pleased theres another bad smeller oops spell on line :O) i like ur space and u seem quite mad which iam sure will hold u in good stead 4 being a medical student ha ha ha
well wont bore u with me me me as i belive me is a boring person i see u like fish mmmm so do i with chips !!!! anyway as u will see i waffle on a fair bit its me age me mind tends 2 wonder take care and have a goo day god i sound like an aussie !!!!!

yeh i am on guide ml just been puting pics on my page lol

hope you are well tho

thanks 4 ur reply iam find thanks
u seem 2 have a very full and busy life :O) and i admire anyone who works 2 the good of others have 2 go off line now take care :O) jacqui

Z

since i went to that link it say`s im in midnight angels name??????

i dont know how i cant even rember my pass word to get back in my space

I'm not sure, are you a digibox user? if so why not ask at the LDers bar, they'll probably have the solution, here's a link --> A913150

I'd appreciate further comments from you on your Peer Review of my entry, if you would be so kind. Thank you.

I just wanted to drop you a note to say...

AAAAH! Are people stalking me ? Everytime I look up someone's name i find a note to me... (BC aparently suffering from paranoid delusional narcisism)

No, seriously, I guess H2G2 is set up so that messages can be left on one's personal space tailored to individuals, right ? Only I didn't know it had those capabilities. It's been a little disconcerting to find messages directed to me when looking up the spaces of people I don't know other than through Lil's .