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

Hello and welcome to H2G2. My name is Psycho monkey dragged through a vortex backwards, but like every one else you can just call me CK (its easier to type!).
Why do you think the Guide is lacking in content? It has thousnads of entrys and 4000 edited guide entrys. Most subjects are covered try the search bar up the top!
Im your ACE (assisstant community editor) and its my job to officially introduce you to H2G2 and answer any of your questions. To send me a "post" back look at the bottom of this message and click the reply button. The button on the right hand side is the "yikes button" this, if clicked, sends a message to the moderation team. You should only press this button if the posting breaches the house rules which can be found at:http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/HouseRules


I've prepared some links for you to get you started on H2G2, just click them to take you to that page. First of all a message to Newcomers from the people who run this place: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Welcome-Newcomers ,it tells you most things you need to know about H2G2 and what its all about.

Second link is the GuideMl clinc, a place which teaches researchers how to use GuideML, H2G2's own own markup laguage which is similar and based on HTML but you'll learn more about that here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A187229

For information on smileys vist: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Smiley this is the section of H2G2 which explains about smileys and how to make them appear. Once you know how, its hard to stop the little guys/girls appearing all over the place in your messages

Heres a link to "THE" link page which tells you all about the different groups here on h2g2, you may want to join a few: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A616718

Lastly heres a link to my space which will be updated and as stated at the bottom is constantly under development. It explains who i am a little bit more and generally tells you my intrests and stuff http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U182647


That was an awfull lot of information for you to take in so please if you have any questions hit that reply button (hopefully it won't hit you!)

Have fun on H2G2, it becomes very ingrossing


CK

Hi CK
Thanks for the welcome and all the links. I think I may need a little guidance (no pun intended) to find my way around here.

When I said lacking, I meant my page, not the Guide! How typical of me - I've only been here ten minutes and I'm insulting the staff already.

Right, better get on and do some reading: apparently, there's thousands of entries and 4000 edited guide entries to get through!

I'll drop you a line I get in trouble (seem to be quite good at that!)

P.S. I see what you mean about the smilies

easilyPb

Its ok, you dont have to read all the guide entrys, though yo can. I just tend to read ones on subjects im intrested in. Im not a memeber of staff either, theres very few of those and they have their names in ittalics, I'm just a researcher like you whos been given the job of helping newbies with ANY problems and greeting them.

Tell me if you have any problems


CK

Ok, thanks CK.

easilyPb

P.S. I have changed my page - just to avoid any confusion!

CK

*waves at CK*

There's lots of nice people around, and CK is just one of them.

If you go to researchers' personal spaces (for instance CK's page or mine), you'll see most reaearchers who have been around for a while have great links from their personal spaces.

See you around


Dancer

Thanks Dancer.
So much to read, so little time. My (proper?) work is going to suffer, I can see.

Oh well.

Cool name. Took me a while to figure it out at first, but that's the sort of joke I appreciate. Have fun!
(And yes, your work will most definitely suffer. Excuse me while I am forcibly removed from the keyboard by my mother, who is trying to make me eat dinner...)

Hi Twinkle. I'm glad you like the name - people have been calling me that for years, so it seemed appropriate.
Doesn't your mother realise that this is far more important than food?
Some poeple have no sense of what's important.
So where did you spend your week?

Err hi, Ive been off for a while, because of alot of things but i should be getting more time now, no one noticed anyway most probably



CK

Err hi, Ive been off for a while, because of alot of things but i should be getting more time now, no one noticed anyway most probably



CK

Welcome back CK, we missed you!

Today is a day for feeling happy. Remember that and pass it on.

Today however is not



CK

What's up?

My journal tells all



CK

Jeez, that is what I call a bad day! And now you are sick!
Or are you? I've been away for a while, so hopefully you are feeling better now.
If not, then get-well vibes coming at ya !

Im not anymore thanks to Dnacer's , though i do now have a blocked up left ear!

*Gets hit by get-well vibes*


CK

Hi there easilyPb, and welcome back *waves*.


Dancer

Well in that case CK, ear-unblocking vibes coming at ya!

Hi Dancer *waves back* Good job on fixing up CK!

Hi, im fully better now How are you easilyPb? would you like a ?

Any problems querys yet?

CK