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

Yeah, the refresh button is broken on your computer!

I actually got a surprising amount of sleep!

Alright for some. I need 48 hours non stop just to catch up. I am glad I am not alone. I was beginning toooo fink itsss joust me hoo hus bean afacted by h2g2.

Is that why you're looking so bright and perky this week .

One of the many reasons!

Guess What - I have been rejected - my first and I must say cras article Where on Earth - dissssssapeared - poofgone - boomb - I dont wether the laugh or cry - please hold me - vegimn

*hugs* - Don't be downhearted little camper! Rejection isn't all that bad... and I've got a feeling it's something we're all going to have to get used to!

What exactly happens when you get rejected? Do they disintegrate all your hard work?

You just get a little email saying congratulations you've been rejected. Your work stays exatly where it was! You can edit/improve/rewrite it and resubmit it.

Except those of us whose articles have fallen into a black hole!

Damn I said I wouldn't mention it again!

Hi guys:

Here is a paste of the e-mail they sent me:

Dear Ken,

As requested, we have surveyed your submission to The Guide entitled
"WHERE ON EARTH" and found it worthy of rejection. Congratulations.

Yours,

The Editors.

And my article just vanished without a trace - They didnt leave there for me to rewrite It and another page that was not even submitted also went veroom boom gone. Vegimn

I think you will find they are still there. We found them by clicking on the Click here to see all user pages button!

Yeh you are right - I thought they had removed my page. They hadn't. They just removed it from view. By clicking on all user pages: walla I found it.

It took about five weeks for them to reject my page. I think, they remove really cras pages within 1 week. Border line pages are left for about 5 weeks to see if other researches comment on it. If it is not the kind of comments they are looking for, or nobody bothers to mark your page with their blessed remarks, then it is rejected.

This is only my opinion on the way they do it. I will put it to the test soon, with some new pages and Ideas. As a self confessed egocentric, I want to see if I can get a page accepted. Watch this space or one like it.

Also I have noticed that many of the accepted pages are from the h2g2 team. Perhaps they take some of the ideas that are rejected - rewrite to their liking and post it as a new page. The new entries highlighted on the front page only seem to change once every 1 to 2 weeks. Once again mainly from the h2g2 team.

vegimn

Aha our combined apathy will never overcome this deadlock. Probably an article on human nature will never be accepted in any case as it is too broad a subject. . .

And that's my excuse. . .

Hi Ac-1D

You may well be right. Nature of humans is comi-pli-cated. The force behind h2g2 is: that it is most peoples nature to want to succeed. What h2g2 team didn't bank on was that hum-nature is fun seeking to get the ultimate high.

I agree too deep a subject.
vegimn

Or perhaps we're just looking for a way to avoid doing any "proper" work...

Hi Doug

WORK what is that? Isn't it something you are paid for.

No, if I got paid for "work" then I'd hardly have a income at all!

They pay you for writin e-mails don't they?

Well, yeah, it seems that way. That's why I write so many - they'll cut my pay if I don't keep up my productivity!