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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A651412

Might I recommend this sad piece of drivel for inclusion in the Guide?

You may not, 'cuz you didn't do it right. "Editors! Get over here and make him title this PR entry right!"

Put the A# and the title both in the entry line, okay?

--S.G.

Hi there Mr

I'm afraid that SmartGamer is correct, and you've not got the format of the subject right.

However, I have read through the article, and, funny as it is, I don't really think it's destined for the edited guide.

Have a read through http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Writing-Guidelines

and you'll see what I mean. In the meantime, welcome to H2G2, if you write something in your personal space (even just "Hello") then a friendly ACE will be along to say hello and show you around.


keep writing

whisky

All that Whisky said plus:

Don't feel discoradged by this. It is:

1. Good to write entries that aren't guide material sometimes (like my entry on Dance).

2. A lot of first attempts for a guide entry don't get through to the edited guide or need to change *alot* before they do as they often aren't done following the guidelines.

3. Welcome !!!


Dancer

And don't take what we're saying wrong- it's a great Entry, but it's fictional- and if it's not, it sure seems like it! As interesting as it is, fictional entries rarely make the Edited guide. It deserves mention, but it's unlikely to get Edited anytime soon.

Someday, though, you'll write something! Look at me- two Edited, but it took me two years to get them. We have a better system now, so you have a better chance

Remember the format, though- next time you toss something into peer review it's

A123456- The Theory Of Numerics

is how you have to put it. Just

A123456 doesn't say much about what you're reviewing, so people can't tell if they're interested or not, while

The Theory Of Numerics

means that the Scouts actually have to read the posts to find the link.

There IS a method to our madness...

Good luck, and Don't Panic!
--SmartGamer

So, should we be considering a move out of PR for this one?

Mikey

Definetly.

It's nice piece, anyways.

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'Peer Review' to 'The Alternative Writing Workshop'.

Hi there Mr Cat

Didn't stick to the ol' guidelines, eh? Tsk! They don't like that kind of thing over on PR. Fear not though, there are those who don't feel that 'edited guide entry' are the only words that give an article here on h2g2 authenticity. Don't feel that your article has gone down in the world. It has taken a step sideways into the rather different climes of AWW, where you may find it is in rather better company than it was next door.

Not to say there's anything wrong with being 'factual', 'neutral', 'balanced' and 'informative'. Nonetheless, they are not the be all and end all in life, the universe and the other thing. Weird and wacky are both perfectly respectable words, as is silly (although it doesn't begin with a 'w', so it is clearly at a disadvantage compared to the first two).

Your 'tale' is not so much 'off-the-wall' as 'on-the-floor' but it certainly raised a chortle on my side of the screen. Thanks for that. You can never have too much chortling (thus the need to write the word again!), for my money.

Any road up (5th Street?), you have opened up your heart to a community named after some of the funniest books of the past 25 years only to find that they want you to be deadly serious and packed you off to a workshop.

Don't Panic!

For one thing, they haven't locked the door. Furthermore, you are very welcome to the place they've packed you off to.

When you have brushed the spew off your clothes (did you bring anything clean?), some more people may even dare come over and have a chat. On the basis that this is a 'workshop', they might offer to 'work' with you on your piece. If you don't want any further input, it won't be 'forced down your throat' (kind of the opposite of vomiting), don't worry. Ending up here does not *necessarily* mean your piece needs working on.

Once you have recovered from the shock of your first experience of teleportation, you may like to have a look at some of your new neighbours. There are some tasty literary morsels that don't meet the GLs and you may just find yourself LOLing, if not actually RingotFLing. I certainly hope the least you will do is smile (even just one of those 'internal', 'I'm virtually grinning on the inside' smirks that some people prefer to a good frank guffaw).

It was the best of guides, it was the worst of guides...

Welcome to AWW

Spiff

Oh, the welcome committee has been here already

Nice words, and true, oh so true!

Tonstant Weader tuwned gween!

Actually, as I was weading it, since a connotation to Dylan (urp!)Thomas was mentioned, I visualized the piece as a blank verse....

I'm in good hands, then.

Actually, it really is a true story.....

Another entry which isn't great but which isn't bad either.

The author hasn't posted since December 2001. I am not sure what the UG policy is on Elvis entries in AWW. I am therefore not actually proposing that the thread is moved back to the entry, but some other miners might like to do so.

B

This is a tricky one.

It would be nice to see this one polished, as I think that the general story is quite funny (and I did find myself laughing slightly) but it isn't EG and at the moment UG material as it stands.

I think we need an editorial decision on this one

Nah, nothing as dramatic as an Editorial Decision. Lets leave it here for a while, and see what other Miners think of the entry. No need to rush it.

B

It's a nice little story at heart . Let us leave it, I say

By the way, did anyone see the front page-

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That's the first time I've seen the AWW there!

*dances a dance of glee*

B

Uhhh... it's a bit , innit? Made me smile, though. I can see this in the UG ... after some polisher invested some hours in GuideML.

I bet you'll click on this - <./>B1272113</.>