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

Greeting's new researcher I am your Friendly Neighbourhood Reefgirl I am a Community Assistant Editor aka ACE and I'll be your guide on this trip around our community, anything you need to ask just call and I'll be pleased to point you in the right direction or answer any queries.

You may like to try some of these places on your first trip out and about

A868098 I'm new what do I do

A53146 h2g2 welcome page

A690518 Spicing up your Personal Space

A155909 The Smiley Page

A719840 Hints and Links for new reserchers

A692741 The h2g2 picture libraby

A214796 The ACE home page

Have a read of our own paper called <./>ThePost</.> .

If you want to have a go at writing a guide entry have a look at PeerReview.

<./>Info</.> Will take you to statistics to see all the recent conversations

Or if writing stories is your thing Fiction Central here A294833 may be the place to look at

If you ever need a friendly ear come to my Personal space here U190551 for a chat and and

Most importantly HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you around

Reefgirl

Thanks for the welcome, chuck. As you know, I'm new here and as soon as I've had a little time to settle in, I'll see what I can do about contributing something. A friend of mine from Canada has also recently joined the guide, which I'm quite proud of as I was instrumental in getting her into HHGG in the first place. I realise I probably don't need to say this but please give her a special welcome and help her feel at home. She goes by the username CompromisedSanity.

I did see her name on the New Researchers list but someone else got to her before I did, anything you need to know just ask

You have my thanks. Very cool site by the way.

I have a question. Is there anything like a chatroom or instant messenger system on this site? Or are there any plans to set one up? The BBC would probably have the resources to do it. There is a site I go to regularly based on the works of JRR Tolkien called Councilofelrond.net and they have a well moderated series of rooms that are quite popular.
Just a thought.

h2g2 don't have a chatroom as such but a lot of the researchers use MSN and Yahoo IM (myself included), I think the BBC are cutting back on the chatrooms they have, a couple of years ago the Messageboards users and the site managers got into serious rows after many of the cult chatrooms were closed

That's a shame. Never mind, eh? Can't have it all.
I dont use IM as its my fiances' pc that she uses for her degree course. It would be a bad thing if she was suddenly interrupted whilst working... :P

Ah ha, and answering the akward questions like 'Who was that woman' and 'Why did she call you darling'

LOL. Something like that. It's bad enough with her getting suspicious when nothing's actually going on. That's not my style anyway. There's a very good reason why I asked her to marry me. The only one that counts.

You are talking to a very cynical almost divorcee, although my now other half is lovely

I can see this site becoming my latest obsession. I just discovered the Thingites. Looks like it's right up my cup of tea.
Excellent.

Ah, obbsession is the right word with this place I'm afraid, there are many many weird and wonderful organisations, try P.U.D.D.I.N.G, it's for people who hate being told to 'Cheerup' or 'Have a nice day'