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

Welcome to h2g2.com! You are most likely new here and
find the site to be a bit huge and hard to get a handle on.

I wear a lot of different hats around the site, but one of my favourites
is that of an ACE (Assistant Community Editor). The ACEs are a
volunteer group which the site has asked to go around and greet
newcomers and steer them toward a few of the places we feel should
be highlighted.

This site is designed to become an interactive and updatable Guide
to Life, the Universe and Everything (much like the fictional
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Douglas Adams' books), the big
difference is we're only seeking entries about good old planet Earth
and its environs.

One of the first things you'll want to do as a new Researcher is to
write something about yourself, your aims, your ambitions or even
your favourite colour on your 'Personal Space'.

Another good choice for a newcomer is to check out the writing
guidelines at http://www.h2g2.com/Writing-Guidelines These contain
a wealth of ideas to get started writing Guide Entries of your very
own.

Browsing the Edited Guide with the Search Engine can also be fun. I
still do it from time to time - it's amazing what things people have
written. Including an amusing entry on "How To Pick Up A Porcupine
- A Personal Perspective" at http://www.h2g2.com/A306361

Anyway, I hope that long rambling conversation was helpful! If
you've got any questions, feel free to stop by my Personal Space at
http://www.h2g2.com/U53353 and leave a message.

Hope to see you around the Guide soon! And welcome!!

- Jimi X

Hi there Curator Chick! I notice you've been posting to a lot of forums, so here's one you might like to pop over to sometime: it's the newcomers welcome forum. There's tea and cake (freshly baked!), and plenty of people who want to welcome you to the Guide. You might not think you're 'new' any more, but it's probably still worthwhile saying hi.

Dr St J