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

Welcome to h2g2.
I'm not an official meeter and greeter, but a researcher who's been here a while. It's a great place, but very sad right now. There's a lot of new people here too.
While you wait for an ACE to drop by, why not take a look at this page, which has been written for any new researchers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Welcome
If you have any questions, just ask, although you may find the answer here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/DontPanic-FAQ Or just press the HELP button which takes you straight to it.

Hi and welcome to H2G2,

I am one of the ACES, that stands for Assistant Community Editor. We are researchers just like yourself, drawn from the community to help out. We are the official meeters and greeters of this site and I thought I would stop by and say Howdy.

"Howdy."

It has ben a very sad day for many researcher who have been a part of the site for some time. It is a pleasure to know that following DNA's sudden death there are new people, coming in who are willing to contribute to The Guide.

To help you orientate yourself aound the site, here are some useful links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Smiley for a list of smilie codes that can be used in conversation forums like this one...

One of the most popular conversation forums is http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/askh2g2 - here you can post a question and engage
with the rest of the community.
The forums form one half of the site, they are were reseacrher meet and chat. Forums stem from particular Guide Entries writtten by researchers and they can be about anything at all. The site supports two methods of writing. You can use either plain text
or if you want to make a page look special you can use a specialised code system called GuideML. It is terribly simple to use (I've never even touched compouter code and I can use GuideML, so you can too! ) A really helpful place to start then is the
GuideML Clinic, which can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/GuideML-Clinic It explains the basic structure of
GuideML, how to use it and is the best place to go, if you need any help or get stuck using it. You personal Space counts as a guide entry and can also be created using GuideML.

If you are stuck for anything else you could try first checking the Don't Panic! Help Pages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/dontpanic or if you fancy it come and talk to the rest of the ACES here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/ACES - we are a friendly
bunch.

If you want to reply to this message you can by clicking on the reply button in the corner, I will know if you do because my page dispalys a record of all conversations I have taken part in and have replies to. If you want to stop by my page as well, you are
more than welcome. I am here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U113478

Enjoy, reading, taking part in and contributing to The Guide.

See you around.

Clive.

Thanks to people who have stopped by to say "welcome". How refreshing to see an online community where friendship seems to be people's first instinct.

I know of no other place that has a smiley.

There is no other place like h2g2.
We intend to make it the greatest living memorial in honour of DNA's memory.
Welcome to the Guide.