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

I'm one of the ACEs (assistant community editors), we're the ones who come and give you an official welcome to the site. Of course, most of us would give you an unofficial welcome as well since we tend to be helpful/nosey (delete as appropriate) people like that.

Most of us ACEs (that'll be anyone linked to from the ACEs Homepage or anyone with ACE after their name) have also been around the site for a while so should know what we're doing. So if you have any questions feel free to ask. Of course, if I can't answer, I'm going to look embarassingly silly, but I'll still be able to point you in the direction of someone who knows

If you haven't already seen them, there's a couple of introduction pages that kind of explain what the site is about:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Welcome
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Welcome-DNA

Of course other than the writing stuff most of what happens goes on in the fora attached to people's homepages and articles. The conversations cover a huge range of topics and often drift mightily from the initial posting but they're generally fun. Most people are happy to talk with anyone who comments on their pages but if you feel uncomfortable with that, the AskH2G2 page is always looking for people to ask or answer various questions. You can find it at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/askh2g2

Not everyone wants to get quite so involved and some prefer just to go around reading the articles and fora that are already there, laughing out loud, usually. What ever you like, most important is that you have fun on the site and I hope to see you around again

As I said, if you do need any help, or want to know anything more about the site, or even just want a chat, just hit the "reply" button and I'll be back as soon as possible

DE

Thanks for the info DE. The links are especially helpful.

Is there somewhere a list of the conversations taking place? The only one I can find is those on the "Talk" page which seem to be ordered by the last post date!

Regards,
Stephen.

There's a list of the five most popular articles on the front page, they all have several popular forums attached... http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/AskH2G2 = Ask H2G2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/HowDoI = How Do I http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/MiscChat = Miscellaneous chat http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/Talk = Talk page, go to the guide entries linked from Abi's Activities, they usually have a few good conversations linked. Alternatively look in the Who's online Pop-up box and go and just talk to them. As a start you could go order a drink in the Pub http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F24306?thread=93443&latest=1, admit that you're new and they'll give you plenty of information :-)