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

ben? this is farlander. i just have a question for you... er, i really don't mind sharing the credit with hell for my homeopathy article because his quote was really insightful - it's just that... why does his name come before mine?

Ah...sorry about that, but they're automatically displayed in U-number order. He registered before you, so he goes higher up in the list.

I believe the Towers are working on a new version of h2g2 to remedy this (you can credit yourself as main author and others as co-authors), otherwise I'm not sure there's anything that can be done.

I can take Hell's name off, no problem and credit him in the text (maybe in 'References', never tried that) if you want.

B

well, whatever you think is best! i'm sorry - i'm a rather selfish person, i know -

No, I quite understand. It's happened to me a few times, and I was a bit miffed. I couldn't blame anyone for wanting to have their name at the top of the entry.

I'll talk to TPTB and see if there's any way they can swap it over.

B

thanks, b. oh, and please enlighten me - who, or what, is tptb?

The Powers That Be aka The Editorial Team aka Those Jammy Gits Who Get Paid To Do This Stuff All Day.

I'm not sure there _is_ any way of getting the names swapped over but, as has been said before, we know who wrote it, and that's really all that matters.

B

yeah... i guess... my ego should be deflated a little anyway - right now it could do major damage to the weather satellites