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

Hi SEF,
Just passing and I thought I would Welcome you to H2G2, my name is manda (well its not really but thats another story) I am from Wolverhampton in the UK, I am your "ACE", (Assistant Community Editors), and I am here to welcome you to H2G2 and to show you around,

I can see that you have found your way aroud, but I thought I would give you a few more links
If you can click on this number >> A725500, were Rocket Man has made a page for new Researcher's to look at,

Or this number >> A534953 which will take you to Shea's List 'o Links.

If you need any more help or just want to talk then do not hesitate to ask, you can leave me a message on my page by clicking on this number >> U193090 , or by clicking on the "REPLY" button at the bottom of this page, and I will get back to you,

Have some and a cup of to keep you going.
Speak to you later <ok

Manda

Oh no, not again! Thanks, Manda, I wondered if I'd been running around so fast that an official ACE wouldn't be able to catch up with me. I'd already made a pre-emptive strike on one of them and pounced on an unsuspecting newbie myself. Then of course there are the italics I've been pestering. Though that was only because they came to check their territories for trouble(?) as I didn't actually invade their personal lairs uninvited. Must dash...

Yes I did notice that you have runing aroud having fun

but it is not how fast you can go to out run me,it is if you know the shourt cuts

enjoy yourself, and if you need any help you know where to find me

speak to you later

manda

I have a question now that I've paused for breath. Why are you my ACE? By which I mean, is there any logic or method behind the assignment of an ACE to a newbie (even if that is only a random computer thing, scrolling buffer, drawing of lots, accidental timing of logon etc)? It's not that I particularly want to get rid of you (especially as replying to your message would obviously be the wrong way to _not_ attract your attention).

Hi SEF,

no,there is no logic or method behind the assignment of an ACE to a newbie, I do this cos I like to help people, so I just go around looking for newbies or anybody else that I think needs help,So unfortunatly you have got nobody to blame for haveing me,


manda

Welcome to the ACEs

are you colecting badges or what



manda

I do seem to be, though it's not quite like that. I more or less joined specifically in order to be a CA. The Guru thing then seemed obvious given that I effectively already am one elsewhere. The ACE thing only happened because I'd been pouncing on abandoned newbies when no ACEs were around. Although I could be a Sub-Editor (and have elsewhere as with Guru) I don't think I'd want to do it on h2g2. Similarly I could probably be a University Field Researcher (lots of specialist subjects) but don't think I'd like the way h2g2 works. I have my own domain/site anyway for the articles, art and software I produce on a variety of subjects. I don't think they recruit Staff very often and I'm very determinedly retired now having planned it when I was 8. I know a variety of languages but the Translator scheme has been abandoned. Scout seems a bit like Sub-Editor with more running around and less control. I don't approve of real-life news so I don't get the Post or want to be a Reporter. I would only be willing to be a Sub-Ed or Uni person if h2g2 was very desperate for volunteers.

I like being an ACE, I like helping people, even in real life,

I think I would like to be a Guru one day, but I don't think I have the knowledge yet

and my command of the English language is crap, so I have got no chance of any of the othere badges



manda

You forgot to come up with an excuse for not becoming a Community Artist. Drawing a blank might not qualify though.

PS Since this conversation thread is on my PS rather than yours, have a look at what I've done with FORUMTHREADINTRO at the top of the page. Ideally one should be able to update to plain and click to come right back to the conversation. The ADDTHREADINTRO is what I'd like to see as a default on all conversation posting edits. Unfortunately, I can only fix ones on my own pages this way.

Hi SEF

if drawing a blank will get me a job as Community Artist, then i'm your man

I think that is a good idea of your putting that at the top of here

the only thing is, if I click on HERE >> <./>userdetails</.> it will take me to the <./>userdetails</.> page ( no supprise there )

but if I click on your link at the top of this page, it takes me to the " LOST PASSWORD " page

it is not your link, I think it is my browser as it dose that a lot to me

manda

I think it's partly the site. It depends whether things on the site are case sensitive or not and whether one's browser compensates. I think IE does a fair impression of compensating. This is actually quite annoying for me as I've been trying to determine what the real BBC settings are.

The site itself is not consistent in its use of case and once I've successfully linked to a page then any case will get me there. I've only noticed failures a couple of times and have already polluted them as examples by trying other case options. I haven't kept good records and have a bad memory, so I can't remember them now. [with self]

Please let me know of any other examples you find which don't work, whether my links, other people's or built-in h2g2 ones. If your browser is failing to compensate for case you could be just the sniffer dog I need in my detective work.

<./>UserDetails</.> vs <./>userdetails</.>
<./>Askh2g2</.> vs <./>askh2g2</.>
<./>Online</.> vs <./>online</.>
<./>DontPanic</.> vs <./>dontpanic</.>

Hi SEF

it seems to be the Opera browser that don't like the link with lowercases

I have just tryed it with my IE browser and it went to the "Preferences" on both kinks,
but when I went back to the Opera browser, the link with the upper case letters was OK,
the link with all lowercases went to the "Lost Password" page

hope that makes sence

manda

That's the other way round than you told me before. You said the mixed case I'd had at the top of the page dumped you in Lost Password but that your lower case ones were OK. So I changed the link at the top of the page to lower case.

Is it different between skins?

<./>/dna/h2g2/plain/userdetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/plain/UserDetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/Plain/userdetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/Plain/UserDetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/brunel/userdetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/brunel/UserDetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/Brunel/userdetails</.>
<./>/dna/h2g2/Brunel/UserDetails</.>

That'll keep you busy and I haven't even started on Alabaster etc.

It is getting me confused

but I think it is the browser,

the first time I noticed it, I did all the erfreshing I could, and it still made no diference,

but this time, when I clicked on the links and it sent mt to the lost password page , I refreshed and then it went to the preference page

I will do some more testing and let you know

manda