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

Hello and Welcome to h2g2!
My name is Oberon2001, I am an ACE (Assistant Community Editor) and I'm here to introduce to h2g2. ACEs are researchers such as yourself that volunteer to welcome new researchers to h2g2. Go to the Aces home page if you want to find out more. We're generally a nice bunch, so please, be good to us. Are you sitting comfortably? Yes? Then I'll begin.

H2G2 has something for everyone and to find it Shea's List o' Links -> A534953 would be a good place to start. Also, Mel (U49849), has created yet another list of links for users to peruse at their leisure -> A559695

Also, RocketMan has written something that new users might find useful -> A725500

If you are a digibox user, or just have a slow connection, you might want to know that h2g2 is available without the graphics. It's a different skin to the one you are probably using now and is called "plain". To find out more go to A948602 or to change your skin right away click this link -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/plain/UserDetails and make sure "plain" is selected in the skin box then click "update details".

Your nickname on h2g2 lets other people know who/what/when you are, so if you want to customise it click "preferences" and fill in the relevant box.

Of course, the Personal Space is your home page on h2g2 and the place where people can find out about you, so, if you want to spruce it up a little, this link -> A690518 <- will probably come in handy.

A community like h2g2 eventually creates its own specialized vocabulary- and some of it can get rather confusing. Go here -> A632431 <- to catch up.

If you ever get stuck on h2g2 or want to find out something about it the Gurus will probably be able to help you out. Click the 'Feedback' button at the top/side of the page, depending on which skin you are viewing h2g2 in.

Another fine set of people to ask would be the Italics, as they are the people that run h2g2 on a daily basis. When Italics post into conversations their name will appear in bold and Italic (for instance, when Anna -> U25 <- appears in conversations, she appears with her nickname in bold and italics).

If you ever want to get in touch with me, click REPLY at the bottom of this message or go to my Personal Space-> U204088 and click DISCUSS and I'll try my best to get back to you as soon as possible.

In the meantime have a and some (or , your choice!)
Oberon2001

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If you want to find out more about GuideML (the code of h2g2) go to the <./>GuideML-Clinic</.>... Hope this helps!
Oberon2001
PS. There already is a Babelfish smiley of sorts ->

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found it ok!

bable