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.

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

H2G2 has something for everyone and to find it Shea's List o' Links -> A534953 would be a good place to start.

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".

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

Hello, Oberon, thanks for the welcome: it's much appreciated. You did indeed get the name right ("'Trespassers' after an uncle and 'William' after 'Trespassers'"). My mind's still a bit boggled by the enormity of this place but I also feel a bit like a child with a new toy: so much to explore. So thanks for the advice and links, I'm sure they'll help me find my virtual feet.

Hellooooo G!! so glad to see you here too