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

Greetings Researcher 220718!

Welcome to h2g2

I am Mort, one of the <./>ACES</.> (Assistant Community Editors) here to meet and greet new members to h2g2 and offer any help I can.

You can change your researcher number to a nickname, by clicking on the 'preferences' button - should either be in the left hand column, or along the top menu of your personal space.

To help navigate this site, RocketMan and Shea have created pages of very helpful links that cover just about everything in how to get started here. Just click on the numbers and you will access the pages direct! A725500 and A534953. They list links to current talking points, <./>ThePost</.> our weekly newspaper, as well as clubs and societies which is where you will find people with similar interest to yourself. And of course the page that everybody wants to find – the <./>smileys</.>! just click on the link or any actual smiley to get the full list.

If you need any more help feel free to pop by my page U204689 , leave a message and i will get back to you ASAP.



Mort

Dear Sir Mort,

Thank you for the gracious welcome to h2g2. I have a gossamer like understanding of how this complex 'thing' works. At least that is my current belief presently and subject to change. I do have one legitimate question. I may have read the answer in my scooting around the site, but I don't recall seeing it. Is there an index of ongoing conversations? When a conversation dies for lack of interest, or e.coli, Coral Snake bite, eating a bad ham sandwich, etc., how does one know? Or is it vaporised by the puppet masters?

Well, I mispoke. I have more than one question. Are there conversations which are dedicated to discussions of books, critiques of movies, and other art forms? If so, how do I go about locating such conversations?
Thank you, Sir Mort. Sincerely, #220718.

You can ask me as many questions as you like!

firstly, not sure about 'lost conversations' i am sure the italics (the bbc employees - so called as their names appear in italics such as mina or abi, unlike the rest of us poor mortals!) have a way of monitoring them.
But these pages show favourite, most recent and longest running threads.
<./>info</.>
<./>talk</.>
<./>frontpage</.>

The second question is easy - if you want to find a conversation particular thread then use the 'advanced search option' which is found next to 'life, the universe, and everything' at the top right of any page or click here <./>search</.> and if you scroll down a bit, you will see the second option is to search for a conversation.
Enter any topic keywords and it will search for any conversation threads that match your search criteria !

Hope this helps


Mort

PS I have no idea how i found all this out, i think i must spend too much time online!

Sir Mort! I salute you! Thank you for the answers. I have a rudimentary understanding now...I think. #220718