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Friday
Posted Apr 19, 2001
I'm taking Friday off, so that I get a nice short week. See you all on Monday! 
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Easter!
Posted Apr 12, 2001
I'm away now until Tuesday 17th April.
Be good, look after each other. I'll see you all then. Have a very nice Easter holiday too!
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Latest reply: Apr 12, 2001
Enough is enough...
Posted Apr 9, 2001
The h2g2 Community knows that we're always here to talk about on site issues, discuss new ideas, encourage people to write entries, organise parties and so on.
But right now, that's not what is happening. I'm spending *all* my time discussing the 'evils' of moderation. This is particularly daft, because the job I'd like to be left alone to get on with is discussing revisions of moderation policy on h2g2 with BBC policy makers. See the irony here?
I'm still happy to take care of any queries on the Moderation Help Desk - that's no problem. But I'm not prepared to join in petty small-minded conversations about moderation, particularly those along the lines of 'If we all shout really loudly they'll have to listen to us, or we'll be sick and then they'll be sorry 
!', because that didn't work in pre-school and it's not going to work now.
So, it's time for a new policy.
* I'm going to talk to the Researchers at the h2g2 University, as they're suggesting some brilliant new projects and finishing up many of the old ones. They deserve some attention.
* I'm going to recruit some new Aces. They've been patiently waiting for their emails, and I just haven't had time to send them. It's the same thing with Gurus. Thanks everyone, over to you soonest.
* I'll be giving more attention to my volunteer teams, the Aces and the Gurus. They've been doing a great job, but they've been neglected by us for far too long.
* I'm going to organise the next h2g2 party. The others were great fun, and I've got a particularly cool idea for this years' event. It'll take a bit of sorting, but I think it's a particularly special idea. 
* I'm going to work on moderation. From the inside.
Hey, this new policy thing might even work! So, don't expect me to contribute to each and every conversation in the Community Soapbox, or on the Feedback Forums. I have work to do, and it isn't paying attention to (s)he who shouts loudest.
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Latest reply: Apr 9, 2001
UK Population Census
Posted Apr 7, 2001
There's going to be a National Population Census in the UK soon.
I got an email the other day, that said that if enough people subscribe to a new religion it then becomes an official religion of the UK. The email therefore suggested that everyone should fill in 'Jedi' as their religion, for fun, and the government would then have to put it in future forms, as an official religion. Great idea! I'm going to do it!
I told my son about this, and he laughed and suggested that it would make the news and the headlines: 'Shock new Jedi religion! Pope buys light-sabre!' 
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Latest reply: Apr 7, 2001
I'm on holiday for a week!
Posted Mar 16, 2001
Well that's the last week over. I'm away for the whole of next week in Corchevel ski-ing.
Wonderful, no moderation issues, no lost passwords, I can't wait!
I will miss all the lovely, nice Researchers who hang out on h2g2 of course, but after the move and all I really need to take a break.
So I'm going to hang out in the alps for a while, ski loads, get lots of bruises, drink lots of mulled wine and sit snuggled up by a nice toasty warm log fire. Mmm, sounds blissful.
See you all in a week. 
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Latest reply: Mar 16, 2001
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