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

Remember telling me about it?

I volenteered more news later this week.

ZOE ya round

Good going
BCNU - Crescent

My first article is out.

A390331

Please, if you have the time, give it a peek and tell me what you think.

tnx

ZOE ya round

Hey ZOE, sorry it took so long to get back to you. I looked at the Article, it is good, much potential. However, some of it is taken straight from the web site. TPTB do not like that, and the Article will be rejected It is too good a subject for that. If you write what you think about them, what you have seen, what the camaras have seen, how it works, what it is about etc., then I reckon this Article will have no problems getting Accepted If you have any questions, then please ask them I am here to help Until later....
BCNU - Crescent

Thnx Crescent,

I appreciate you honest opinion and will deffinately re-write the article.

ZOE ya round.

If you want me to look over it again, it would be my pleasure and honour
BCNU - Crescent

I will keep you posted.

thnx again.

ZOE ya round

I'm back. I want to be a nuisance again.
I tried again, only my own experiences.
It's about transport in ZA.
A392032
Does it look better than my first try?

ZOE ya round

You are no nuisance and this kind of Article is exactly what the Guide is looking for - this Article shouldn't have any problem getting Accepted - I would like to sub it - just so my name is attached to it However (there is always one of them it will be changed in the sub-editing process. GuideML will be added, and the wording will be changed, so it sounds like an impartial person giving advise - i.e. With the trains section it will transform from -

'Trains - Well the last time I used one, a fellow traveler persuaded me to part with 750 bucks, he
and his AK47.'

to something like (well if I was subbing it would) -

'Trains - Not recommended, as banditry can occur, and automatic weapons are commen. One researcher, on their last train journey, was 'persuaded' to part with $750 by a fellow traveller, and his AK-47.'

Some useful Entries to read (though you may well have read them already

The Sub-Editors Style Guide - http://www.h2g2.com/A266131
Submitting Entries for the Approved Guide - http://www.h2g2.com/A53209
The Subbing Process - http://www.h2g2.com/A266159
The Sub-Editors Guide to Approved GuideML - http://www.h2g2.com/A264520

All very useful - but, as I say, this Article should have no problems getting Accepted - and it is exactly what The Guide is looking for Also, when it is Accepted, the original will still be available - on your homepage, and through the search engine I hope this helps, if there is anything else I can do to help - just ask

BCNU - Crescent

I found out I'm a
I'm keeping you busy, wrote another entry, different style...
Your a good (and appreciated) soundboard.
The entry is about my Humongous mug
A392131
When you get time please look at it

ZOE ya round.

Thanks for the mark (and the bits on cannabis) - I will get round to reading your new article - but work is a nightmare at the mo', so it will probably be next week Until later.....
BCNU - Crescent

Hi Crescent! I finaly rewrote that original article, Now I know you are busy, but if you have the time, please look it over. You can find it here: http://www.h2g2.com/F48874?thread=72710&post=549942 Thanx Louis

That is much better A suberb Entry, with no problem getting into the Edited Guide (but being a Scout you would know that Good GuideML too I will go and comment on the PR page Until later....
BCNU - Crescent

It is very difficult to crit your own work!
Thanx for the time!

On a more personal note:
Maybe because you were first to welcome me, but I kinda look up to you as a wize old sage, I would like to know more about the guy behind the name.

Just so you know.

Hee, I thank you for your kind words However, I promise nothing here, But if you give me an idea about what you would like to know I will do what I can to answer them Until later.....
BCNU - Crescent

I guess it is rude just to keep on asking, so I'll Supply the answers to the questions if I were to ask them to myself:
I was born in '71.
I did procurement for an IT company and my division closed down, they didn't retrench me, but they don't realy have work for me either, so until they find me something to do, I'll be around H2G2 often(I actually wouldn't mind researching and scouting full time!)
I'm from South Africa and I like the great outdoors.
I am married (although not happily) and I've got two daughters.
I love writing, but I can't spell to save my life!
I am a patriot.

Thats ot for now,
My real name is Louis Swanepoel

I am not quite as old as you, but not far behind. I went to university, and managed to get an honours degree in molecular biology type stuff I then started as an IT installation engineer, moved to hardware support, then to UNIX helpdesk (mainly) and then to Sys Admin, where I am at the mo'. My homepage says a fair amount of where I have been. I also enjoy the outdoors, as my Guide Entries on various mountains walked will attest I look forward to a life of self-sufficiency, once I have raised the cash to start it, and found a place which matches my exacting criteria Writing is OK, my spelling is also bad and I am a........well, I am not sure, I am a me I think I will continue to be Crescent, as it has been my name for almost 10 years now Hope this helps, tho' if you want more, just ask and I will consider it So until later.......
BCNU - Crescent

You shure know how to give a guy a detailed answer without to much detail.
Lets leave it at that, I value everybody's privacy.

ZOE ya round

PS: I picturede you as a grey bearded old man.

I have a beard (of sorts) and it is going grey, along with my hair
BCNU - Crescent

My hair is also turning gray, But rather that than balding!?

ZOE ya round