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Bob McBob

Hi Bob and thanks for your note
I am not entirely sure I understand the concept of "peer-review" in this instance. When one thinks of peer-review in terms of academic articles then it is something which occurs pre-publishing, however items on h2g2 are effectively "published" for all to read as soon as one submits them, no?
Regards
Zoph

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