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|name = h2g2 | |name = h2g2 | ||
|URL = http://www.h2g2.com/ | |URL = http://www.h2g2.com/ | ||
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|language = English | |language = English | ||
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|license = YourWiki'sLicense <!--preferred, see Category:Wiki | |license = YourWiki'sLicense <!--preferred, see Category:Wiki license, if NO license, 'No license'--> | ||
|maintopic = Encyclopedia | |maintopic = Encyclopedia | ||
|backupurl = <!--backup file URL, found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia & other MediaWiki sites--> | |backupurl = <!--backup file URL, found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia & other MediaWiki sites--> | ||
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}}(As of: DD Month 2013)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--> | }}(As of: DD Month 2013)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--> | ||
[[ | '''h2g2 – ''The Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything''''' is a site for collaborative writing published on the internet. It was {{tag|Founded in 1999|founded in 1999}} by Douglas Adams, the creator of the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally hosted independently, in 2001 it was taken over by the {{tag|BBC}}, and thus shared the universal 'BBC ID' log-in. More recently, in 2011 the site was taken over by [http://notpanicking.com Not Panicking Ltd]. | ||
The site operates on a similar ethos to a [[wiki]], whereby a community of editors create, edit and collaborate on a wide variety of articles. Many articles go through a formal {{tag|peer review}} process,[http://www.h2g2.com/peer_review/] and the premier articles become 'Approved Articles'. Because the site was hosted by the BBC for ten years, the tone of the articles have a {{tag|United Kingdom|British}} English methodology, but the subject matter is varied and represents a worldview. | |||
In summary, think of h2g2 as something similar to say [[English Wikipedia]], but without the bias, with maturity, and with a real community sense. | |||
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*[https://facebook.com/pages/The-Hitchhikers-Guide-to-the-Galaxy-Earth-Edition/341327959239272 Facebook page] | |||
*[https://twitter.com/h2g2_Comms Twitter feed] | |||
[[Category:Collaboration]] | |||
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