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class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://H2G2.com">h2g2<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">open</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">28 April 1999<span class="noprint">; 25 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1999-04-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Content license</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Authors retain copyright but grant NPL a non-exclusive licence to distribute</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>h2g2</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> website is a British-based collaborative <a href="/wiki/Internet_encyclopedia_project" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet encyclopedia project">online encyclopedia project</a>. It describes itself as "an unconventional guide to life, the universe, and everything", in the spirit of the fictional publication <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(fictional)" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></i> from the <a href="/wiki/Comic_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic science fiction">science fiction comedy</a> series of <a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">the same name</a> by <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sydneyherald_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sydneyherald-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was founded by Adams in 1999 and was run by the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> between 2001 and 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-huddersfield_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huddersfield-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telecomworldwire_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telecomworldwire-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The intent is to create an Earth-focused guide that allows members to share information about their geographic area and the local sites, activities and businesses, to help people decide where they want to go and what they may find when they get there. It has grown to contain subjects from restaurants and recipes, to <a href="/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" title="Quantum mechanics">quantum theory</a> and history. Explicit advertising of businesses was forbidden when the site was run by the BBC, but customer reviews were permitted.<sup id="cite_ref-houserules_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houserules-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The content of the project is written by registered "Researchers" on its website.<sup id="cite_ref-campaign_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campaign-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Articles written by Researchers form the "Guide" as a whole, with an "Edited Guide" being steadily created out of factual articles that have been <a href="/wiki/Peer_review" title="Peer review">peer reviewed</a> via the "Peer Review" system.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Edited Guide includes both traditional encyclopaedic subjects and more <a href="/wiki/Idiosyncratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Idiosyncratic">idiosyncratic</a> offerings, and articles in the Edited Guide sometimes aim for a slightly humorous style.<sup id="cite_ref-toronto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toronto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="The_Digital_Village"></span> The Digital Village (TDV) was a digital media company based in <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a>, London, United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was founded in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The science fiction/comedy writer <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a> was one of the founding members, along with <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Stamp" title="Robbie Stamp">Robbie Stamp</a>, executive producer of the <a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)"><i>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i> movie</a> (2005).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TDV produced the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Starship_Titanic" title="Starship Titanic">Starship Titanic</a></i>. The h2g2 website was founded on 28 April 1999 as a community-site dedicated to producing the "Earth edition" of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guide_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Guide (character)">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></i> by the author of the series, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>, and his friends and colleagues at <a href="/wiki/The_Digital_Village" class="mw-redirect" title="The Digital Village">The Digital Village</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pressassoc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressassoc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Digital Village was renamed in 2000 to "h2g2", an abbreviation for the title as well as part of the url. The site was a runner-up for Best Community Site in the <a href="/wiki/Yell.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Yell.com">Yell.com</a> awards in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its highest point (October 2000) the company had over 40 employees. Like other <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Dot-com companies">dot-com companies</a>, Adams' company ran into financial difficulties towards the end of 2000 and eventually ceased operations.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2001, the management of the site was taken over by the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, and moved to <a href="/wiki/Bbc.co.uk" class="mw-redirect" title="Bbc.co.uk">bbc.co.uk</a> (then known as BBCi).<sup id="cite_ref-telecomworldwire_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telecomworldwire-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While many h2g2 staff continued to work without pay until the h2g2 site, brand and several staff moved to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. The game division became a new company, Phase 3 Studios, which continued for several months under the ownership of PAN Interactive, but ultimately closed in 2002.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>21 April 2005 marked the re-launch of h2g2 Mobile, an edition of the guide produced for <a href="/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant" title="Personal digital assistant">PDAs</a> (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile phones that could access the internet, so that people could read h2g2 entries while on the move.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was done because people wanted h2g2 to be much like the <i>Hitchhiker's Guide</i> described in the books – a mobile, electronic device that anyone could read from anywhere.<sup id="cite_ref-pressassoc_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressassoc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An earlier incarnation of h2g2 Mobile was a <a href="/wiki/Wireless_Application_Protocol" title="Wireless Application Protocol">WAP</a> phone based version of h2g2. Announced at First Tuesday in London on 14 December 1999, it became the most trafficked WAP site in Europe until it was closed down by the BBC when it took over the site in January 2001. h2g2 Mobile was closed by the BBC as it then believed that its licence conditions did not allow it to deliver any service over a telephone system.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site was redesigned for the BBC by Aerian Studios in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bringing it in line with the general appearance of other BBC websites, while maintaining a degree of the site's old character.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 January 2011, the BBC announced cuts of 25% to its online budget, resulting in a £34 million less investment into the site. A number of sites were to be closed, including <a href="/wiki/BBC_Switch" title="BBC Switch">BBC Switch</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Blast" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Blast">BBC Blast</a> and <a href="/wiki/6-0-6" class="mw-redirect" title="6-0-6">6-0-6</a>. As part of this exercise, the BBC chose to sell h2g2.<sup id="cite_ref-Cutback_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cutback-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 June 2011, it was announced the winning bid was a joint bid put together by three parties: <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Stamp" title="Robbie Stamp">Robbie Stamp</a>, h2g2c2 ("The h2g2 Community Consortium"), and the owners of Lycos Chat (Brian Larholm and Alyson Larholm).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 August 2011, it was announced h2g2 was sold to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Not_Panicking_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Not Panicking Ltd (page does not exist)">Not Panicking Ltd</a>, a company founded by Robbie Stamp, Brian Larholm, and Alyson Larholm, as well as The h2g2 Community Consortium.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 October 2011, the BBC incarnation of h2g2 closed, leaving only an announcement reading "H2G2 has now left the BBC. The new owners of H2G2 are currently preparing the site for relaunch. Soon you will find The Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything at www.h2g2.com"<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The post-BBC version of the site went live on 16 October 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terms_and_conditions">Terms and conditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Terms and conditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To contribute to the site it is necessary to register and to agree to the h2g2 "House Rules" and the general Not Panicking Ltd Terms and Conditions. Registered users are called <i>Researchers</i>. Researchers retain the <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> to their articles, but grant Not Panicking Ltd a non-exclusive licence to reproduce their work in all formats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software">Software</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Software"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DNA">DNA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: DNA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Part of the <a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">software</a> for h2g2 is known as DNA, after the initials of author and site founder <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>. The DNA technology was introduced a few months after the BBC takeover and is still used for BBC blogs, messageboards and commenting systems. Before that there was a technology which was written mostly in <a href="/wiki/Perl" title="Perl">Perl</a>. Adams was involved in the website in its early days.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His account name was DNA, and his user number was 42, a reference to the joke in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></i> that <a href="/wiki/Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything" class="mw-redirect" title="Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything">the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything</a> is 42. Adams's legacy is still felt on h2g2, though it is not a fan site.<sup id="cite_ref-huddersfield_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huddersfield-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GuideML">GuideML</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: GuideML"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GuideML (Guide Markup Language) is a <a href="/wiki/Document_markup_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Document markup language">document markup language</a>. </p><p>GuideML is an application of <a href="/wiki/XML" title="XML">XML</a> standards. It consists of a safe subset of <a href="/wiki/XHTML" title="XHTML">XHTML</a> with added tags for specific features of the software. The objective is to provide something that resembles HTML but is simpler to learn, and allows basic textual content to be formatted in a <a href="/wiki/Skin_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skin (computing)">skinnable</a> way. Early versions of the h2g2 software offered full HTML markup as an option, but this was removed for security reasons; thus only parts of HTML which are considered to exist in GuideML can now be used, with things such as <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> and externally hosted images being removed by the parser.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_online_encyclopedias" title="List of online encyclopedias">List of online encyclopedias</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sydneyherald-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sydneyherald_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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href="#cite_ref-huddersfield_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-huddersfield_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJackson2009" class="citation news cs1">Jackson, Andrew (May 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110920162212/http://www.examiner.co.uk/leisure-and-entertainment/whats-on-west-yorkshire/2009/05/15/forum-web-wonder-86081-23628073/">"Web wonder"</a>. <i>Huddersfield Daily Examiner</i>. p. 19. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.examiner.co.uk/leisure-and-entertainment/whats-on-west-yorkshire/2009/05/15/forum-web-wonder-86081-23628073/">the original</a> on 20 September 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Huddersfield+Daily+Examiner&rft.atitle=Web+wonder&rft.pages=19&rft.date=2009-05&rft.aulast=Jackson&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.co.uk%2Fleisure-and-entertainment%2Fwhats-on-west-yorkshire%2F2009%2F05%2F15%2Fforum-web-wonder-86081-23628073%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-telecomworldwire-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-telecomworldwire_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telecomworldwire_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1">"Hitchhiker's Guide web site moves to BBC". <i>Telecomworldwire</i>. 23 February 2001.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Telecomworldwire&rft.atitle=Hitchhiker%27s+Guide+web+site+moves+to+BBC&rft.date=2001-02-23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-independent-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-independent_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-independent_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTomlinson2001" class="citation news cs1">Tomlinson, Heather (4 March 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hitchhikers-website-goes-home-to-auntie-694491.html">"Hitchhiker's Website Goes Home To Auntie"</a>. <i>Independent (UK)</i>. London. pp. 3 (Business section).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Independent+%28UK%29&rft.atitle=Hitchhiker%27s+Website+Goes+Home+To+Auntie&rft.pages=3+%28Business+section%29&rft.date=2001-03-04&rft.aulast=Tomlinson&rft.aufirst=Heather&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fnews%2Fhitchhikers-website-goes-home-to-auntie-694491.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2021">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-houserules-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-houserules_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h2g2.com/entry/A87523211">"House Rules for h2g2"</a>. 28 June 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=House+Rules+for+h2g2&rft.date=2013-06-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fh2g2.com%2Fentry%2FA87523211&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span> – <i>No Spitting. The lawyers wanted to know what rules we needed, and we said 'The usual ones, plus "No spitting" please.' So there you go: no spitting. Many thanks. Oh, and beware of the Leopard.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campaign-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-campaign_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHurrell2000" class="citation news cs1">Hurrell, Nick (13 October 2000). "Nick Hurrell, the Chief Executive of M&C Saatchi and the Chairman of EMCSAATCHI, looks at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Online". <i>Campaign</i>. pp. 14 (Private Surf section).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Campaign&rft.atitle=Nick+Hurrell%2C+the+Chief+Executive+of+M%26C+Saatchi+and+the+Chairman+of+EMCSAATCHI%2C+looks+at+the+Hitchhiker%27s+Guide+to+the+Galaxy+Online&rft.pages=14+%28Private+Surf+section%29&rft.date=2000-10-13&rft.aulast=Hurrell&rft.aufirst=Nick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-toronto-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-toronto_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMcMurray2001" class="citation news cs1">McMurray, Sandy (15 August 2001). "Sites for Beginners, Students and Clones". <i>The Toronto Sun</i>. pp. 53 (Connect section).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Toronto+Sun&rft.atitle=Sites+for+Beginners%2C+Students+and+Clones&rft.pages=53+%28Connect+section%29&rft.date=2001-08-15&rft.aulast=McMurray&rft.aufirst=Sandy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span> – <i>Another site, created by Douglas Adams, comes at the encyclopedia idea from a different, funnier angle.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tdv.com/">"The Digital Village"</a>. <i>www.tdv.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.tdv.com&rft.atitle=The+Digital+Village&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tdv.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRubin1998" class="citation web cs1">Rubin, Harriet (31 May 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/34100/hitchhikers-guide-new-economy">"The Hitchhikers Guide to the New Economy"</a>. <i>Fast Company</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Fast+Company&rft.atitle=The+Hitchhikers+Guide+to+the+New+Economy&rft.date=1998-05-31&rft.aulast=Rubin&rft.aufirst=Harriet&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F34100%2Fhitchhikers-guide-new-economy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://douglasadams.eu/douglas-adams-biography/">"Douglas Adams’ (short and rather useless) Biography"</a>, douglasadams.eu. Retrieved 12 October 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressassoc-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pressassoc_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pressassoc_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTurnbull1999" class="citation news cs1">Turnbull, Giles (22 September 1999). "Sci-fi Guide Could Become Fact". <i>Press Association</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Press+Association&rft.atitle=Sci-fi+Guide+Could+Become+Fact&rft.date=1999-09-22&rft.aulast=Turnbull&rft.aufirst=Giles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKelly2000" class="citation news cs1">Kelly, Matt (13 July 2000). "The Yell.com Awards 2000". <i>The Mirror (UK)</i>. p. 14.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Mirror+%28UK%29&rft.atitle=The+Yell.com+Awards+2000&rft.pages=14&rft.date=2000-07-13&rft.aulast=Kelly&rft.aufirst=Matt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://h2g2.com/entry/mobile-info">"h2g2 Mobile Information Centre"</a>. <i>h2g2.com</i>. 17 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=h2g2.com&rft.atitle=h2g2+Mobile+Information+Centre&rft.date=2011-10-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fh2g2.com%2Fentry%2Fmobile-info&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tdv.com/html/news/19991222-0-n.html">"Life, the Universe and Everything Mobile"</a>. The Digital Village. 22 December 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 July</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Life%2C+the+Universe+and+Everything+Mobile&rft.pub=The+Digital+Village&rft.date=1999-12-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tdv.com%2Fhtml%2Fnews%2F19991222-0-n.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/01/h2g2_refresh_design_and_techni.html">"H2G2 Refresh: design and technical challenges"</a>. 21 January 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=H2G2+Refresh%3A+design+and+technical+challenges&rft.date=2011-01-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fbbcinternet%2F2011%2F01%2Fh2g2_refresh_design_and_techni.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span> – <i>this week the refreshed version of the BBC's long running community site H2G2 was launched.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h2g2.com/entry/A51277773">"Talking Point – h2g2 Redesign"</a>. 24 August 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Talking+Point+%E2%80%93+h2g2+Redesign&rft.date=2009-08-24&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fh2g2.com%2Fentry%2FA51277773&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span> – <i>As we've already mentioned we're now in the process of redesigning h2g2.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cutback-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cutback_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173">"BBC News – BBC to cut online budget by 25%"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Online" title="BBC Online">BBC Online</a></i>. 24 January 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+Online&rft.atitle=BBC+News+%E2%80%93+BBC+to+cut+online+budget+by+25%25&rft.date=2011-01-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-12265173&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFReynolds2011" class="citation web cs1">Reynolds, Nick (21 June 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h2g2.com/entry/A639056/conversation/view/77636/8243991/page/1/">"Tuesday 21 June 2011: The future of H2G2 – the Successful Bid"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tuesday+21+June+2011%3A+The+future+of+H2G2+%E2%80%93+the+Successful+Bid&rft.date=2011-06-21&rft.aulast=Reynolds&rft.aufirst=Nick&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fh2g2.com%2Fentry%2FA639056%2Fconversation%2Fview%2F77636%2F8243991%2Fpage%2F1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h2g2.com/entry/A86945827">"Wednesday 31 June 2011: H2G2 Leaving The BBC Soon!"</a>. <i>h2g2.com</i>. 31 August 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=h2g2.com&rft.atitle=Wednesday+31+June+2011%3A+H2G2+Leaving+The+BBC+Soon%21&rft.date=2011-08-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fh2g2.com%2Fentry%2FA86945827&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/maintenance/h2g2_move2.shtml">"BBC - H2G2"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+-+H2G2&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fh2g2%2Fmaintenance%2Fh2g2_move2.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.h2g2.com/user/U42">"Douglas Adams 1952 – 2001"</a>. <i>h2g2.com</i>. 28 April 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=h2g2.com&rft.atitle=Douglas+Adams+1952+%E2%80%93+2001&rft.date=1999-04-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.h2g2.com%2Fuser%2FU42&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://h2g2.com/entry/A957107">"H2g2 - an Introduction to GuideML"</a>. <i>h2g2.com</i>. 5 February 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=h2g2.com&rft.atitle=H2g2+-+an+Introduction+to+GuideML&rft.date=2003-02-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fh2g2.com%2Fentry%2FA957107&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AH2g2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H2g2&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.h2g2.com">h2g2 Official Website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201011110355/https://h2g2.com/">Archived</a> 11 October 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a 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