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BBC To Dispose of Douglas Adams Website

Posted by Soulskill on from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has announced their intention to dispose of the H2G2 website, originally founded by Douglas Adams. This comes as part of an initiative by the BBC to cut their online spending by 25%. 'BBC Online will be reorganised into five portfolios of "products." All parts of BBC Online have to fit with these. Over the past year all areas of the site have been reviewed to see where, and if, they fit. Sadly ... H2G2 does not fit in the new shape of BBC Online. However, H2G2 is unusual. It is a pre-existing community that the BBC brought into its fold, not a community that the BBC set up from scratch. So rather than closing it, we've decided to explore another option. This process has been referred to elsewhere as the "disposal" of H2G2. I'll admit this is not a great choice of words, but what is means is that we'll be looking for proposals from others to take on the running of H2G2.' One option under discussion is a community buyout."

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  1. The real reason they're tearing it down... by TheRedDuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to build a bypass. It's gotta be built, and it's gonna be built.

  2. Re:I have another option by gmhowell · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will stand here and wait for the TARDIS to arrive and for The Doctor to save it.

    Seriously, how improbable is that?

    Even if infinitely improbable, for this job, we're in good shape.

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    Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
  3. Re:A good old-fashioned website by VortexCortex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Curiously, the article titled "Earth" is the tenth result for the search term "Earth".

    Well, there was a lot more written about that particular planet, but that entry got edited down to just: "Mostly harmless."

    Also, you may find this quote applicable:
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    "We apologize for the inconvenience" -God’s final message to His creation.

  4. Re:I have another option by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    H2G2? Never heard of it, don't care. Good Riddance, I guess.

    Never heard of it! But it was clearly advertised in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".

  5. Re:A History of Brilliant Behavior by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, they deleted the moon landing itself? Up to now I always thought they only deleted the recordings.
    So all those who say there was no moon landing are right after all?

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.