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

This is a good entry, Shagbark. There are a few small typos, but I'm not going to list them. Any sub-editor worth their salt should sort them out.

One minor thing I will point out: Trujilo is spelled with two l's in other places in the Guide. Can you check the correct spelling and either correct it in your entry or report back so that we can fix the other ones.

A24802869 - Eris the largest Dwarf Planet

Outside links still need TITLE tags (3rd time of asking)

Happy birthday, Shagbark

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Chad_Trujillo
two ls right you are.

outside links
...science/nature/534482.stm TITLE=Naming Eris
...0808.4130       TITLE= rotation study
...hs-2007-24-b-full_jpg.jpg    TITLE= image Eris with Dysnomia
...Reignites.html    TITLE=More discord
...themes/pluto     TITLE=IAU Discussion
what am I missing here
there are only five external links and five titles.

anything else?

I think you confused Galaxy Babe with your lack of capitals and grammar in the TITLE tags. They'll need to be tidied and reworded so that the links in the right-hand margin don't look like just random words grabbed out of the entry. They should stand on their own as titles to the articles they are linking to.

Perhaps this is more to her liking?

That's better.

"The Namming of Eris"??? what is "namming"?

I'm sure the sub can sort out the spelling mistakes.

second m deleted

When I went to school teachers made me write out spelling errors multiple times until I learned the correct spellings.

I don't agree with leaving errors for the sub to sort out, as this is perpetuating them, not curing the problem.

But pointing out twenty or thirty errors in Shagbark's entry will discourage him from writing further entries, whereas I as sub-editor could fix them myself in less than five minutes.

Hopefully those errors are fixed now. Plus there is the added challenge of sitting in the middle of North America doing UK spelling.

You are not always the assigned sub though Gnomon. I've seen Shagbark's entries hit the FP unsubbed and then it's Curator-world after errors have been pointed out at EF.

That's true. But I think we put off more people than we help by suggesting lists of spelling mistakes.

Even so, thousands of articles have hit the front page in the past few years and about 200 of those have been by GB. I wonder if any of those ever needed a curator after the fact?

Occasionally

Nobody's perfect

so any other changes here?