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

Entry: The Myth and Mystery of the Georgia Guidestones - A3839655
Author: Lady Brianna the Oblivious - U1427183


Here goes!

looks good

the 2 personal accounts of visiting the stones would look better in italics I think
it would distinguish them from your own writing

YIKES! I meant to do that, and forgot!!

I was fighting with the GuideML and it was fighting back; I'll take care of that now...

its a sometimes

Thank you for saving this one Lady B!

I always thought the potential was there for a cracking entry!


- Jimi X

Good work

It just needs a read through to pick out where punctuation, full stops particularly, are missing or misplaced.

Also :

>THE MESSAGE - Headers don't need to be all in caps

>Georgia's 'Stone Henge' - Stonehenge

>I would have liked to explore the astronomy aspect, but there is no other information than this, which is inscribed on the stones themselves. Either the astronomy community isn’t interested, or they haven’t heard of it yet – hopefully the later, and more study will be available in the future. - Probably the reason the astronomers aren't interested is because it's not exactly exceptional in that respect. That's not to say that it isn't clever that they've been arranged in that way, just that they probably wouldn't be interested in a stone put in place 26 years ago that has a hole for the North Star. Just a thought that you might not need this bit!

>If you look at the links on the right of the page, some say thing like 'nice account' etc. Try adding a TITLE tag to your links link this: A nice account of one family’s trip to the site

>And finally, you shouldn't use those tags, try starting every paragraph with a and finish with a - that way your entry will be spaced out just as we like it


Good job

It's also just occurred to me, in terms of the title, that there is no myth involved and the only mystery is who commissioned it. Maybe just 'The Georgia Guidestones' would be a more concise and appropriate title?

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll do some proofreading, and look at the GuideML ... I've learned a lot more about it since I wrote this, playing with my personal space.

I'll shorten the title; my prose does get a bit flowery if I don't rein it in, and it got away from me this time.

I'll take out the astronomy thing -- I didn't mean to imply that there be a SERIOUS study of the stones, I just thought someone astronomically inclined might tale a look at it for fun on a day off or something! But it doesn't really add anything to the article, so it'll be gone.

I *think* I got all the puncuation & stuff - but if anyone wants to run through it again, I wouldn't mind!

Hey all - the former Lady Brianna is back, and updating all my info. Did this article still need some work on it? I don't see it listed in my Edited Entries, and there is no Edited Entry published on the subject.

I'd like to see this one up & running.