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

A few more changes made. Not all suggestions used.

I know this site faded away the first time I tried it. I wonder if it
is just not a good enough subject or if I am just not giving what it needs.

Link! Link!

Hello...

It's nice you have incorporated some bits of what I suggested above. Just two minor comments:

You have included all in one paragraph in the middle of introduction. The problem with that is that the original reading-flow got broken up. Perhaps you would like to reorganise the intro into a 'sort' of chronological order. Like: Calendars in general / Roman Julian Calendar / Christian Calendar / Gregorian Calendar.

You could include the dates that were cut off. It's not much characters and quite nice info, IMO.

Bye,

HELL

PS: The topic is fine.

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Congratulations!

Yes... Congratulations.

I don't want to spoil the party... But: Some of the reviewers (in this case me) were not fully satisfied. It's not a major point really, but when I think of the kinds of comments I get in the entries I send in, and if I look at the format of this entry... Well there is a discrepancy.

Anyways, congrats... I just felt I had to say this.

HELL

Congratulations, Shagbark.

Hell, your entries are scientific, which tends to attract a lot more comment from the purists. There is room for many different types of entry in the guide, and you will not be happy with every one, but many people were happy with this one, so the congratulations to Shagbark are deserved.

If purists like hell want to see a site where great intricate detail was used they should check out that hyperlink at the end of my references. Greenhart went for pages on end and even included a clock. (something I wouldn't even know how to do)

Don't get me wrong, my congratulations were meant seriously. It's really a very good entry on a very good topic. It just would not have been such a BIG problem to include the days that were ripped off the Julian calendar in the transition to the Gregorian. It's that kind of trivia people like me find nice.

Anyways. Seriously: Cheers, congratulations.

I can perfectly live with the fact that this particular info was not included. It's a pity though, and not that much work.

Bye,

HELL

just a note to remember. When this became a recommended site
a new page was created www.h2g2.com/A673535. I can dispense with this copy when I am satisfied with that version.

Or to be more precise it is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A673535

Just to round this off and for the record. The recommended version is indeed a lot better, and I would like to withdraw my comments above. The entry is about the AD calendar and not the julian-gregorian transition.

Sincerely,

HELL

Hi,

I just dropped in to say that I've been given this great entry to subedit. The subbing is nearly finished; you could find the article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A673535, just in case you're interested... If there's something you'd like to comment upon, please feel free to drop me a note.

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