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

Hi Tav.

I'm sub-editing Tiwanaku. I'll use this conversation to ask questions about the entry.

Have you been to Tiwanaku? It sounds like it would be worth a visit. If I'm ever in that part of the world, I'll go.

You mention the summer solstice at one point, but a quick trawl through various sites seems to indicate that it is 21 June, which is the winter solstice in Bolivia. Any thoughts?

hi Gnomon

No, I'm afraid I've never been to South America, but my parents have been there a long time ago.

Um... yes, I guess you are right, the date confused me... definitely winter

Actually, I'm highly suspicious of that statement about the solstice.

It's hard to see, but the image on Google Earth seems to suggest that the Gateway of the Sun is aligned along an East-West axis, the same as everything else in the site. This means it has no special alignment to the solstice - if anything, the sun will shine directly through it at sunrise on the equinoxes, but will be off centre at the two solstices, although given the width of the gateway, the sun will shine through it at sunrise on every day of the year.

So I'd be inclined to just leave out the statement about its alignment to the solstice sunrise, with your permission.

The rest of the sub-editing is complete. The entry is at A87816234. You should subscribe to this, as it will become the Edited version. Would you like to check the entry to make sure you are happy with it before I return it to the editors?

Yes, you are right, it doesn't make sense.
I'll read the whole Entry now.

In the section about the Gateway of the Sun:
You should move the sentence 'The gateway is positioned in a way so that on the summer solstice, the rising sun shines through the gateway, although it is unclear if the gate has always stood on the current position.' to the bottom of the paragraph because otherwise the other sentences get disconnected to each other.

The section about Puma Punku, 2nd paragraph:
quarry misses an R and degree has an e too much

Other than that I think it's good. Thank you for subbing!

Tav, both of those are problems I had already fixed during subbing before I asked you to look at the results. I think you must have proofread your original entry rather than the one I subedited.

Can you please look at the one at A87816234.

that's strange, I opened it from the link you posed here, which is the same as the one you posted now. Seems like I got confused because I had my original version open, too and slipped into the wrong window.

Anyway, it's good, thank you.

OK, I'll send it back to the Editors.