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	Implement suggestions from Featured Article review Get info from another language Wikipedia (see above) Let's make this a featured article. (^'-')^ Covington 08:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC) References for the data in the infobox. Keep out neutral mention of creationism POV.

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Contents 1 A Very Special Note from the Management 2 Future Needs Editing 3 Rotating Earth Animation 4 Questions 5 Is Pluto still a planet?

[edit] A Very Special Note from the Management

Q. Should I replace this article with the words "mostly harmless" or "harmless", as per The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

A. No. Every other vandalism to this article is just that, and people who do this will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. Share and enjoy!

I was thinking about doing this myself, but I had a feeling it would have been done before. Oh wells :-) Bennity 11:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Damn! Karlusss 22:21, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Heh, I thought about it too, but couldn't bring myself to do it... great minds think alike, apparently. 149.161.20.23 15:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Seriously, given the frequently made comments on the similarity between Wikipedia and the Hitchhiker's Guide, I feel that the page does need SOME reference to "Mostly Harmless" - it is a good joke, and by being there "officially" it would disuade vandals from doing the "compelete replacement" Medconn 18:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Personally I'd say the joke really only works if "mostly harmless" is the entire content of the article -- at least, that was the original joke. Anyway, although I don't think this particular vandalism is the same as every other, it is the sort of thing better placed in the Uncyclopedia -- and it is there[1]. -- Andy (207.38.160.124 05:58, 10 December 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Future Needs Editing

The future section ignores the possibility of human action to either change the atmosphere or move the earth. Perhaps a new section, "Alternate Futures," or a new article linked to the Earth one would be of interest. Science fiction often becomes science fact.

--Dwise75 09:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

"it is the largest planet in the world"... take that out --Darrendeng 09:29, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

"space" should link to Outer space

Done. Vsmith 15:22, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rotating Earth Animation

The animated rotating earth picture could be replaced with a better one from Wikimedia Commons: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Rotating_earth_%28large%29.gif/120px-Rotating_earth_%28large%29.gif (from the large version at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Rotating_earth_%28large%29.gif ) 144.134.71.109 12:27, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

This arctical should be a featured arctical Da Man 2000

[edit] Questions

What is the distance from the sun to earth? (in km) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.59.178.86 (talk) 22:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

Approximately 1.4959787e+08 km. To answer similar questions yourself, use GNU Units

[2]. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.38.160.124 (talk) 06:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Is Pluto still a planet?

would someone please be able to tell me if pluto is a planet anymore? thanks

It is not a planet. It is a dwarf planet, which, despite the name, is not a type of planet. See definition of planet. Saros136 22:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC)