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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 05:40, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Kentrosaurus

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Fossil Kentrosaurus aethiopicus

  • ... that the Kentrosaurus (fossil K. aethiopicus pictured) had extensive osteodermal covering, forming very elongated spikes?
  • Reviewed: Not a self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by LittleJerry (talk), MWAK (talk), HMallison (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 00:53, 8 July 2014 (UTC).

  • Bagging this review, since I was a great fan of this dinosaur when I was a kid... will start shortly! Simon Burchell (talk) 15:41, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Promoted to GA within timescale. Certainly long enough. Image properly licensed. Great article, throughly referenced. My only quibble is with the grammar of the hook, since osteoderm is a noun. Merrian Webster Dictionary suggests osteodermal as the adjective. I've tweaked the hook accordingly. AGF on cite, since I could only see the abstract. Very nice work. Simon Burchell (talk) 17:33, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Pic needs cropping if it's gonna be used -- looks like a forlorn donkey with poleaxes sticking out of him. EEng (talk) 22:16, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Indeed. In fact, the lead pic from the article is better, and I've taken the liberty of changing it. Feel free to revert if unhappy with it... Simon Burchell (talk) 23:00, 8 July 2014 (UTC)