Template:Did you know nominations/Lepidotus
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 12:33, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
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Lepidotus
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- ... that Lepidotus (pictured) was a genus of prehistoric fish that existed from the Late Triassic (Rhaetic) to the middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)?
5x expanded by Reid,iain james (talk). Self nominated at 04:52, 18 January 2014 (UTC).
This is a great new article with an interesting topic and hook which would go great on the main page - I'd suggest incorporating this freely licensed image of a fossil Lepidotus into the nomination as well, as images can go on the main page. However, I've got one or two suggestions to make that I'd like to see resolved before I give this the green tick: firstly, I can't see the hook fact in the prose of the article, anywhere (though I could have missed it). You need to incorporate this into the article text and clearly show which source this fact has come from. It would also be nice if you could explain some complex terms in the article - things like 'suboperculum', 'symphysis' and 'tuberculations', by placing their meaning in laymans terms in brackets after the word, as we are trying to write for a general audience. A short expansion of the lead would be great as well - say how many species there are, their general characteristics etc. After this is done, I'm more than happy to give this the green tick - I'm sure with the image incorporated it will get quite a lot of views! If you've got any questions, please feel free to drop me a line on my talkpage. :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 21:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
@Reid,iain james: This seems better now, thank you. I can't access that online source, but it is also an offline source so I'll AGF this one. Keep an eye out for it on the main page! :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 22:07, 19 January 2014 (UTC)