Template:Did you know nominations/Macroelongatoolithus

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:56, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Macroelongatoolithus[edit]

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... that Macroelongatoolithus is a kind of giant fossil egg that can be over 60 centimetres (24 in) long, and probably was laid by a gigantic Oviraptorid?

ALT1:... that the fossil egg genus Macroelongatoolithus is known from China, South Korea, and the United States?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Burkhan Khaldun

5x expanded by Ashorocetus (talk). Self-nominated at 06:46, 27 November 2015 (UTC).

New enough, long enough (>5000 bytes), no copyvio or other policy issues found, hook length okay, QPQ done. Two minor issues: Could you place the hook source(s) at the end of the respective sentences as required by the criteria? (This applies to M. being a "fossil egg" and the length specification). Also, the article doesn't seem to say it's a "giant" egg. Is that a technical term for eggs with a certain (minimum) size, or just an informal description? Thanks --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 16:55, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. To answer your question, no "giant" isn't a technical term, it's just an informal description (to my knowledge, Macroelongatoolithus eggs are the largest fossil eggs ever discovered). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression it an inline citation at the end of a paragraph is sufficient if all the material from that paragraph comes from that source. I would be happy to change it, but stylistically it looks kind of ugly to have the same citations after every sentence in a paragraph. Ashorocetus (talk | contribs) 19:48, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

At WP:WIADYK it says "Citations at the end of the paragraph are not sufficient." (3b, last sentence) I agree that this doesn't look very aesthetic. Sorry for the inconvenience. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 07:56, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I changed it now. Ashorocetus (talk | contribs) 14:51, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Good to go, then, for the original hook. (ALT1 is good, too, but I think the first sounds more interesting.)--ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 15:01, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

A Macroelongatoolithus specimen named "Baby Louie," consisting of four fossil eggs and associated perinatal remains

N.b. An image is available to complement the hook, at right. It is properly licensed. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:26, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

True. That picture is a little hard to make out at this small size though. Ashorocetus (talk | contribs) 05:19, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Yup. That's what it looks like at that size. A clump. . North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:04, 19 December 2015 (UTC)