Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/Timeline

2001
Wikipedia first went online early in 2001 and its volunteers began covering dinosaurs soon after. The earliest surviving edits to dinosaur-related content on Wikipedia are User:Arco Scheepen's creation of the articles "Diplodocus" and "Apatosaurus". It seems a bit unlikely that these two sauropods were written about earlier than dinosaurs or paleontology overall, neither of which has an article history predating November 10th of that year. The oldest surviving edits to these articles actually record the removal of content rather than an addition, so it's possible some earlier, now deleted versions of these articles had been written first. After this beginning, Wikipedia volunteers began expanding the site's dinosaur coverage. The new articles of 2001 focued mainly on the most famous and spectacular forms like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor. Wikiproject Dinosaurs did not yet exist in 2001 and would not exist until 2004.


 * January 15th: Wikipedia was launched.


 * August 9th: User:Arco Scheepen created the articles "Diplodocus" and "Apatosaurus".


 * August 9th: User:Josh Grosse created the article "Allosaurus".


 * August 10th: User:Arco Scheepen created the article "Tyrannosaurus".


 * August 12th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Velociraptor".


 * August 29th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Giganotosaurus".


 * September 26th: User:Pinkunicorn created the article "Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event".


 * November 10th: The oldest preserved edit to the article "Paleontology" was by User:Don Kenney. Strangely, this edit is listed as a removal of content rather than an article creation.


 * November 14th: The oldest preserved edit to the article "Dinosaur" was by User:Josh Grosse. Strangely, this edit is listed as a removal of content rather than an article creation.


 * December 22nd: User:Berek created the article "Archaeopteryx".

2002
Volunteers continued to produce dinosaur-related content in 2002, although not nearly as many notable articles were started this year. The most prominent additions to Wikipedia's dinosaur coverage were the articles on Triceratops and Parasaurolophus, both started by anonymous users.


 * May 31st: An anonymous IP address created the article "Triceratops".


 * June 11th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Parasaurolophus ".

2003
2003 saw an increase in activity improving Wikipedia's dinosaur coverage. Many important new articles were created this year, including those about the "Chicxulub crater", "Stegosaurus", and several articles related to theropods, especially tyrannosaurs.


 * January 26th: User:Bryan Derksen created the article "Chicxulub crater" with content split off from "Earth impact".


 * March 7th: User:Oliver Pereira created the article "Stegosaurus".


 * March 13th: User:Zanimum created the articles "Daspletosaurus", "Tarbosaurus", and "Tyrannosauridae".


 * May 17th: User:EdH created the article "Iguanodon".


 * May 30th: User:Josh Grosse created the article "Deinonychus" with content split off from "Velociraptor".


 * August 20th: User:Lugita15 created the articles "Saurischia" and "Theropoda".


 * September 30th: User:Fedor created the article "Transitional fossil" with content split off from "Punctuated equilibrium".

2004
Activity drastically increased in 2004, leading to the creation of articles on many famous dinosaur taxa like Troodon, Megalosaurus, Oviraptor, and Argentinosaurus. This flurry of activity brought attention to the "relative lack of content about dinosaurs in Wikipedia", inciting User:Fredrik to formally establish a Wikiproject dedicated to dinosaurs. New articles of significance continued to be started at a high rate including those on taxa like Eoraptor, Hadrosaurus, Ankylosauria, Protoceratops, and Coelophysis. On November 8th, User: ???? succeeded in getting Wikiproject Dinosaurs's first "Did you know?" hook on the Main Page, for the article Titanosaur. Several other hooks would be displayed on the Main Page the remainder of the year.


 * January 1st: User:Daea created the article "Troodon".


 * January 13th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Gastrolith".


 * January 27th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Dilophosaurus".


 * February 28th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Archosaur".


 * March 8th: User:Ezod created the article "Megalosaurus".


 * April 1st: An anonymous IP address created the article "Utahraptor".


 * April 5th: User:Ivybag created the article "Compsognathus".


 * April 7th: User:Wareware created the article "Oviraptor".


 * April 9th: User:Wetman created the article "Argentinosaurus".


 * April 22nd: Project founded (by User:Fredrik), as "an effort to do something about the current relative lack of content about dinosaurs in Wikipedia."


 * April 26th: User:Premeditated Chaos created the article "Eoraptor".


 * May 3rd: User:Hcheney created the article "Hadrosaurus".


 * May 5th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Dromaeosauridae".


 * May 12th: An anonymous IP address created the articles "Brachiosaurus" and "Supersaurus".


 * May 13th: User:HKMP5A2 created the article "Sauropodomorpha". An anonymous IP address created the articles "Dromaeosaurus" and "Sauropoda".


 * May 28th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Torosaurus". Its edit summary suggested that a previous version of the article had been deleted.


 * June 23rd: An anonymous IP address created the articles "Spinosaurus" and "Therizinosaurus".


 * July 27th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Ankylosauria".


 * August 22nd: User:Mickeymousechen created the article "Dinosaur (film)".


 * September 14th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Ankylosaurus".


 * September 28th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Microraptor".


 * October 16th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Protoceratops".


 * October 16th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Gorgosaurus".


 * October 21st: User:Kswiston created the article "Maniraptora".


 * October 22nd: User:Mistersooreams created the articles "Baryonyx, "Coelophysis", and "Hadrosaurid".


 * October 23rd: User:Kswiston created the article "Coelurosauria".


 * October 26th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Ceratosaurus".


 * October 27th: User:MattDP created the article "Carcharodontosaurus".


 * November 3rd: An anonymous IP address created the article "Amphicoelias".


 * November 6th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Titanosaur".


 * November 8: Did you know... that a large titanosaur nesting ground was recently discovered in Auca Mahuevo, in Patagonia, Argentina, and another colony has reportedly been discovered in Spain?


 * November 11: Did you know... that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?


 * November 22nd: Did you know... that the Humboldt Museum in Berlin is home to the largest mounted dinosaur in the world, a Brachiosaurus; and the most exquisitely preserved specimen of the earliest known bird, the Archaeopteryx?


 * November 22nd: User:Zannah created the article "Walking With Dinosaurs".


 * November 27: Did you know... that the Cryolophosaurus is informally known as the Elvisaurus because the bizarre crest running across its head resembles Elvis Presley's 1950s pompadour haircut?


 * November 27th: User:ChrisO created the article "Feathered Dinosaur".


 * December 7th: User:MattDP created the article "Carnosauria". An anonymous IP address created the article "Carnotaurus".


 * December 9th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Ornithopod".


 * December 23rd: An anonymous IP address created the article "Suchomimus".


 * December 27th: User:Jason Potter created the article "List of transitional fossils".

2005

 * January 4th: User:Jim O'Donnell created the article "Corythosaurus".


 * March 2nd: An anonymous IP address created the article "Ceratopsidae".


 * March 4th: User:Phlebas joined the project.


 * March 9th: User:Goobergunch created the article "Edmontosaurus" as a redirect to "Hadrosaur". An anonymous IP address created the article "Maiasaura".


 * March 10th: User:Phlebas converted the redirect "Edmontosaurus" into a proper article.


 * March 30th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Pachycephalosaurus".


 * May 22nd: An anonymous IP address created the article "Titanosaurus".


 * May 28th: User:Pablo Gigante created the article "Deinocheirus".


 * April 22nd: The first anniversary of the project's founding.


 * April 24th: User:A2Kafir created the articles"Pachyrhinosaurus" and "Styracosaurus.


 * June 4th: User:Astropithicus created the article "List of dinosaur genera".


 * July 7th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Procompsognathus".


 * July 20th: User:Sandman1142 created the article "Psittacosaurus".


 * July 31st: User:DaemonDivinus created the article "Living dinosaur".


 * August 23rd: User:CALR joined the project.


 * August 24: Did you know... that Antarctosaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs ever to live in South America?


 * October 6th: User:Spawn Man joined the project.


 * October 9th: An anonymous IP address created the article "List of fossil sites".


 * October 11: Did you know... that Abelisaurus had a lighter skull than other dinosaurs due to large fenestrations behind its eyes?


 * October 13th: User:Cobrabob created the article "Spinosauridae".


 * October 29th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Achillobator".‎


 * October 31: Did you know... that Alamosaurus was named after Fort Alamo, Texas and is considered to be the last of the sauropods?


 * November 1: Did you know... that the only surviving fossils of Aegyptosaurus were destroyed in a 1944 bombing raid on Munich, Germany during World War II?


 * November 30: Did you know... that fossil remains of the dinosaur species Aralosaurus were found in Kazakhstan after the Aral Sea started shrinking significantly?


 * December 5th: "Dinosaur" was selected for the Article Improvement Drive.


 * December 6: Did you know... that the little-known Xiaosaurus may be an evolutionary missing link between Lesothosaurus to Hypsilophodon?


 * December 7: Did you know... that Agilisaurus was first discovered when construction workers were excavating a site for a new dinosaur museum in China?


 * December 15th: User:Dracontes and then User:Dinoguy2 joined the project. Dracontes was the fifth user to join the project.


 * December 18th: "Dinosaur" became a featured article.


 * December 27th: User:Grand Moff Brian created the article "Giraffatitan".

2006

 * January 1st: "Dinosaur" was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * January 5: Did you know... that Ampelosaurus was a European dinosaur that bore spikes on its back up to 20 cm long?


 * January 5th: User:Dinoguy2 created the article "Tyrannosauroidea".


 * January 6: Did you know... that Aliwalia is the earliest known carnivorous dinosaur, and was huge for its time?


 * January 12th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Acrocanthosaurus".


 * February 28th: User:Sheep81 joined the project.


 * March 4th: User:HappyCamper joined the project.


 * March 5th: User:Jayant412 joined the project.
 * March 6th: User:Firsfron joined the project. Firsfron was the tenth member to join the project.
 * March 8th: User:Killdevil joined the project.
 * March 9th: User:Dudo2 and then User:Alexander_payne joined the project.


 * March 13th: User:Jimp created the article "Stegosauria".


 * March 14th: User:Jdsherman joined the project.


 * March 17: User:Greygirlbeast joined the project. Did you know... that the prosauropod dinosaur Efraasia was misidentified at least four times before being recognized as a separate genus?


 * March 20th: User:Enlil_Ninlil and then User:Dragon_dxs joined the project.
 * March 22nd: User:Arundhati bakshi joined the project.
 * March 23rd: User:Scientist George joined the project.
 * March 24th: User:DinoDam joined the project.
 * March 25th: User:Ramtz joined the project.
 * April 6th: User:Mikehe joined the project.
 * April 7th: User:Grand Moff Brian joined the project.
 * April 8th: User:DAntirrhopus joined the project.
 * April 10th: User:Majin Gojira joined the project.
 * April 16th: User:General Eisenhower joined the project. General Eisenhower was the 25th member to join the project.
 * April 18th: User:PunkRock911 joined the project.


 * April 22nd: The first anniversary of the project's founding.


 * April 23: User:JmpnSpider13, User:Ballista, and User:BigBurkey joined the project respectively.


 * April 28th: User:Miwasatoshi joined the project.
 * May 1st: User:Mitternacht90 joined the project.
 * May 6th: User:Wordwhiz joined the project.
 * May 7th: User:Wikiwow joined the project.
 * May 8th: User:Mr. Turcotte joined the project.
 * May 21st: User:Elmo12456 joined the project.
 * May 6th: User:Mgiganteus1 and then User:Devotchka joined the project.


 * May 25: User:Casliber joined the project. The list of dinosaurs and the list of missing dinosaur articles on Wikipedia are all blue for the first time.


 * May 27: Did you know... that Dracorex hogwartsia was a dinosaur named for its resemblance to the Hungarian Horntail, a dragon in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series?


 * May 29th: User:Jerkov joined the project.


 * May 30th: Psittacosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * June 7th: User:Kadenh and User:CFLeon joined the project.


 * June 10: User:Mark t young joined the project. Did you know... that a new "dwarf" dinosaur, a sauropod named Europasaurus (pictured), was recently discovered in Northern Germany?


 * June 11th: User:Apatomerus joined the project.
 * June 16th: User:Spinosaur joined the project.


 * June 23rd: User:Tbc2 joined the project. Albertosaurus becomes a featured article. User:Mgiganteus1 created the article "Avemetatarsalia".


 * June 29: Velociraptor becomes a featured article.


 * July 12: Velociraptor is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * July 18: Did you know... that the dinosaur Lufengosaurus, whose remains were found in China, was the first dinosaur to appear on a commemorative postage stamp, in 1958?


 * July 19th: User:MirkMeister joined the project.


 * July 23: Diplodocus becomes a good article


 * July 23: Ankylosaurus becomes a good article.


 * July 24: Tyrannosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * July 29th: User:Blueshirts joined the project.
 * July 30th: User:Dragon Helm joined the project.
 * August 9th: User:Safranes and then User:Punk18 joined the project.
 * August 12th: User:MirkMeister joined the project. MirkMeister was the 50th member to join the project.
 * August 15th: User:Samsara joined the project.


 * August 22: User:Somedude101 joined the project.


 * September 6th: User:Jim Jensen 2 joined the project.


 * September 11: The list of dinosaurs becomes a featured list.


 * September 12: Tyrannosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * September 12th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Plateosaurus".


 * October 25th: User:ArthurWeasley joined the project.


 * November 2nd: User:Godziblargman joined the project.


 * November 10: Stegosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * November 14th: User:Kjoonlee joined the project.
 * November 22nd: User:Sphenacodon joined the project.


 * November 27: Stegosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * December 7th: User:Debivort joined the project.


 * December 12: Did you know... that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?


 * December 16: Did you know... that Stegosaurus, one of the most distinctive dinosaurs, has been widely depicted in popular culture?


 * December 19th: User:Godziblargman joined the project.
 * December 22nd: User:KP Botany and then User:AstroHurricane001 joined the project.

2007

 * January 1st: User:Rebskii and then User:Shrumster joined the project.
 * January 7th: User:Vultur joined the project.


 * January 9: Diplodocus becomes a featured article.


 * January 18: Did you know... that Trachodon, despite being a well-known and often-used duckbill name in the past, is based on teeth which include both duckbill and horned dinosaur specimens?


 * January 21st: User:EditingManiac joined the project.
 * January 22nd: User:Mgumn, User:Ryan shell, and User:Niceguys joined the project.


 * January 31: Triceratops becomes a featured article.
 * February 2nd: User:Benosaurus joined the project.


 * February 6: Amphicoelias becomes a good article.


 * February 8th: User:Chewygum joined the project.


 * February 11: Thescelosaurus becomes a good article.


 * February 22nd: User:Sarah Alexander joined the project. Scelidosaurus becomes a good article.
 * February 26th: User:Kevmin joined the project.
 * February 27th: User:Dropzink joined the project.


 * March 3rd: User:Chiefstand364 joined the project. Iguanodon becomes a featured article.
 * March 7th: User:DinoBird joined the project.


 * March 13: Heterodontosauridae becomes a good article.


 * March 14th: User:Paleontologist.piczo joined the project.


 * March 15: Compsognathus becomes a featured article.


 * March 18: Did you know... that the Phyllodon, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic found in present-day Portugal, * ''May have been closely related to North American dinosaurs?


 * March 21: Triceratops is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * March 25th: User:MECU joined the project.


 * March 26: Did you know... that Lophostropheus from Normandy is one of the only dinosaurs known from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary?


 * March 27: User:Sabine's Sunbird joined the project. Did you know... that the newly-named Oryctodromeus, a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur from the mid Cretaceous of Montana, is the first dinosaur described as making burrows?


 * March 28: The Dinosaur Portal is created.


 * March 30: Archaeopteryx becomes a featured article.


 * April 10th: User:David Fuchs and then User:X1ph4ct1nu5 joined the project.
 * April 12: Thescelosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * User:Steveoc 86 joined the project. Sue (dinosaur) 03:39, 13 April 2007‎ -Kerplunk- (talk | contribs)‎ . . (6,768 bytes) (+6,768)‎ . . (Created new page.) (thank)


 * April 18th: User:Paleofreak42397dc joined the project.
 * April 27th: User:IzzyVanHalen joined the project.


 * May 6: User:Liam Skoda joined the project. Did you know... that the duckbilled dinosaur Hypacrosaurus is known from the largest collection of hatchling remains for any duckbill, due to the discovery of nests belonging to H. stebingeri?


 * May 13: Lambeosaurus becomes a good article


 * May 14th: User:Haroldman created the category "Category:Dinosaur films".


 * May 18: Hypacrosaurus becomes a good article.


 * May 21st: User:Dino person joined the project.


 * May 25: Species of Psittacosaurus becomes a good article


 * May 25: Saurolophus becomes a good article.


 * May 26: Deinonychus becomes a good article


 * May 26: Diplodocus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * May 31st: User:DinoDan926 joined the project.


 * June 4: Styracosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * June 11th: Usuario:AchedDamiman joined the project.


 * June 12: Sauropelta becomes a good article.

* June 17: User:Jw21 joined the project. Did you know... that Gigantoraptor, a bird-like dinosaur discovered in Inner Mongolia, is thirty-five times larger than its peacock-sized relative, Caudipteryx?


 * June 18: Gryposaurus becomes a good article. Did you know... that Eocursor, a small bipedal herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, is the most completely known Triassic ornithischian (beaked dinosaur)?


 * June 24th: User:Pinkgothic and then User:Tarb joined the project.


 * June 28: Daspletosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * June 29: The Dinosaur Portal becomes a Featured Portal.


 * July 5: Spinosaurus becomes a good article.


 * July 7th: User:J. Spencer created the article "Herrerasaurus".


 * July 9: Kritosaurus becomes a good article.


 * July 16: Deinonychus becomes a featured article.


 * July 20: Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event becomes a good article


 * July 31: Parasaurolophus becomes a featured article.


 * August 1st: User:Stacy Glover joined the project.
 * August 14th: User:Pedroalexandrade joined the project.
 * August 18th: User:Qwo joined the project.
 * August 19th: User:Shrewpelt joined the project.
 * August 23rd: User:Tovojolo joined the project.


 * August 25: Majungasaurus becomes a featured article.


 * August 29: Archaeopteryx is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * September 4: Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event becomes a featured article.


 * September 6th: User:Firsfron created the article "Specimens of Tyrannosaurus".


 * September 11: Did you know... that Mahakala, a small dromaeosaurid from Mongolia, is named after Mahakala, one of the eight protective deities (dharmapalas, "Protectors of the Law") in Tibetan Buddhism?


 * September 22nd: User:Qwo joined the project.


 * October 21st: User:Nicolás10 joined the project.


 * November 4: Ceratopsia becomes a good article.


 * November 4: Herrerasaurus becomes a good article


 * November 4: Lambeosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * November 9th: User:Nishkid64 joined the project.


 * November 10: Dromaeosauridae becomes a good article.


 * November 12th: User:Rynosaur created the article "Evolution of dinosaurs".


 * November 15: Gorgosaurus becomes a good article


 * November 18: Acrocanthosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * November 21: Species of Allosaurus becomes a good article.


 * November 24: Abelisauridae becomes a good article.


 * December 4: Chicxulub crater becomes a featured article.


 * December 9th: User:5faizan joined the project.


 * December 10: Massospondylus becomes a good article.


 * December 14: Allosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * December 20: Massospondylus becomes a featured article.


 * December 22nd: User:Rynosaur joined the project.
 * December 23rd: User:Paleodude joined the project.

2008

 * January 22: Did you know... that Othniel Charles Marsh named two species of the dinosaur Coelurus from the same quarry, not knowing that the bones belonged to the same skeleton?


 * August 15: Did you know... that Pisanosaurus, from 228 to 216.5 million years ago, is the oldest known ornithischian dinosaur?


 * October 7: Did you know... that Aerosteon, a 9-metre (30 ft) long bipedal carnivorous dinosaur that lived approximately 84 million years ago, had air-sacs in its bones similar to those in the respiratory systems of modern birds?


 * December 21: Did you know... that the recently-discovered dinosaur Austroraptor is the largest dromaeosaur to have been found in the Southern Hemisphere?


 * December 24: Did you know... that Peloroplites was one of the largest nodosaurid dinosaurs, and came from a time when armored dinosaurs in general were attaining large sizes?


 * January 2nd: User:Limetolime joined the project.
 * January 10th: User:Writtenonsand joined the project.
 * January 22nd: User:Ramtashaniku joined the project.


 * January 2: Tarbosaurus becomes a good article


 * January 8: Chicxulub crater is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * January 9: Tyrannosauroidea becomes a good article.


 * January 12: Alioramus becomes a good article.


 * January 30: Tarbosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * January 31: Othnielosaurus becomes a good article.


 * February 9th: User:Dendodge joined the project.
 * February 27th: User:Sasawat joined the project.


 * February 3: Coelurus becomes a good article.


 * February 26: Project membership reaches 100 users.


 * March 18th: User:Sceny joined the project and then removed their name from the list immediately afterward.


 * March 13: Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * March 21: Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards becomes a featured article.


 * April 2nd: User:Deviant Paleoart joined the project.
 * April 4th: User:Spinosaur's Lair joined the project.
 * April 7th: User:Paralititan joined the project.
 * April 18th: User:Walkingwith08 joined the project.


 * April 28: Gorgosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * June 3rd: User:ScienceApe joined the project.
 * June 25th: User:Wikiexplorer13 joined the project.


 * June 11: Pachycephalosaurus becomes a good article.


 * June 19: "Archaeoraptor" becomes a good article.


 * August 4th: User:Smokeybjb joined the project.
 * August 24th: User:Westvoja joined the project.
 * August 28th: User:Tutthoth-Ankhre joined the project.


 * August 3: Prosaurolophus becomes a good article.


 * October 8: Massospondylus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * November 3: Tyrannosauridae becomes a good article.


 * November 5: Cultural depictions of dinosaurs becomes a good article.


 * September 5: Bone Wars becomes a featured article.


 * September 20th: User:Banana7070 joined the project.
 * October 22nd: User:Vuerqex joined the project.
 * October 27th: User:Mark t young left the project.
 * December 12th: User:Moment Deuterium joined the project.

2009

 * February 3: Bone Wars is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * March 6: Did you know... that the stegosaurid Miragaia had more neck vertebrae than almost all of the sauropod dinosaurs, known for their long necks?


 * March 26: Did you know ... that the discovery of feather-like structures on the primitive dinosaur Tianyulong raises the possibility that ancestral dinosaurs were feathered?


 * March 30: Edmontosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * April 22nd: The fifth anniversary of the project's founding.


 * May 18: Styracosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * June 28: Did you know ... that the unusual finger structure of the dinosaur Limusaurus gives clues on how dinosaur hands evolved into bird wings?


 * July 5: The discovery of three fossilised dinosaur genera—Australovenator, Diamantinasaurus and Wintonotitan—in Australia is announced.


 * July 28: Herrerasaurus becomes a featured article.


 * August 20: Tianyuraptor, a new genus of short-armed dromaeosaurid dinosaur, is described from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation.


 * October 22: Rajasaurus becomes a good article.

2010
2010 was seemingly a slow year for Wikiproject:Dinosaurs. Only a single article, "Edward Drinker Cope", was featured, although notably this article was the first featured article about a dinosaur paleontologist. Similarly, only two dinosaur articles were designated good this year. Three dinosaur articles were exhibited as a featured article of the day.


 * January 11: Edward Drinker Cope becomes a featured article.


 * January 24: Plateosaurus becomes a good article


 * March 23: Tarbosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * May 16th: User:DeinonychusDinosaur999 created the article "Dinosaur intelligence".


 * July 28: Edward Drinker Cope is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * August 26: Allosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * September 27: Balaur becomes a good article.

2011
2011 was another bum year for Wikiproject:Dinosaurs. No articles seem to have been featured at all this year and only two were designated "good". Four dinosaur articles were exhibited on the Main Page as the featured article of the day.


 * February 6: Hypsibema missouriensis becomes a good article.


 * February 11: Albertosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * February 19th: User:Captain Occam created the article "William Beebe".


 * March 26: Acrocanthosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * April 2: Sinosauropteryx becomes a good article.


 * May 29: Deinonychus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * August 1: Parasaurolophus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * September 29th: An anonymous IP address created the article "Planet Dinosaur".

2012
2012 was a very slow year for Wikiproject:Dinosaurs. Only one article was featured: Plateosaurus, and none seem to have been designated as "good". Four dinosaur articles were exhibited on the Main Page as the featured article of the day.


 * January 9: Plateosaurus becomes a featured article.


 * January 12: Compsognathus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * March 11: Gorgosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * April 24: Iguanodon is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * September 11: Daspletosaurus was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.

2013

 * January 7th: Psittacosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * January 10: Carnotaurus becomes a good article.


 * February 15th: User:Moonraker created the article "Chicxulub impactor".


 * May 24: Thescelosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * July 23: Vulcanodon becomes a good article.


 * September 4: Dromaeosauroides becomes a good article


 * October 17: Herrerasaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * October 23: Nigersaurus becomes a good article.


 * November 19: Lambeosaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * November 30: Dromaeosauroides becomes a featured article.


 * December 18: Nigersaurus becomes a featured article.

2014
2014 held the tenth anniversary of Wikiproject Dinosaurs' founding. Despite this auspicious occasion the year can be remembered as a let down. Only one particularly notable article was created and only one dinosaur article was displayed as featured article of the day on the Main Page.


 * January 18: Nigersaurus is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article.


 * April 13th: User:Erik created the article "Walking With Dinosaurs (film)".


 * April 22nd: The tenth anniversary of the project's founding.

Goals

 * Check my article space draft.
 * Recopy DYKs.