Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Macmillan (engineer)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:34, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Alexander Macmillan (engineer)

 * ... that Alex Macmillan did not learn his 1954 mathematical correction had become a widely used formula known as the "Macmillan Correction" until he happened to read about it while surfing the web in 2004?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/James A. Ryder

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 05:15, 21 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is long enough (2,000 characters of readable prose), new enough (created today, Dec 21), well-written, and within policy. The hook is short enough and very interesting to a broad audience, especially since it is a mathematics article., let me know when QPQ is done and this should be good to go. « Gonzo fan2007   (talk)  @ 20:58, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * User:Gonzo_fan2007 - thanks, kindly, for the review. The QPQ is now done. Chetsford (talk) 01:05, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg looks good now with the QPQ. « Gonzo fan2007   (talk)  @ 02:42, 29 December 2018 (UTC)