Template:Did you know nominations/Prime number


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Prime number

 * ... that although prime numbers have been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks, they had few real-world applications until the discovery of public-key cryptography in the 1970s? Sources: Greeks: ; few applications; cryptography in the 1970s:
 * Reviewed: Peter D'Aguiar

Improved to Good Article status by David Eppstein (talk) and XOR'easter (talk). Nominated by David Eppstein (talk) at 20:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC).


 * Reviewing. Chris857 (talk) 15:39, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Was nominated the day after promoted to GA, I will assume that the GAN worked out any issues in the article (but I'll give it a read). Hook is about 180 characters long, is interesting, and is cited inline in the appropriate parts of the article. QPQ satisfied.
 * For the hook, I was going to say that the comma before "although" should be removed, but now I'm not sure which I prefer. Chris857 (talk) 17:41, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't feel strongly about that comma either. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:23, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I removed the comma, since I think that'll sound better by a little. This nomination is good to go from what I can see. Chris857 (talk) 04:12, 2 March 2018 (UTC)