Template:Did you know nominations/Euclid's Elements

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 talk 15:55, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Euclid's Elements

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• ... that Euclid's Elements has been estimated to be second only to the Bible in its number of published editions?

• Source: Bunt, Lucas Nicolaas Hendrik; Jones, Phillip S.; Bedient, Jack D. (1988). The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics. Dover. p. 142.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sozomeno da Pistoia

Improved to Good Article status by David Eppstein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 191 past nominations.

—David Eppstein (talk) 05:14, 25 September 2025 (UTC).

• General: Article is new enough and long enough
  New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:08, 26 September 2025 (UTC)