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A fact from Bob Hobman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Paleolithic humans after 130,000-year-old tools were found on the island of Crete?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:25, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 1984, Bob Hobman and a group began a journey to sail a wooden outrigger boat from the Philippines to Madagascar to recreate a possible voyage by Neolithic humans?

Source: "TAWI TAWI, Philippines -- On a tropical island miles from nowhere, Robert Hobman's dream is taking shape from a century-old tree chopped down in the jungle.

The British-born adventurer has watched local boatbuilders on the Moslem island of Tawi Tawi carve the hardwood tree into a replica of a ship he believes Southeast Asians used to migrate to Africa hundreds of years before Christ.

Seeking to unravel the mysteries of the migration, Hobman, four other adventurers and a Filipino navigator plan to set sail later this month on a 4,600-mile voyage from Tawi Tawi through the Indonesian Archipelago and across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar."

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- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KEXC

Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 151 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 18:46, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - "and a group" is a little awkward to me. I suggest ALT1: ...that in 1984, Bob Hobman began a journey to sail a wooden outrigger boat from the Philippines to Madagascar to recreate a possible voyage by Neolithic humans?

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is well sourced. I think the intro could be expanded at least to show why he is notable beyond being a sailor (Bob Hobman is a British Australian sailor who... etc). I suggested an alternative hook because I think the phrase "and a group" is awkward. Please let me know your thoughts! PersusjCP (talk) 17:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Thriley: Please address the above.--Laun chba ller 12:16, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 ... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Paleolithic humans after tools were found on the island of Crete dated to over 130,000 years ago? Thriley (talk) 17:42, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe ALT3: "... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Paleolithic humans after tools dating back 130,000 years were found on the island of Crete?" so that the flow is a little more natural? PersusjCP (talk) 18:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flows a bit easier. Thank you. Thriley (talk) 18:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me then! Good work! :) PersusjCP (talk) 19:19, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]