Talk:Bob Hobman

Sources

• http://www.ifrao.com/photo-gallery/
• https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/07/11/Ill-fated-voyage-claims-life-of-Hawaiian-artist/5599458366400/
• https://southernwoodenboatsailing.com/news/sarimanok-the-reincarnation-of-a-goddess#:~:text=In%201985%2C%20Bob%20Hobman%20and,worthy%20of%20the%20highest%20praise.
• https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2014/08/19/53f22806ca47418e208b457d.html

Did you know nomination

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

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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).

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)

@Thriley: Please address the above.--Launchballer 12:16, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

• 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)

• 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)

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

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