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The result was: promoted by DanCherek (talk) 15:58, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Geoffrey Kirk
- ... that Geoffrey Kirk captained a fishing boat before becoming a professor of ancient Greek at Cambridge University? Source: He served in the Levant schooner flotilla, eventually captaining one of the caiques (Greek fishing boat) that carried out dangerous missions in occupied waters, including several landings in Greece. Easterling (2004)
Created by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 20:48, 5 March 2021 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Overall:
Good article, long enough, well-referenced, no copy-vios detected. The hook is cited-inline / interesting. QPQ done. Good to go!
Ashleyyoursmile! 16:30, 6 March 2021 (UTC)