Template:Did you know nominations/Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:38, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas[edit]

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... that we will probably never know for sure whether the Phoenicians ever sailed to the Americas?

Reviewed: Rio Grande da Serra

Created by StAnselm (talk). Self nom at 05:24, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

The article meets all the requirements, but I would suggest an alternative hook because it seems inappropriate to refer to "us" in an encyclopaedia:
ALT1: ... that it will probably never be known for sure whether the Phoenicians ever sailed to the Americas?
Otherwise, I believe it is good to go. Surtsicna (talk) 10:52, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, yes - you're absolutely right. ALT1 is definitely better. St Anselm (talk) 12:29, 30 January 2013 (UTC)