Talk:Statue of Lakshmi-Narayana

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Did you know... that the historic Statue of Laxmi-Narayan (pictured) was on display in the Dallas Museum of Art for 37 years despite having been stolen?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 17:55, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Statue of Laxmi-Narayan at the Dallas Museum of Art in 2017

... that historic Statue of Laxmi-Narayan (pictured) was replaced by an appalling replica after being stolen in 1984? Source: Nepali Times

Reviewed: Hudson Terminal

Created by CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk). Self-nominated at 13:50, 11 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, well sourced. The photographs are appropriately licensed.

@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: the hook doesn't work in my opinion. We can't say "appalling" replica, and without that word the hook is not interesting. I think a better hook would be to state – with better words – that the object was on display in the Dallas museum for [xxx] years despite having been stolen. Onceinawhile (talk) 20:13, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that the historic Statue of Laxmi-Narayan (pictured) was returned to Nepal by the Dallas Museum of Art after being stolen for 37 years?
ALT2: ... that the historic Statue of Laxmi-Narayan (pictured) was on display in the Dallas Museum of Art for 37 years despite having been stolen?

Onceinawhile, I have added new hooks. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:54, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, sources well to this article. Onceinawhile (talk) 13:37, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]