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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:13, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Pompeii Lakshmi

 * ... that the Pompeii Lakshmi is an Indian ivory statuette of the 1st century CE, discovered in the ruins of Pompeii? Source: Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town, Mary Beard, Profile Books, 2010, p. 24
 * ALT1: ... that the Pompeii Lakshmi is an ivory statuette of Indian goddess Lakshmi, discovered in the ruins of Pompeii (destroyed in 79 CE)? Source: Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town, Mary Beard, Profile Books, 2010, p. 24

Created/expanded by Tillya Tepe gold (talk). Self-nominated at 05:49, 18 December 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg The article is long enough. It was created one day before the nomination. There do not seem to be any copyright violations. The article is neutral and uses inline citations. Can you add an inline citation to verify the statement "This statuette is also interesting in that it gives a definite latest possible date (79 CE) for this kind of works of art in India."? I couldn't verify it in the sources. The hook is cited, and the image is freely licensed. The QPQ is not done, but it is not needed because the nominator does not have any DYK credits. Gulumeemee (talk) 04:08, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * What is important is that the figure, rather than the goddess, is Indian. I'm not sure "ruins" is quite the word for Pompeii. Re the point above (is this relevant?), you'd think the figure showed, if anything, the "earliest possible date (79 CE)" rather than the latest, but all it can show is that such figures were probuced by 79 CE. When they began and ended is a wholly different question. I think the general date of the loss of Pompeii is well enough known not to need saying. So:
 * ALT2 ... that the Pompeii Lakshmi is an Indian ivory statuette of the Hindu goddess, excavated at Pompeii? Johnbod (talk) 17:12, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I agree that ALT2 is better. I removed the word interesting because it is not cited and could be considered editorialising. ALT2 is good to go. Gulumeemee (talk) 00:14, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Gulumeemee, I just made a significant revision to the article. While I don't think it affects the proposed hooks, it would be a good idea to review the article to make sure I haven't introduced any errors or other issues. If there are any hooks you don't approve, please strike them for clarity. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 06:12, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg The article has been improved. I did not find any errors. I struck ALT0 and ALT1 because ALT2 is a better hook. Gulumeemee (talk) 06:30, 4 February 2017 (UTC)