Talk:2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft
A fact from 2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 September 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Picture error/caption error
[edit]As this article is target for a DYK (at time of posting), might be a good idea to fix the blatant caption error/photo error ASAP. I'd do it myself, if I could find the appropriate picture in Commons (the still-missing head of a Roman soldier, which I presume to be the most content-appropriate image)... but I can't! Haploidavey (talk) 12:15, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
The "wanted" poster, dated 2011 (available at this blogspot, fwiw, describes the current pic as:
- Roman Empire
- Head of a man. Egypto-archaizing style
- 1st c. AD
- Yellow Numidian Marble.
The stolen sandstone relief, showing an Achaemenid soldier in profile, is to the right on the same page (linked above). Haploidavey (talk) 14:16, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Well, I discussed this at your talk page, too. The text sources described it as "the head of a Roman soldier." Based on that reward poster (thanks for finding it), it appears we might want to modify it slightly. Daniel Case (talk) 18:24, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Your modification seems accurate, and clears up any potential misunderstanding. Haploidavey (talk) 18:35, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Haploidavey: Thanks. Daniel Case (talk) 18:37, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Your modification seems accurate, and clears up any potential misunderstanding. Haploidavey (talk) 18:35, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Well, I discussed this at your talk page, too. The text sources described it as "the head of a Roman soldier." Based on that reward poster (thanks for finding it), it appears we might want to modify it slightly. Daniel Case (talk) 18:24, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
Which was stolen first??
[edit]The introduction claims the Roman marble head was taken first, on September 3, whilst the body clearly states the sandstone Achaemenid relief was the first taken. Which is it? I can't believe this is a DYK article with such an obvious discrepancy.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:c7d:8e57:3800:a78a:90e:ed25:490b (talk • contribs)
- I'd be more comfortable making this response if you had signed your post, but this resulted from finding later sources that put the date of the relief theft at September 3; the first ones weren't so specific (which I bet has something to do with the museum itself not being forthcoming about the theft for a few months afterwards). I will amend the text to be consistent. Daniel Case (talk) 18:27, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Done I realized I had corrected the text to be consistent with the Gazette story but not the intro. They are consistent now. Daniel Case (talk) 18:37, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
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