Talk:Death of Pratima Gaonkar

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Death of Pratima Goankar[edit]

@Lajmmoore Hi,

  • As per following source Date of death for Pratima Gaonkar seems to be 'Tuesday 9 October 2001 evening'


Came here from your post @ WT:WOMRED . About date of death google search lead me to a dead link @ Athletics in India there on visit archive.org back to google etc. gave me following 2 news report links

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20220121113409/https://goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7&catid=220 ".. committed suicide at the age of 19 years on Tuesday evening. .." (This is a news report dated 11 October 2001)
  • https://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=6 ".. After reaching Goa on 7 October attending Inter-Zonal Athletic Championship in Kanpur, Pratima's body was found in a well behind her house on a hillock in Dabhal, a remote village in Eastern Goa, on 9 October. .."
  • Confirmed with google search calendar 9 October 2001 happens to be Tuesday.
  • (The same reporter does not seem to be consistent enough about the 'athlete's age' at the time of death; in first report he seems to mention 19 and in the later 18. Though inconsequential to date of death, this is just for info about age )
  • Title though not a majior issue, one thought came to my mind whether 'Death of Pratima Gaonkar' will be suitable title or 'Pratima Gaonkar' itself.


On side note @ WP:Teahouse#BLP dates related policies and guidelines? Actually I was looking for some information about ".. Are there any help/ policy/ guideline / MoS/ essay articles or previous discussions regarding dates mentioned in BLP articles such as Birth / marriage / death dates. .." specially when we are not certain about date. (For example in above two news reports different different age is mentioned.) Is there any MoS for such situations?


Bookku (talk) 10:11, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much @Bookku Lajmmoore (talk) 17:06, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]