Talk:Green Boots

message: Moved a lot of uncited stuff from article to here, presumably from the film. Please reinsert with reliable cites. Please note Financial Times article (also Reuters) quotes were later disputed by Japanese.-Wikianon (talk) 09:25, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
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message: The next day, two Japanese climbers, Hiroshi Hanada and Eisuke Shigekawa, of the Fukuoka Mountaineering Club, aided by three Sherpas, making the summit attempt found one of the climbers shortly above First Step.
The climber, (whom Krakauer believes to be Paljor) was still moaning and frostbitten from exposure over the night. The Japanese climbers left him and went for the summit. After they climbed the second step, they ran into the other two climbers, probably Samanla and Morup. Krakauer notes "No words were passed, No water, food or oxygen exchanged hands. The Japanese moved on ...". 
The Japanese team pressed on and summitted at 11.45am (Nepal Time). By the time the Japanese climbers descended, one of the two climbers was already dead. The other near death. They could not find any trace of the third climber farther down.
Much discussion ensued on why the Japanese did not help the Indian climbers. While the consensus suggests a rescue mission at such a high altitude was out of scope, it is not understood why the Japanese did not offer any succor to the dying Indians.
The Japanese version of the events do not explain why the Indians, though in a position to walk, talk and greet did not ask for help.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police sent a second summit party a week later on May 17. This party was successful in reaching the top; Hira Ram, Sanga Sherapa, Tashi Ram and Nadre accompanied by one Sherpa reached the top in a record time at 9.55 A.M. They also passed by the dead bodies of their compatriots.
Surely this article should be moved to Tswelang Paljor.  Treat a deceased person with a bit of respect. PatGallacher (talk) 01:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its nothign to do with disrespect to a deceased person.  I would have created it under the name - But there is no confirmed source its Tsewang Paljor other than a solitary news article. jaiiaf (talk) 17:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Uncited stuff

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A recent report from May 28, 2007 quotes Ian Woodall, a South African mountaineer that the body of the Indian climber is now missing. After ten years of vigil on the top, it was either swept away by snow, or possibly recovered by another expedition sent to retrieve the body of David Sharp.
http://www.taoofeverest.com/index.html appears to be the main source for the article on Woodall, doesn't say the body was gone, just that he was unable to recover it. As it's uncited, and the source doesn't agree, I'm deleting.
97.113.108.36 (talk) 04:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Green Boots 

message: Wouldn't someone have moved the body, even to see their face? Or, better yet, moved the body off the mountain for examination and then for it to get a proper burial? Or is that illegal? DN-boards1 (talk) 17:24, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The reason why no detail is stated in the article, is that nothing has been officially done yet and reported in any newspapers or any mountaineering magazine. Only information that exists is a rumour and it's not enough for elaborating in the article. It says the body had been moved once, probably in an attempt to push him off the path, down the slope where climbers wouldn't see him anymore. The body is so high in altitude, in such a place where any effort is extremely difficult and where any such effort would put at risk anyone who would attempt it. Solution would be financing a dedicated expedition, just to recover this body, but it seems the Indo-Tibetan Border Police has not yet planned or cannot afford yet, such an expedition. Akseli9 (talk) 17:44, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've heard he and David Sharp are now in a cave nearby where he was, at a slightly lower point on the mountain. He needs to be recovered and identified. DN-boards1 (talk) 17:49, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

text: I think you may be colorblind, friend; they're pretty clearly a neon green. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 17:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why has no one moved the body? 

message: I propose that the contents of this article be merged into Tsewang Paljor. A few years ago, someone flipped Green Boots over, examined his face, and checked for an ID. The result was that the body was identified to be indeed Paljor. Therefore, this article should be merged into Tsewang Paljor. DN-boards1 (talk) 02:55, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be nice if you'd allowed a little time for discussion, rather than performing the merger immediately after proposing it. If it's true that Green Boots has been identified as Paljor, then I support the merge, but I can't find a source that confirms this. Can you give me a link? DoctorKubla (talk) 09:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: +1 to DoctorKubla. Years ago, I moved this from the name of the individual on request of the family, as the identity had not been confirmed. If it has been confirmed, we need a reliable source. The source cited in the article before the merger that claims his body is known as "Green boots" is . It doesn't say that at that source. If there is a source confirming identity, we need to add it. In the absence of that, I think we should restore this and work further on that article to make clear what is verifiable. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:10, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's see....If I recall correctly, when it was flipped from facing right to facing left, someone checked his face and ID. Plus, general consensus is that he IS Paljor. Paljor collapsed at the First Step. There's a cave at the First Step. There's a body wearing green Koflach boots there. Paljor was wearing green Koflach boots. Morup was higher up on the mountain, rather than the location of the cave. It's easy to figure out from the evidence and te ID part that Green Boots = Paljor. DN-boards1 (talk) 17:25, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: So, we don't have a source? Do we have any published evidence that this assertion meets verifiability, User:DN-boards1? If not, our policies forbid us assuming, and the merge needs to be undone until a positive source is provided.  --Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:32, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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message: has removed language that has been in the article since its . I have attempted to explain that this is against WP:EDITCONSENSUS & as WP:BRD suggests, invited the editor to discuss the the matter here. Instead, 62.121.129.170  & thus appears to engaged in an WP:EDITWAR while accusing me of the same action even though I have cited policy (WP:EDITCONSENSUS). 62.121.129.170 also has removed  &  on their talk page. Peaceray (talk) 21:30, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have warned the IP about this and requested temporary full protection of this article. And also reported the IP to WP:AN3. signed, 64andtim (chat) 21:38, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: An error is still an error, no matter how long it's been in the article. User:Peaceray reverted initially for no good reason; they've only subsequently attempted to justify their actions with reference to a guideline. They have yet to answer the question: is the article about the body, or the name of the body? 62.121.129.170 (talk) 21:56, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 64.121.129.170, as I have no intention to game the system or win a dispute, I have removed the page protection request and warned the editor as well. signed, 64andtim (chat) 21:59, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

text: I think that the removed phrase is the better wording. There have been 335 editors total, so it seems obvious to me that if well over 300 editors have left the phrase in the lead sentence, then there is an edit consensus for it. I believe that Green boots is the name given to the body, & therefore must be prominently mentioned as such. Peaceray (talk) 22:09, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The phrase is obviously wrong: consider whether the photograph to the right of the lead section (a photograph of Green Boots) is a photograph of a name or a photograph of a body.  But also there's really no upside in arguing with WP:LTA/BKFIP (wrestling with a pig and all that), just wait patiently until they next get blocked.  --JBL (talk) 22:37, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The IP is now blocked due to block evasion of BKFIP. signed, 64andtim (chat) 03:50, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of phrase by 62.121.129.170