Talk:Agni Yoga

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Recently I've noticed that Agni Yoga page was replaced by Living Ethics page; I don't understand why.

I read both articles and while they discuss the same teaching, they have quite different perspectives. My view is that both perspectives are valid, can coexist, can help those interested in Agni Yoga get overview about its characteristics and current activities associated with it.

Tabibito8 (talk) 08:06, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


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The article Agni Yoga was written with violations, indeed:


 * No original research
 * Reliable sources

This article was the personal opinion of Agni Yoga Society.

The article Living Ethics has a good scientific level, since there are many references to scientific work, including - of the scientists from the International Center of the Roerichs.

The International Center of the Roerichs holds annual international scientific conference. Scientists from all over the world participate in these conferences.

Unfortunately, Agni Yoga Society is not involved in international scientific conferences, is located in the side of science.

I suggest to leave the article Living Ethics.

Uncle Y (talk) 18:45, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

It might well be that Agni Yoga page violates some of Wikipedia policies. My understanding is that outright removal of this page also violates Wikipedia Deletion policy. Old Agni Yoga page certainly does not meet criteria for outright removal.

Instead, I suggest that it is best to leave both pages and improve both with objective of eventually using it as different sections of Agni Yoga Wikipedia entry.

Tabibito8 (talk) 13:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


 * See the Content forking. --Deodarvostok (talk) 06:25, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Sure I read Content forking. Correct me if wrong, you are saying that one of the reasons for redirection is that both articles talk about the same subject?
 * True, it is the same subject and but perspective and content is different. That is why I suggested discussion and eventual merging under Agni Yoga title. Redirecting without discussion is POV fork.
 * -- Tabibito8 (talk) 07:27, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, on it. Also because there is no difference between Agni Yoga ‎‎ and Living Ethics.
 * Also article Agni Yoga has not been removed. It broke rules of Wikipedia, therefore has been copied to use of authoritative sources. Therefore rule Deletion policy here does not approach. --Deodarvostok (talk) 07:46, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * If memory serves, I am the one who first created this article several years ago. Someone from the American society later made extensive edits, and especially expanded the theological description. To the best of my knowledge, this new material seems to be factual, though one might question its length.


 * "Agni Yoga" and "Living Ethics" are the same thing, and ought to be the same article. I cannot agree that either is especially scientific, though followers may be interested in scientific subjects. At bottom, it is a spiritual teaching rooted in Blavatskean Theosophy, which recognizes material from the Roerichs as a new source of revelations from the Masters.


 * I would say that the theological sections ought to be compressed, while more information is needed giving concrete information about the history and scope of Agni Yoga activities around the world. An especially pressing lacuna is the lack of information about AY groups in Russia and Eastern Europe. (I am aware of a new monograph on this from the Gregorian Pontifical University Press, and am waiting for my library to receive it.)


 * In general, sources are a big problem. We have a lot of citations of AY texts, but only a few of secondary works (which I realize are scarce for this subject). I wish that an AY person who knows Russian could be persuaded to add sources in that language.Dawud (talk) 03:32, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Primary source material
There's an excessive use of inappropriate primary source material in this article. I removed the entire teachings sections here as it's not in the right tone (it's too promotional) and it seems to go on without any context. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 00:42, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * +1 - David Gerard (talk) 11:09, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Merge following AfD result
As someone who suggested that Living Ethics should be moved here rather than deleted, I feel obliged to assist with the process. However, I also don't think that there's any significant content in the existing article that's salvageable. My first suggestion would be to simply replace Living Ethics with a redirect (so that none of the content is moved here) - failing this, we could perhaps keep the "Russian Orthodox Church and the teachings of the Living Ethics" and "Of further interest" sections. The alternative is to do a full WP:FMERGE, but my conscience won't let me do that. Or we could send the AfD round again and get the article permanently deleted. Tevildo (talk) 18:38, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 01:44, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Living Ethics
Living Ethics was closed at a afd six months ago as merge (Articles for deletion/Living Ethics). The discussion did not say what should be merged. The article is pretty much an essay and I am not seeing any reasonable way to merge that content here. Here is the old version in case anyone can think of a better way to do this. AIR corn (talk) 08:50, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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