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WP:CATDIFFUSE
Hi there, just to explain why I've been removing some of the categories you've added: I have made Category:Indian yoga teachers a sub-category of Category:Yoga teachers so anyone in the former is already in the latter, by dint of being grouped in the subcat. You ought not to add both cats to the article. See WP:CATDIFFUSE for a fuller explanation. Best wishes. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:10, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying as I was trying to figure out how to do this. --Ewj001 (talk) 03:56, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

May 2013
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 * CC, I think you might want to take another look at the edit. It correctly diffused to a sub-category. Mutt Lunker (talk) 13:45, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I goofed? The cats are indeed different, but actually they add up to the same thing (a yogi is one who practises (or maybe teaches) yoga...). But if you want to let it pass, that's fine with me. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:14, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * That's a different matter. Leaving aside the validity of the category and sub-category, the edit diffusing from one to the other was correct.


 * "Yogi" and "yoga teacher" are not synonymous. In the west the former is often only used for teachers of repute but really means any practitioner (e.g. you could add Yehudi Menuhin as a yogi). That said, the latter term does imply the former, if not vice versa. Mutt Lunker (talk) 14:27, 1 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for clarifying. I was in the process of editing (and correcting my edits) when I believe this issue was noted. --Ewj001 (talk) 04:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Ewj001, and welcome at Wikipedia. How about adding some info on yourself at your userpage? It's more inviting than the red link which appears now, and it also gives btter credentials than the anonymous "001". Greetings,  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   09:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your welcome and suggestion. Just started a user page... --Ewj001 (talk) 04:56, 4 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I noticed it in the watchlist: your name has been turned blue. Great!  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   05:15, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Yoga project tags
Hi Ewj, thanks for your work on the yoga project. The Yoga project tag you placed at Transcendental Meditation was removed but after discussion the removing editor has said the tag is OK. So if you want to replace it, I think there is consensus for it now. Thanks, -- — Keithbob • Talk  • 18:01, 4 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Keithbob, Thanks for taking the time to review my edit and for building consensus. :) Ewj001 (talk) 02:07, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You are welcome :-) -- — Keithbob • Talk  • 18:22, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

The art of googling
You said
 * "Google search shows 22,400 results for "yoga yajnavalkya" and 1,960 results for "yoga yajnavalkya samhita"

There are so many things wrong with this I seriously don't know where to begin. I do not have the capacity to give you a workshop in doing online research, and anyway I do not know if you are even interested in getting this right. Briefly,

I invite you to do this on your own next time you feel called to judge on WP:UCN. I think you will find that Yoga-Yajnavalkya-Samhita is the full name of this text, but the Samhita is sometimes missing because it is sometimes also known as Yoga-Yajnavalkya-Gita, and then the Samhita is sometimes dropped for brevity when it is understood. I am not saying it is wrong to refer to the work as yogayājñavalkya, just that it would make sense for people who do not know enough Sanskrit to know that the samhita is understood to point this out. --dab (𒁳) 07:09, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) it turns out there are, for better or worse, 245 google results for "yoga yajnavalkya", not "22,400". Your figure is off by a factor of 100.
 * 2) Of course, since the title has been used on Wikipedia, most of these instances will be due to Wikipedia. They tell you nothing
 * 3) there are about 70 instances of "yoga yajnavalkya samhita". These, at least, are mostly independent of Wikipedia
 * 4) WP:UCN tells you to weigh usage, not to naively use google (note, "naively" using google is what I just did, finding 245 vs. 70 hits. You did not "naively use" google, you simply failed at using it)
 * 5) to weigh usage, go to google books. You will find 18 instances of "yoga yajnavalkya samhita" and 42 for just "yoga yajnavalkya". Fortunately, these numbers are small enough to go through them and filter out the scholarly  sources from cheap popular Yoga-cruft.


 * It was noted that you performed your Google search using www.google.ch (Swiss version of Google search) based on the links above.  Please note that the search for "yoga yajnavalkya" that resulted in 22,400 was performed using www.google.com (US version of Google search).    It is also noted that there are limitations to Google search results.


 * For additional reference, please see the screen shots below taken on 4 July 2013 from www.google.com:
 * search for "yoga yajnavalkya" with 22,700 results - http://screencast.com/t/sCEZTg0La
 * search for "yoga yajnavalkya samhita" with 2,300 results - http://screencast.com/t/KJX8XcRbME0
 * search for "yogayajnavalkya samhita" with 5,870 results - http://screencast.com/t/TiIDzLDwtpRY
 * search for "yogayajnavalkya samhita" with 5,870 results - http://screencast.com/t/TiIDzLDwtpRY


 * Regarding your suggestion to use Google Books to weigh usage, please note the following findings from books.google.com (without applying additional filters):
 * search for "yoga yajnavalkya" with 624 results - http://screencast.com/t/iYdFeTZXjf
 * search for "yoga yajnavalkya samhita" with 121 results - http://screencast.com/t/ogvYZey6RF
 * search for "yoga yajnavalkya samhita" with 121 results - http://screencast.com/t/ogvYZey6RF


 * Please also refer to the following updated sections:


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Yajnavalkya#Title_of_work_and_alternate_names
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Yajnavalkya#References


 * A review of the updated sources will show that "yoga yajnavalkya" is the more commonly used name when referring to this text.  You mentioned that Yoga-Yajnavalkya-Samhita is the full name of this text.  Please provide the source for this so that the article may be updated accordingly.   Your comments and/or feedback would be greatly appreciated so that the quality of this article can be further improved.  Thank you.
 * --Ewj001 (talk) 15:34, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

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