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Greetings. I am trying to update the posting for Anusara School of Hatha Yoga which is several years out of date. The current information focuses on the founder of the yoga lineage who created a scandal but now has no legal association with the school. I am new to editing Wikipedia and am trying to meet your criteria for not promoting or grandstanding about the school; I am trying to present to the reader what it is about in a way that focuses on its over-arching teaching philosophy. I could really use some help in discerning what exactly is not acceptable.

How can I go about this? Should I re-post it here in my Talk section with further edits for your review?

Wjddoran (talk) 20:05, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You could repost it here, however the problem with your edits is that they are completely unsourced. Add some reliable sources to your edits, and you should be fine.-- Laun  chba  ller  20:37, 10 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia content should be based on what reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as newspapers or reputable magazines, report about the subject. Some of the article's current sources are rather deficient in that regard. The school's own website, personal web pages, blogs and the like all either fail the "independent" or "reliable" criterion (or both). The Washington Post clearly is the best source, and it focuses on the scandal. So until you can provide sources of similar quality that focus on the philosophy, that's what the Wikipedia article should focus on, too. The best place to discuss improvements of the article is its talk page; if there's too little participation there, you can ask for more input (with a link to the article's talk page) at the talk page of a relevant WikiProject, say WT:WikiProject Yoga. Huon (talk) 20:39, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Please review the newest edited version of the article on the Anusara Yoga School of Hatha Yoga I am seeking approval for. I have removed wording that could be construed as promotional and added two other 3-party references. Thanks. Wjddoran (talk) 20:47, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Holy hell, by bad - I should have said to draft it at User:Wjddoran/sandbox rather than there! My mistake, I've moved it there now. 's advice stands - all the current sources are either not independent or not reliable. Huon, could you perform a histmerge copying this Wjddoran's previous edit to that page?-- Laun  chba  ller  20:57, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

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Greetings. I have been working on an edit to the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga article. My proposed edits can be seen at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wjddoran/sandbox. I have acted upon the input given regarding my edits; this includes uploading a header image that is not the montage image I originally created but is now the School's logo.

Also, I have kept most of the original article content but have corrected the errors associating John Friend with the current Anusara School of Hatha Yoga. Mr. Friend was the founder but he no longer has any association with Anusara yoga, and never had any with the current school. There is an article page for Mr. Friend elsewhere John Friend for those seeking information on him.

I would like to move forward with my proposed edits and would appreciate someone reviewing the article as written on my Sandbox page.

Thanks for your help. Wjddoran (talk) 21:32, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Wjddoran (talk) 21:32, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This is currently still an advertisement, and would be best restarted without missions, visions, philosophy and any other contents that are advert-like and thus are better suited for its own website. SwisterTwister   talk  21:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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Explanation for need to make corrections to current article
Dear Wikipedia administrators,

I am trying to edit the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga article to remove the several serious errors that the out-dated article reports. I have had a difficult time making changes and seek your help, if not me making the changes maybe someone within Wikipedia can do so. The following are the errors that need to be changed:

1. Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, also known as Anusara Yoga, is the successor of a modern school of hatha yoga originally started by American-born yoga teacher John Friend in 1997. “Anusara School of Hatha Yoga” and “Anusara Yoga” are not one and the same. The former (ASHY) is an international yoga school created in 2013; Anusara Yoga is a methodology taught by the school. In 2014, ASHY acquired all intellectual property and copyrights previously owned by Anusara, Inc. which then closed its doors having no business with ASHY.

'''2. Instructors who are certified to teach Anusara are associated with the private corporation Anusara Inc. that Friend also founded. In 2012 John Friend and Anusara Inc. were embroiled in a scandal that resulted in Friend's stepping down from his role in the organization.[2]'''

The corporation Anusara, Inc. was founded by John Friend and was closed when it sold its copyrights to the newly formed Company First Principle, Inc. in 2013. John Friend did not have any part in forming the school—ASHY—that First Principle started. All instructors teaching Anusara yoga are certified with Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, not Anusara, Inc.. John Friend never belonged to the organization as the article erroneously states.

3. "The Wikipedia article contains a cover header picture of John Friend. Because the article is about the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, and not John Friend, the school’s logo should be displayed, not John Friend’s picture. This is the correct uploaded logo image:

'''4. Friend was a popular teacher in the Iyengar style and, during the 1990s, served on the board of the Iyengar Yoga Organization for four years before leaving to found Anusara School of Hatha Yoga in 1997.[8][7] Friend no longer takes an active role in leading the expansion of the school or training and certifying teachers. This statement is false: John Friend did not found Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, and he has never had any involvement in school; it was created after he surrendered all legal rights to the name Anusara. John Friend founded Anusara, Inc. in 1997.

5. The current Wikipedia article Anusara School of Hatha Yoga includes multiple references to John Friend, who is not associated with the school in any way. His reference should only reflect his original founding of the Anusara methodology and due to his scandalous behavior caused him to close his business and transfer legal rights to the term Anusara. The reader wishing to learn more about John Friend can go to the article on Wikipedia written about him: John Friend. The name “Anusara” is copyrighted and should have the ® symbol appearing with the first use of the name. This could be accomplished by using the above listed logo which contains the symbol.

My many attempts to correct the above listed errors have failed, even when keeping the majority of the article, and I would like to know how to proceed since what is currently listed is full of errors. Please make the changes or advise me how to effectively approach doing so myself. I can add further references from the June, 2015 Yoga Journal article “After the Fall.” The bulk of the current Wikipedia article Anusara School of Hatha Yoga is accurate and deals with the overall philosophy and teaching of the school.

Thank you for your help, Wjddoran (talk) 00:12, 7 September 2016 (UTC) Wjddoran