Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ananda yoga


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. John254 00:19, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Ananda yoga

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This article is advertising and concerns a non-notable product. Bertport (talk) 01:57, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I get 160K google hits for "ananda yoga". This may not be a very good article, but it seems notable enough to need some sort of article. Brianyoumans (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - I've reviewed this before. It's definitely notable. It can be de-spammed if necessary. - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:20, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete (G11) — blatant advertisement. My WikiSense also tells me there's a possible copyvio of the entire article, but I cannot verify that. (This looks like it has been direct copy/pasted from either a print or web source.) This is regardless of whether this is notable or not. MuZemike  ( talk ) 21:17, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I am not sure if this amounts to a copyvio, but at least some of the paragraphs are taken verbatim from the sources they quote (see for instance http://books.google.it/books?id=tuMr0V6OocUC&pg=PR13&lpg=PR13dq=%22To+be+understood+correctly,+yoga+postures+have+to+be+seen+in+the+context+of+Patanjali%27s+Eight+Limbs+of+Yoga&source=web&ots=CaA_1sXtOE&sig=Vh3sIYzi_KERctEod2XCTeK74MI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result ) Goochelaar  (talk) 00:03, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment That could be an issue - I suggest removing any copyvio and stubifying if need be. But the topic, and article, are definitely notable. Priyanath talk 00:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - meets and exceeds the usual inclusion criterion. Needing some editing (which it does) doesn't merit deletion.  It merits editing. Wily D  22:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - well referenced, meets notability, covered by many reliable third party sources. Here are just a few, but there are many more:
 * 1) Yoga Journal's Yoga Basics: The Essential Beginner's Guide to Yoga for a Lifetime of Health and Fitness by Mara Carrico, Editors of Yoga Journal. Published by Macmillan, 1997. ISBN 9780805045710. p. 36. "Ananda Yoga, developed by American J. Donald Walters and based at the Ananda Community....."
 * 2) Yoga for Men: Postures for Healthy, Stress-Free Living by Thomas Claire. Career Press, 2003. ISBN 9781564146656. p. 99. "Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness (also known as Ananda Yoga), is an approach to yoga practice...."
 * 3) Runner's World Magazine, Mar 2006, Vol. 41, No. 3. ISSN 0897-1706. p. 60. "Ananda Yoga: a gentle and inward-focused style...."
 * 4) Yoga for Dummies by Georg Feuerstein, Lilias Folan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1999. ISBN 9780764551178. p. 24. "Ananda Yoga is anchored in the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda..."
 * 5) Fitness for Dummies by Suzanne Schlosberg. Published by For Dummies, 2005. ISBN 9780764578519 p. 250. "Ananda Yoga requires less strength and flexibility than other styles...."
 * 6) The Fat-free Truth By Liz Neporent. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN 9780618310739. p. 295.
 * 7) Fitness Professional's Handbook Edward T. Howley, B. Don Franks. Published by Human Kinetics, 2007. ISBN: 9780736061780. p. 347.
 * Priyanath talk 00:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment — I understand, from the reasons above for keeping, that the subject is likely notable. However, articles written as clear advertisement or copyright violations are reasons for deletion (see the deletion policy). The article requires a complete rewrite to remove said offending material. It is also against official policy to engage in copyright infringement, which is what has happened above. With all that said, I stand by G11, and I will also flag the article for potential copyvio. MuZemike  ( talk ) 01:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Thanks, I've removed all the potential copyright violations, rewritten and condensed the rest, added fact tags, removed some sections that were basically instruction, and added another source while rewriting the introduction. Clearly it's a notable subject, and the article needs alot of work - but that's not a reason for deletion. It's a reason instead for keeping and improving. Thanks for bringing the potential copyright violations to everyone's attention. Priyanath talk 02:09, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Change to keep as all spam and copyvio issues have been resolved. Good work, MuZemike  ( talk ) 03:00, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.