Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reka yoga (astrology)


 * 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   delete. SpinningSpark 15:17, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Reka yoga (astrology)

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Borderline nonsensical article which purports to explain in terms of Hindu astrology why Albert Einstein "performed poorly" during his studies. The bulk of the article consists of a bulleted summary of one astrologer's opinion of this condition without any clear indication of why the reader should care. The sources on this seem to be entirely esoteric or occult texts - nothing that would approach the normal Wikipedia standards of reliability or verifiability. Salimfadhley (talk) 23:57, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete: Pure unsourced and unsourceable OR blither. None of the sources come remotely close to fulfilling our reliability guidelines. Flush and forget. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 00:02, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete: Indefensible nonsense. --Seduisant (talk) 03:30, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Do not delete:. This is not a nonsensical article and it is also not poorly sourced. It relies on the ancient texts (available online) written by Varahamihira and Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Wiki did not have much information about Hindu astrology therefore I have posted articles dealing with Hindu astrology which can be more appreciated perhaps only by those who are in know of astrology.Aditya soni (talk) 03:58, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Question, Aditya soni, could you kindly point out which ancient text is the source for the comment about Albert Einstein at the beginning of the article? --Salimfadhley (talk) 08:23, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Response Dear Salim Saheb, by habit I do not indulge in discussions; I am not the least worried about the ultimate fate of the 160 odd articles created on various aspects of Indian philosophy and Hindu astrology. These articles are no longer mine, and I cannot explain everything to everyone. But all the same Reka yoga is a bad planetary combination; it has a restraining and at times destructive effect. I did not write this article to explain the presence of Reka yoga pointed out on page 233 by Ernest Wilhelm in his book Core Yogas, to have occured in the horoscope of Einstein. I never said that this horoscope finds place in some ancient text. Please check up at Ref. No. 1. at the bottom of the page.Aditya soni (talk) 11:39, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * " by habit I do not indulge in discussions" Wow. You seem to have a perennial issue with fringe nonsense so I will be clear (I tried to be polite last year, but you didn't even respond to me). "But all the same Reka yoga is a bad planetary combination" No, it's not a bad combination, it's some nonsense you believe to be true. Do not write nonsense you believe to be true as fact in wikipedia articles. A major problem with your editing style is that you can't separate the nonsense you believe from a neutral reporting of those beliefs, Second Quantization (talk) 12:41, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:NFRINGE. No independent sourcing. Delete this rubbish and I suggest someone delete most of the rest of this authors creations. I mean seriously the guy wrote: "Generally, a person born with Reka yoga has neither knowledge nor wealth, is penurious" and "Even Albert Einstein was born with a Rekā yoga which made him perform poorly in his studies " into this article. Second Quantization (talk) 12:33, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NFRINGE - this appears to be largely poorly sourced pseudophilosophy. Barney the barney barney (talk) 13:02, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete as incomprehensible, and as per other editors. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete nonsense Bhny (talk) 18:18, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 22:40, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:58, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:59, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:59, 19 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nomination.  C ute st Penguin  • Talk 15:50, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Seriously? This is just promoting astrolology as fact (although as others note, it's also not exactly easy to read. OR, in-universe, etc. Dougweller (talk) 18:57, 22 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment: Please do not pass sweeping remarks. I am not promoting astrology. Long before my entry there were already numerous pages covering Western and Hindu astrology. It is after reading them that I started creating pages on topics that were not in Wikipedia. Please do not be biased.Aditya soni (talk) 10:29, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Dbrodbeck (talk) 13:33, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep I always knew that the deletions plaguing astrology articles were based on unreasoning fear of "false" information, and now this nomination is proof. The article, quite rightly, does not for one minute make the claims of astrologers. It notes what those claims are. Editors who cannot tell the difference fail WP:COMPETENCE. Anarchangel (talk) 02:56, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The initial version of the article at deletion said: "Albert Einstein was born with a Rekā yoga which made him perform poorly in his studies during the course of the dashas (planetary periods) the planets giving rise to the said yoga.". "Generally, a person born with Reka yoga has neither knowledge nor wealth, is penurious." The article as it reads now notes the claims after edits, but the version initially didn't. One would think that's a distinction worth making by one who talks of competence (or did you deliberately make that mistake?). Anyway, you make no argument for keep, since you advance no argument for notability. Saying that it's neutrally written isn't a claim for notability. Second Quantization (talk) 16:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Yoga (Hindu astrology) Yoga is an important concept in Hindu astrology, but does Reka yoga deserve an article on its own, IMO no due to little "significant coverage". A list of Yogas will be a good idea. Redtigerxyz  Talk 05:44, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, per Anarchangel's cogent comment. I really have to wonder if many of these "delete" voters took anything more than a cursory glance at this article. If only we could "flush and forget" obstructionist editors. Joefromrandb (talk) 10:30, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Confirm delete The above keeps have offered no reason to keep the article. As already mentioned it fails WP:NFRINGE, Second Quantization (talk) 14:20, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Impossible to sort out in-universe fringe promotion from a reliably sourced notable movement. Johnuniq (talk) 23:33, 24 August 2014 (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.