Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hamsa 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 of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:13, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article was PROD-tagged. I think a vote is called for. The page sounds like self-promotion, but maybe Hamsa Yoga itself is notable, in which case the page could be reworded instead of deleted. ImpuMozhi 02:35, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Hamsa Yoga generates 10,000 hits but around half of them seem to refer to a planetary position and its implication for astrology. Probly, this page can be developed as a disambig? I don't feel that the article in its current form reads well. Also, uncited. --Gurubrahma 05:07, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - actually, when you exclude the astrology hits, there are less than 1000 hits left referring to the subject of this article. AFAIK, this is not the traditional name of any tradition form of yoga, but rather a marketing name used to market a commercial offering. -Hanuman Das 14:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - there is no such Yoga as Hamsa Yoga. Article is a promotional bait for an extreme minority cult who has recently spread its Hamsa (duck) wings into a lot of Wikipedia articles. Please note that the name of their founder was deleted in the Fergusson College article's roster of illustrious alumni (placed there by one of the "Hamsas" as part of the "wing spreading") by no less than the article creator himself. That speaks volumes about Hamsa Yoga. - Terminator III
• Delete - It looks like an Ad to me. --WinHunter ^(talk) 00:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - going by hits on the Internet doesn't warrant speedy accusations and allegations. 'Ham-sa' is a form of pranayama which is related to the 'Hong Sau' technique taught by Sri Yoganandaji. Type that in google and you'll find links to Ananda why it works as a technique and SRF who offer the technique through a paid prescription. the 'm' in sanksrit is not exactly a labial 'm' but rather a cerebral closer to 'ng' as in 'sing'. Some say 'samskrit' and some say 'sanskrit'. 'Hong Sau' is actually how Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath pronounces it. 'So-ham' is another pranayama technique - but the change in bij syllable will confer a different effect, as well as, the corresponding visualisation and intent will give slightly different results generally. Alan Veredgraal publisher of Tantra Magazine equates 'Hong Sau' and 'So Ham' to a Kriya technique and calls it 'So Ham Kriya' in his articles on Kriya. (http://home.istar.ca/~tantric/krya.html). This one remains impartial to deletion or keeption - just offering something on the matter of whether Hamsa Yoga is a technique or not. It must be said that most 'yogas' are being copyrighted to stand out from the rest - ie. Sahaja Yoga, Sudarshan Yoga, Bikram Yoga/Hot Yoga. Should not these be addressed also for their promotional advertising on Wikipedia and crude marketing tactics? Happy Summer Solstice! 213.106.1.25 11:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)Shaninath[reply]

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.