# Talk:Yoga in Russia

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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 22:33, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful. 
If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)
I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I may use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy. 
Best of luck! you can also use the {{done}} tag to state when something is addressed. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 
Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.


### Links
### Prose
#### Lede
Yoga in Russia is the practice of yoga, including modern yoga as exercise, in Russia. - this is one of those times where we don't need to force a statement to have a bold link in the lede. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
OK, edited.
lede is quite short. Culture of Health isn't mentioned, nor any mentions of the infighting mentioned at the bottom of the article. I'd also like some examples practiced in the lede. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Extended, with the points you mention among others.
Why was it banned? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
That's always a difficult question as it means inferring motives of lawmakers. The practice of yoga was banned, alongside other activities such as religion, even including the Russian Orthodox Church. We can readily guess that yoga was seen as dangerously close to Hinduism and a non-Soviet ideology but it's not easy to find a reliable source for that. Cogozzo 1991 (cited in the article) records that yoga books were confiscated and burnt and that teaching yoga was illegal; it also records that the USSR was unpredictable, as a thing was forbidden one day, permitted the next. Not sure that gives us anything extra in the text, though.
That's a real shame, but nothing we can do. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:11, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
Also should mention when it became un-banned. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Done.


#### General
Could we get some alttext? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Added.
Short description? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Added.
Mergence with Divine Fire - why are there caps in this phrase? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Lower case it is.
What do you mean by "created in exile"? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Reworded.
especially yoga teaching, was forbidden in the USSR - vague dates? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Clarified.
We have a massive article for Stanislavski's system, surely there is more we can add on that? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Most of his system was not about yoga as such. The section in this article is at least as long as the neighbouring sections already, and I think it makes the key points.
which has become widespread - source, and widespread to where? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Not sure the phrase adds much, so removed it, and added a third citation on Culture of Health.
I've made some small changes. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Noted.
The see also section is a bit long, could we maybe have a navbox template for these? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
They are already in the 'Yoga as exercise' navbar. However mobile users don't see navbars so it seemed helpful to them to provide an alternate means of navigating to national yoga articles.


### Review meta comments
I'll begin the review as soon as I can! If you fancy returning the favour, I have a list of nominations for review at WP:GAN and WP:FAC, respectively. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these if you get time. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 22:33, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
I'll have a look and see if there's anything I have enough knowledge to review at all adequately. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Happy to promote. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:12, 8 September 2021 (UTC)