Talk:Cobra pose

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Review: August 24, 2025. (Reviewed version).

This article was nominated for deletion on 26 June 2011 (UTC). The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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GA review

Passed. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 01:50, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 19:29, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk · contribs) 02:54, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I will review this – expect comments by next week 😊 DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:54, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks! Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:22, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Review:

Hey, I am so sorry for the lateness, I have been going through personal issues. Well done for this article! It is well-sourced and Earwig shows no issues. Here are my comments:

No worries!

Comments:

Some of the things in the lead are not mentioned in the main body and hence are unsourced - could you please add them to the main prose and source them?
- They're all there; I've commented the lead statements with the citations used in the main prose.

Could you please briefly say who "Yogi Narayana Ghamande" and "Krishnamacharya" are? (E.g. "Writer and yoga expert")
- Glossed; also, the text already states that Ghamande wrote a book, and that Krishnamacharya had yoga pupils.

"That exercise was not until then" - I think this needs rewording for clarification
- Done.

"The backs of the feet rest on the ground, the legs outstretched; the gaze is directed forwards, giving the preparatory pose" - Could you please reword this slightly (e.g. adding "while" in between) if possible? At the moment it sounds more like a yoga instruction rather than a description.
- Done.

Some of the paragraphs are very short and can be merged together
- Done.

Could you please briefly explain or link technical yoga terms that readers unfamiliar with yoga may struggle to understand (e.g. "Upward Dog" and "counter pose")?
- Glossed 'counter pose'. Upward dog is illustrated and described in a whole paragraph.

Is there any information on reception or the more recent history of the pose that could be added?
- Not really, the pose is quite standard and has been so for many years now.

Once these have been addressed I will do a source spotcheck and hopefully pass the article. Please let me know if you have any questions! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 12:51, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the comments; I've responded to all of them. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:25, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Spotchecked Sourced #1 and #11. @Chiswick Chap: They hecked out but there was a tiny error that I fixed. Could you please check the other sources to ensure that they are no other errors? DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 01:47, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.