Category talk:Transcendental Meditation

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Surely TM is not only "New Age" or "New Religious movement". Yet again - i'm not an expert on TM, but isn't it related to some Indian religion? Maybe not Hinduism per se, but it is supposed to be some Veda-based religion.

I leave it to the TM experts to decide how to categorize it. --Amir E. Aharoni 19:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Amire. You've done great work. Yes, it's based in the ancient Vedic tradition, which some believe was prior to Hinduism. TimidGuy 20:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. You can call me Amir (see my signature).

Can you try to find a fitting category, please? I know that categories look strange at first, but they are really easy once you poke around a little.

Maybe you can find something fitting at Vedic religion. --Amir E. Aharoni 21:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Criteria for Inclusion

What is the criteria for inclusion in this list? The topic Natural Stress Relief for example mentions TM only one time and is not substantiated by any source. Should that be on the list? Also, there are many celebrities who openly practice TM and it is mentioned in there Wiki article and supported with secondary sources. Should those articles be listed here also? I think we need a clear criteria for inclusion if we want to have a reliable list.-- — Kbob • Talk • 20:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

People who notably practice TM are included in a subcategory: category:Transcendental Meditation practitioners. Discussions of whether individual articles belong in a category are usually held on the article talk page.   Will Beback  talk  22:13, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, I will address NSR on its talk page. Meantime I would like to discuss the organization of the TMM category as a whole. For example the category:Transcendental Meditation practitioners sub category seems quite arbitrary and impractical to me. Can we discuss that here? -- — Kbob • Talk • 22:06, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, what's the issue with the practitioners category?   Will Beback  talk  22:49, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Its an arbitrary category that mixes the founder of TM, some TM's prominent leaders and celebrities all in the same basket. I think we should differentiate a little bit.-- — Kbob • Talk • 18:09, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't see how it's arbitrary. It concerns one fact about the categorized people: whether or not they have notably practiced TM. Many categories on Wikipedia contain both celebrities and non-celebrities, and that's OK. There's no velvet rope to separate them. How would you suggest differentiating them?   Will Beback  talk  20:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)