Draft talk:John Yates (Culadasa)
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Citations for massage book
editGoogle Scholar gives about 40 citations of the book, several with substantial excerpts; see https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=5%2C39&sciodt=0%2C39&cites=11601549670757859240&scipsc=1&q=yates&btnG= and https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=5%2C39&sciodt=0%2C39&cites=7415964268673203630&scipsc=1&q=yates&btnG=
One of these hits is highly cited, namely Janet Finch (2007) Displaying Families and Julie Walsh (2015) Displaying Families: exploring the significance of ‘display’ in a city that is increasingly culturally diverse, but the citation may be spurious since I could not find the reference. — Charles Stewart (talk) 13:26, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Addressing the concerns of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Yates (Culadasa)
editLack of substantial citations
editThe article's reference to stories in US newspapers about the B&B was not held to be substantial enough. The article now has 3 significant citations relating to the massage book, one of which is very substantial. — Charles Stewart (talk) 10:42, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Potential confusion with high-impact researchers
editGiven the fact that John Yates is a common name, I understand why this risk was raised in the AfD. However, I think it is clear that the author of the massage book and the author of the meditation guide are the same person. — Charles Stewart (talk) 10:42, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Furthermore the article does not attempt to claim John Yates had a distinguished research career. I've made it clear in the article that most of his academic career was teaching. — Charles Stewart (talk) 11:23, 16 January 2018 (UTC) (edited)
Sales of The Mind Illuminated
editThis page asserts that the first, self-published edition of the book sold 18,000 copies in a year. If this claim could be backed up by a reliable source, it would provide support for notability. In general, the book has received a lot of coverage on internet fora related to meditation, but nothing that I found counts as reliable sources by Wikipedia standards. — Charles Stewart (talk) 07:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
Tucker Peck's citation of TMI
editTucker Peck's PhD dissertation - http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/bitstream/10150/577185/1/azu_etd_13753_sip1_m.pdf - cites a preprint of The Mind Illuminated. — Charles Stewart (talk) 13:40, 16 January 2018 (UTC)