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This article was nominated for deletion on 29 May 2006. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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earlier comments

This article is full of Scientology propaganda - see the last paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.188.241.166 (talk) 11:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is definitely relevant and should be kept - take a look to the press/news list at http://www.laughteryoga.org/laughteryogainnews.php Some part of the article may be rewritten or cleaned up. By the way, there is an german article in wikipedia about laughteryoga (http://de.wiki.x.io/wiki/lachyoga) - there is some finetuning going on (in which i am involved), but it is clear that is article is kept. Although my english is not the best I will work to improve the englisch version also --BambooBeast 11:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ok, i adapted the article. please give me some feedback. if ok, i'll delete the {advertisment} --BambooBeast 12:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

who has final say on what goes on in this page? The reference to Scientology / Ron Hubbard + other people that have nothing to do with Laughter Yoga is most irrelevant in this page and borderline propaganda. It's like describing the origin of sugar in a page dedicated to Coca Cola - totally beside the point. "Laughter Yoga" appeared in 1995 as the idea of one man who knew nothing of what others had done before him. Keep topics together. --Laughangeles (talk) 03:48, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On Notability: This is definitely a notable topic, with adherents of the practice around the world. It is, however, a pretty shoddy article that needs a lot of help. I'm finding that there's not much decent information in print on the topic (quite a few very lame articles, but very little of quality). I think a lot of the practice is spread under-the-radar, by word of mouth, etc. I'm going to work on shoring it up some. Kenirwin/(talk) 18:07, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the one who added the "notability" tag. If you can improve the article with better sources, etc, then feel free to remove the tag when you're done. Will Beback talk 00:26, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That first paragraph is so incomprehensible I don't know what it's trying to say to even fix the errors. Could someone who knows more about this subject figure out what point is trying to be made there and fix it? Really, this whole article needs to be revised. It doesn't have much structure, no citations, and is not written in a very encyclopedic manner. I'm going to try to fix it up a little, but I don't actually know anything about Laughter Yoga, so it's still going to need a lot of work. 128.194.195.175 (talk) 16:24, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The truth is laughter as well as humor has both physical and mental benefits but in the long run it is laughter with meaning that is most beneficial, as opposed to laughter without meaning. Reading humorous books for example can make one laugh but its not just meaningless laughter as reading and laughing can expand your vocabulary, and improve grammar, improve your spelling, improve ones reasoning and concentration skills. So does telling jokes or listening to jokes with other people. Interacting with others can help you to understand different ways of life. It helps you understand different ideas. It helps you learn to communicate. It helps us find other people like ourselves.

So why the caution? Because there are amateur “consultants” with no real accredited coaching skills that do approach companies and corporate and offer laughter courses with dubious benefits at a cost. Yes, and when there is money involved one should be a little more cautious. Laughter is beneficial. Having a sense of humor is important for ones mental well being but having a sense of humour is not laughing without meaning it is exploring one sense of meaning and reasoning.

They say only insane people laugh for no reason at all. Schizophrenia is an example of this. The signs of schizophrenia are disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and action. The person suffering with schizophrenia does not have appropriate emotions. For example, they may become angry for no apparent reason or they may laugh at the funeral of a loved one thus laughter without meaning.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by PhilEditW (talk • contribs) 07:06, 24 March 2010

Neutrality

This article does not seem particularly neutral, and much of it is written as if it were an advertisement or a promotional brochure for Laughter Yoga. I've added an advertisement warning as this article would likely need extensive editing to bring it to a more neutral position. I will also add a citations tag as very little of the article is properly cited. I will do some research and try to rewrite it myself as best I can. Cloventt (talk) 03:04, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Advertisement and notabilitiy issue

As a precurser to any further action over this article I am suggesting that a little patience while iit is pruned, to reduce the tone and to make it a smaller more rea.istyic stub. satusuro 13:55, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]