Talk:Taijitu
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as of the 1/1/06 edit, there is a quote at the bottom of the article cited as "others say:," and ending with an opinion. unless the quote can be attributed to an individual, it should either be removed entirely, or the quotation marks shold be removed along with the opinion statement at the end ("the second version is more complete")Shaggorama 04:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- The entire quote is by Wu from a much longer didactic essay. I have a copy of the original essay, it was also published in a 1995 issue of T'ai Chi magazine. Unfortunately, Wu quotes two different quotes within his quote, and the single quotes I used to differentiate don't show up too well. Taijiquan is actually named after the subject of the article, and the quote seemed illustrative of a practical use for what most Westerners probably consider a mostly decorative design. --Fire Star 04:35, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merge
Oppose A merge tag at Yin and yang propose to merge that article into this one. As stated clearly at Taijitu, the latter is a diagram and the former a concept. Thus, I oppose the merge, especially a merge into Taijitu. Arguably, we might redirect readers from the diagram to the concepts it illustrates, but certainly not from the 3000 years old concept to the less than 1000 years old diagram.--Niels Ø (noe) 12:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Oppose for the following reasons: 1) A merge tag was not placed on this page, suggesting bias. 2) The Taijitu article is stated, or at least insinuating, that the ying-yang concept is false, than that Taijitu is the correct. Which would make every editor that contributed to the Ying-yang article incorrect in their beliefs. 3) These articles seem to contrdict eachother, or at least don't match very well, other than that they share common.. similarities, it seems. In the event that the article does merge (which I doubt it will) it should be properly placed under the name Ying and yang, rather than Taijitu. But I don't think it should be merged at all. Disinclination 19:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- I haven't read both articles from beginning to end recently, but what's the contradiction? Yin and yang are are pair of concepts; taijitu is a famous diagram illustrating this pair, and often simply denoted "yin-yang" or the like, though some think that is incorrect. Is anything in either article at variance with these facts? - As stated above, I too oppose the merge.--Niels Ø (noe) 08:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
