Bill: I removed gote from this path. While it is true that many mistakes are taking gote unnecessarily, they are covered by following the opponent around.
Charles I'd agree that gote isn't the name of a mistake. There are other aspects, for example patching. Perhaps these should be amplified. After all, taking gote too often is characteristic of weak play.
tderz For the causes it is important to distinguish (esp. for oneself) between mistakes (1) deriving from errors/oversights and (2) wrong concepts (e..g the right ones have not yet been learned).
(1) has to do with concentration, (2) with knowledge.