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:::* Great addition, and really clears it up. But I don't think ESP needs to be mentioned twice in the hook. How about, "started a club to explore [[extrasensory perception]]" or "started an [[extrasensory perception]] club"? The other problem, though, is that I don't think Harmony Channel is a reliable source. The Wikipedia article on [[Harmony Channel]] is unsourced. [[User:CaseyPenk|CaseyPenk]] ([[User talk:CaseyPenk|talk]]) 19:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 
:::* Great addition, and really clears it up. But I don't think ESP needs to be mentioned twice in the hook. How about, "started a club to explore [[extrasensory perception]]" or "started an [[extrasensory perception]] club"? The other problem, though, is that I don't think Harmony Channel is a reliable source. The Wikipedia article on [[Harmony Channel]] is unsourced. [[User:CaseyPenk|CaseyPenk]] ([[User talk:CaseyPenk|talk]]) 19:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 
::::*Hmmm. I don't think I can defend the interview source as quickly as I can propose another hook. Let's see how this second version works, cited to a scholarly journal which discusses Andrews and his most famous book. [[User:Binksternet|Binksternet]] ([[User talk:Binksternet|talk]]) 20:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 
::::*Hmmm. I don't think I can defend the interview source as quickly as I can propose another hook. Let's see how this second version works, cited to a scholarly journal which discusses Andrews and his most famous book. [[User:Binksternet|Binksternet]] ([[User talk:Binksternet|talk]]) 20:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
::::*'''ALT1''': ... that '''[[Ted Andrews]]'''{{`}} best-selling book ''Animal Speak'' aims to help the reader learn how "to listen with animal ears and to see through animal eyes"?
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:*'''ALT1''': ... that '''[[Ted Andrews]]'''{{`}} best-selling book ''Animal Speak'' aims to help the reader learn how "to listen with animal ears and to see through animal eyes"?
 
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::*Thanks for pinging me! This one is pretty interesting so I think it has potential. It does seem like PR though, so I'd avoid using a word like "best-selling." Perhaps you can just cut out that word altogether.
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:::Setting aside the question of how the word is perceived (i.e. it seems like marketing), I'm not even sure if best-selling is an accurate description. Yes, it's best-selling for a New Age book, but who said it's best-selling in a general sense (e.g. The New York Times Bestsellers list)?
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:::If you want to make the narrower case that this book sold well relative to other New Age books that's certainly an option. It might be more straightforward to simply avoid the topic of sales altogether.
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:::[[User:CaseyPenk|CaseyPenk]] ([[User talk:CaseyPenk|talk]]) 22:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
 
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Ted Andrews

  • Comment: Article is newly recreated, completely rewritten, after a November 2009 deletion.

Created by Binksternet (talk). Self nominated at 15:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC).

  • It's not immediately clear what ESP is, especially since the ESP article is a disambiguation page. CaseyPenk (talk) 17:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Great addition, and really clears it up. But I don't think ESP needs to be mentioned twice in the hook. How about, "started a club to explore extrasensory perception" or "started an extrasensory perception club"? The other problem, though, is that I don't think Harmony Channel is a reliable source. The Wikipedia article on Harmony Channel is unsourced. CaseyPenk (talk) 19:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Hmmm. I don't think I can defend the interview source as quickly as I can propose another hook. Let's see how this second version works, cited to a scholarly journal which discusses Andrews and his most famous book. Binksternet (talk) 20:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
  • ALT1: ... that Ted AndrewsTemplate:` best-selling book Animal Speak aims to help the reader learn how "to listen with animal ears and to see through animal eyes"?
  • Thanks for pinging me! This one is pretty interesting so I think it has potential. It does seem like PR though, so I'd avoid using a word like "best-selling." Perhaps you can just cut out that word altogether.
Setting aside the question of how the word is perceived (i.e. it seems like marketing), I'm not even sure if best-selling is an accurate description. Yes, it's best-selling for a New Age book, but who said it's best-selling in a general sense (e.g. The New York Times Bestsellers list)?
If you want to make the narrower case that this book sold well relative to other New Age books that's certainly an option. It might be more straightforward to simply avoid the topic of sales altogether.
CaseyPenk (talk) 22:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)