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First published in 2005.
This article gives way too much content on the intricate aspects of this book, and actually this ends up coming off as an advertisement for the book, as well as a fansite created by someone that's devoted to Tolle and/or the book. There's a recommended structure for nonfiction books, particularly in the way of synopsis. I think this article needs some serious trimming. This is an encyclopedia and not a place for book reports. We also need more content on book reviews and other text from secondary sources who describe, review and evaluate the book.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 17:34, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
According to WP:MOSBOLD, bold is to be used only for a list of defined terms, and is not appropriate to create emphasis for words in the middle of a sentence. However, italics can be used instead.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 17:36, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Keithbob requested that I glance at this article, which needs improvement, and add my suggestions here. I do agree there's way too much opinion in the article, and a lot of the statements need to be either trimmed, deleted, or cited/replaced with secondary-source material. The article needs some reviews, from neutral sources, including at least one negative or neutral one if possible. The "how the book was written" needs to be removed from he lede (how promotional can you get?), and placed in a body-text section. I'm not even sure the other author's quote (what the book is about) should be in the lede, but I'm OK with it being there. I'm not sure we need to know the format of Stillness Speaks. Keithbob, I think if you copyedit/trim (and make neutral) the Synopsis section like you did with PON, that might possibly also be good, although it's not as bad as the pre-edited PON sections were, and I'm OK with how it is now if it is accurate. Anyway, I haven't read the book (although I've read the first page, and in 2008 and following I saw all the stuff Oprah had on her show about it). Hope that helps. Softlavender ( talk) 23:55, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
-- Softlavender ( talk) 09:31, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
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