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Recovery from Cults (book)

Recovery from Cults (book) is not a notable book. On 31 Mar 2005, this article had already been nominated for deletion by me but it survived. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Recovery from Cults for a record of the discussion. I am re-nominating this article because I would like to do more work on this article only after I am sure that the article survives deletion. Andries 14:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment another related concern expressed on the talk page of the article is that there may not be enough on-topic reputable sources for a balanced article on the book. Critiques and reviews of the book may not be available. With on-topic sources I mean sources that mention or review the book. Andries 21:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, the book is an incredible resource for professional and laypeople alike. The fact that it has 22 contributors, some of them pretty notable in their own right, lends credence towards keeping/expanding/cleaning up some more. Perhaps, in time, some of the other more notable contributors to the book who have written numerous books/publications themselves might also merit having articles at some point. Yours, Smeelgova 14:42, 21 October 2006 (UTC).[reply]
  • Please keep Recovery from Cults (book) this article as it is by far the most comprehensive one out there and it has by far more authentic contributors in the academic world than any other to date. Many of the contributors have wikipages here for the value of their own work, yet chose to contribute to this book because as an academic group it is harder to refute than just one academic voice. Please see the areas covered in the book in the infogami site [1] (site devoted to recovery for post NRM/CULT/SECT experience) http://xbkinfo.infogami.com/Recovery_From_Cults . Please click on any of the hot links and see how they will connect back to the wikipedia site for the pages of the contributors in the book. If you delete this this article, it would be a terrible loss to those seeking information on the RECOVERY process. Thank you for your consideration with regards to this matter. PEACE TalkAbout 18:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. From the limited description in the article so far, this book seems to represent only one POV in the mind control and post-cult trauma controversies. Perhaps it would be better to use this book as a reference to those articles to illuminate that POV. Giving it its own article would result in merely echoing the POV of the authors and essentially acting as a free advertisement for a book which some Wikipedia editors happen to have read and liked. If no sources can be found which positively or more importantly negatively review the book, then this is an indication that it does not appear to be of any notable scientific, historic, or cultural significance, and that the Wikipedia coverage of it would necessarily be original research. -- Beland 21:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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