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Latest comment: 11 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This book has been translated into many languages, not just spanish, and published worldwide by many publishers. I know because I have the greek translation by gujrati

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.66.189.96 (talk) 08:04, 8 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Infobox amended to match text. —SMALL JIM 11:10, 8 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Which is based on which now? edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The disambiguation link at the top directs the reader to "the film based on the book", but then, in the first sentence of the article, we state that the book is "based on the earlier film of the same name." Obviously, both cannot be true, so which is correct? 199.2.205.141 (talk) 17:25, 23 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Removal of sourced content reverted edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Sourced content was removed without discussion. Changes were made without sources or explanations. Reverted. - - MrBill3 (talk) 07:38, 2 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

So much controversy on this page. edit

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Listen, I'm not claiming to be for or against "The Secret". I see it as a belief system. But there is an immense amount of criticism of the topic that I think is being over-represented in this article. There are several belief systems in our world: religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bahai, Hinduism, Buddhism, Paganism etc.), political belief systems (Feminism, Socialism etc.) and other belief systems (like the belief that vegetarianism is good for your health). I don't see near as much criticism of the topic on religious pages, political belief system pages or lifestyle belief pages. I think this article should be about what "The Secret" is. Mention briefly criticism in the lead, have a criticism section and we should remove criticism from all other parts of the article.-24.17.240.192 (talk) 15:14, 13 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Have shortened and clarified the article, removing repetitions, irrelevant criticisms and junk trivia, and clarifying that of which the book consists. This has rebalanced the article and now presents a fairer and sharper image on all sides. More work is probably required, but there ought to be doubt that the thinness of the material will permit any sort of re-expansion of the article to its prior bloviation. Cpaaoi (talk) 11:44, 1 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

This line in the article makes no sense edit

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

"Valerie Frankel of Good Housekeeping wrote an article about her trying the principles of The Secret for four weeks. While she reached some of her goals, others had improved."

While she reached some of her goals, others had improved? What? 2601:643:8D00:970:8D42:5660:8AB0:C921 (talk) 08:11, 28 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Corrected. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 23:53, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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