Talk:Mysterious New Mexico

A fact from Mysterious New Mexico appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in his book Mysterious New Mexico, Ben Radford describes the use of scientific techniques to investigate thirteen cases of purported paranormal phenomena?

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This article doesn't need an "About the author" section. there is already a lengthy article on Benjamin Radford. This content seems unduly promotional; the type of content reserved for a publisher's website, and a block excerpt from Radford seems like fluff. I think it would be better if the About the author section was renamed Background, and all content not relevant to this book (e.g. his hometown and alma mater, his other books and writing gigs) removed or relocated, with more emphasis put on the development of this book. Encyclopedia articles should not read like magazine profiles. --Animalparty! (talk) 01:31, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]