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A fact from The Fix (book) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to The Fix by Damian Thompson, we can become addicted to sugar in the same way we can become a heroin addict?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Fix (book).

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Update, disclosure[edit]

I have included the paperback publication date, and mentioned The Washington Post review. Note that as I blog for The Telegraph, a conflict of interest may be construed among the related articles Damian Thompson and Counterknowledge. Cheers. WilliamH (talk) 16:55, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this book listed in Wiki[edit]

I have only just stumbled upon the book while browsing through Amazon, and while I searched for other references to it was very surprised to find a discussion of it in Wikipedia.

Is this page justified/justifiable?
I cannot see anything suggesting that the author has any scientific credentials. Given this, why is there such a focus on his 'opinion' that addiction is a character flaw?
The article appears to be made up largely of quotes taken from reviews. It does state that there was a 'dispute' between the author and another journalist about the causes of addiction, but I remain puzzled - there is no scientific discussion here, just opinions being thrown around regarding a little-known book (currently ranked 17,391 paid in Kindle Store).
It does not appear that this book's author has even mentioned the difference between addiction and dependency - yet another reason to question the value of the book and its Wikipedia page.

So... why does this page exist, other than as an advertisement for a journalist's discussion of a personal view of addiction? I look forward to any sensible explanation of its value as an encyclopaedia entry, before recommending that it be deleted (or perhaps encouraging someone who has a clue about the deletion process to do so). Ambiguosity (talk) 10:36, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]