Talk:The Oak and the Calf

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Russian Proverb?[edit]

Doesn't the title refer to a traditional proverb, though instead of a calf it involved a ram? Deep Atlantic Blue (talk) 06:46, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is not exactly "traditional" (i.e., not in widespread tradition). Solzhenitsyn is known to proudly overuse fancy obscure folklore and excessively "volksrussian" expressions. - üser:Altenmann >t 23:04, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bio cketch[edit]

Please explain now a piece of Solzh bio is useful here. Wikipedia is not paper. the whole bio is one mouse click away. - üser:Altenmann >t 09:33, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you think we have the {{main article|}} template. Many articles contain a summary of a main article. If this article was over-long, I might understand deletion. But it's not. Since this article is about an autobiography, a short biography section is relevant. Graham Beards (talk) 11:15, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Summary style for the usage of "main article". You did not answer my question how exactly this short biography section is relevant to the topic (which is the book), i.e, what information about the book it adds to the article. We don't put writer biographies into articles about their books. - üser:Altenmann >t 23:00, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As the book is an autobiography, a short biographical outline is justified. With regard to "the whole bio is one mouse click away", I have seen quite a few users on my travels who, not being fortunate to have a broadband connection, can wait for several minutes for a page to load. Graham Beards (talk) 11:26, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

re "broadband" - irrelevant. THe same arhument is for each and every wikilink. Surely we will not put summaries of every wikilink into every article. - üser:Altenmann >t 18:05, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
re "as the book..." - disagreed. This your baseless opinion rather than an answer to my request. It would make sense if this outline were about the time period covered in the book or related to book writing. - üser:Altenmann >t 18:15, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You did not provide a convincing answer, but the issue is harmless here, so I am dropping it. good luck with page ownership. - üser:Altenmann >t 18:05, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]