Talk:Absurdistan (novel)

	Judaism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Judaism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Judaism-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.JudaismWikipedia:WikiProject JudaismTemplate:WikiProject JudaismJudaism articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Novels Low‑importance

	Novels portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Novels, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions.NovelsWikipedia:WikiProject NovelsTemplate:WikiProject Novelsnovel articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Books

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Books. To participate in the project, please visit its page, where you can join the project and discuss matters related to book articles. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. To improve this article, please refer to the relevant guideline for the type of work.BooksWikipedia:WikiProject BooksTemplate:WikiProject BooksBook articles

(crossed out discussion of different article that is older than first history log entry --Espoo 23:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC))[reply]

~~==CSD-Prod Nomination==~~

This was originally nominated for speedy deletion. It doesn't seem to fit any of the criterion for speedy deletion so it has been nominated for proposed deletion. The reason is it is both original research and not verifiable. Capitalistroadster 00:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~:I removed the prod; the author clearly disagrees about deletion, so prod isn't appropriate. I retagged as speedy nonsense. Mango juice^talk 11:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)~~[reply]

Nonfiction Absurdistan?[edit]

Shouldn't this be classified outside "Absurdistan (novel)"? -Cjs2111 02:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Absurdistan.jpg[edit]

Image:Absurdistan.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 17:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Absurdistan.jpg[edit]

Image:Absurdistan.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 04:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating[edit]

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 13:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental College[edit]

Are you sure it wasn't referring to Occidental College? I haven't read it and don't know anything about the author, but it seems a more likely match. ALTON .ıl 22:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's explicitly "Accidental", though that is clearly a pun on "Occidental". Cjs2111 (talk) 22:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I was asking. The article says that it was referring to Oberlin College, though. Is it both referring to Oberlin and a joke on Occidental? ALTON .ıl 08:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; the culture of the college is modeled on Oberlin, while the name is a pun on Occidental. It's supposed to reflect the most comic elements of a typical US liberal arts college, I think. Feel free to modify the article if you feel it needs to be clarified. Cjs2111 (talk) 18:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

spoilers[edit]

Can there be some warning for spoilers? The plot outline is so brief, it's virtually impossible not to glance over the final couple of lines. I was just looking for some information on this title. -Jarno V, 10:31 CET on 3 Sept. 2008

invalid external link[edit]

Hi, just wanted to signal that the interview link doesn't work(external link, interview with Steyngart) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.25.139.25 (talk) 00:09, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]