Talk:Absurdistan (novel)

message: (crossed out discussion of different article that is older than first history log entry --Espoo 23:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the prod; the author clearly disagrees about deletion, so prod isn't appropriate.  I retagged as speedy nonsense.  Mangojuicetalk 11:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

message: Shouldn't this be classified outside "Absurdistan (novel)"? -Cjs2111 02:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nonfiction Absurdistan?

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Absurdistan.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Absurdistan.jpg

message: 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)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: 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)
replies: text: No, it's explicitly "Accidental", though that is clearly a pun on "Occidental". Cjs2111 (talk) 22:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Accidental College 

message: 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)
thread_title:  invalid external link