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That is what I thought back in January but I didn't find any good references and, after almost 6 months tagged as unreferenced, you have to wonder if there is any hope of getting an acceptable quality of article out of this. I don't mind being proved wrong here but I don't want the result of this AfD
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but the book in that isn't even called a "Slam book" but apparently a "burn book". I can't find any encyclopedic sources for this subject. As it stands there is no verifiability. It may be that these books do exist but without references we have to assume that the analysis is pure original research.
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That is not a news article about slam books, it is a news article about something else that mentions slam books briefly, in passing. It might give us some clues to infer what a slam book is but it doesn't get us any closer to an encyclopaedic article on the subject. Remember that Knowledge is not a
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substantial enough for an article, additional references will be scattered but should be findable.. If "burn book" is a synonym, make a redirect from that. The preferred title can be discussed on the talk page, not here.
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As far as I can tell, the phrase is in use but does not seem to have a consistent meaning that enables us to write about it in a coherent, encyclopedic way, hence the confused mess that the article is currently in.
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This article has been tagged as unreferenced and original research for way too long! The closest thing to a reference is the connection to the movie
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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to be a Keep but for nobody to ever do any work to bring the article up to standard. --
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indicate there are substantive sources available for this adolescent culture topic. --
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http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/jun/03/rush-not-your-mamas-diary/
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It sounds true to me, but as it stands the article is a primary source.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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dictionary. We need to do more than define terms. --
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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
verifiable
notability guidelines
Davewild
talk
18:15, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Slam book
Slam book
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
delete
View log
Mean Girls
DanielRigal
talk
21:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
original research
TN
X
Man
21:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Google Books results

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