Talk:Slam book
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Etymology
[edit]I question the origin of the phrase "slam book" as presented in the article. I don't have any evidence that I'm right or the article's wrong, but I think it makes a lot more sense that they're called "Slam Books" because they're, you know, books in which you slam other people.
- So the question is, is that what slam books were about? The current wording suggests it could be a question on any kind of topic, not just a specific person. But most urbandictionary definitions say it's about a person, normally a girl, and for other girls to anonymously write nasty things about her. Btw I can't believe this has a notability tag. It's a very important cultural phenomenon, precursor of hate pages on the web.--46.115.25.32 (talk) 12:23, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
confirmation, and moving
[edit]Removed from the main page; please cite before readding:
#the students' habit of slamming the book shut and hiding it to avoid its confiscation.
==Also== Slam books were popular among many students. Each adding their own comment about a certain person, subject, ... etc. This book was a cruel way to usually "ban" a certain group of kids by "slamming" them with nasty comments.
+sj + 19:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
___ SLAM BOOK CIRCA 1964-66---- We had them (I think I still have mine) when I was in school. "Slamming" someone was not a common phrase (or at least not in Austin, TX) among junior high kids. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.114.5.107 (talk) 01:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Need proper references
[edit]Personal anecdotes are not enough. We need to get some proper references into this article. I know it is probably not an easy subject to find good references on but please try to find something to demonstrate notability and to help get the definition right. --DanielRigal (talk) 01:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Kept
[edit]The result of the AfD was to keep this article. I accept that there may be a notable subject here but the article is deeply substandard as it is now. The challenge for the people who voted keep, or anybody else, is to reference the article properly. I am not going to do anything for a few weeks but, if there has been no progress by then, then I may be inclined stub the article down to what can be verified through the one reference that there is. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- No progress yet! Does anybody else want to have a go or should I go ahead and stub it? --DanielRigal (talk) 20:41, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
- OK. I have now stubbed it. Please feel free to build it up again but please take care to reference it properly at each stage. --DanielRigal (talk) 23:29, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Removed Notability Note
[edit]Did more digging in newspaper archives and pulled primary and secondary sources that talk about slam books (contemporaneously and historically) and how they were perceived over time.Mdawn (talk) 07:01, 24 November 2017 (UTC)