Talk:Slam book

Etymology
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
Removed from the main page; please cite before readding:


 * 1) 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
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
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
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)