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[edit] Mess

I just wanted to say that this page looks like a formless mess. We need to add more info and divide it up a bit more. Specificaly, the "shikata na gai" part seems awfully random. -Anonymous -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.168.59.171 (talk) 20:52, February 19, 2007

Well, I fixed it up a bit, but each section is a bit small. -Anonymous -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.168.59.171 (talk) 21:17, February 19, 2007

Cut:

It has been described as the American equivalent to Anne Frank's diary.^{[citation needed]}

What they have in common is that they are both war diaries by girls. But weren't the purposes of the camps different?

If there are partisans who assert that internment camps and concentration camps are similar, I'd like to see something about that in an article. But the percentage of survivors should be mentioned. --Uncle Ed 19:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

See Japanese American internment and Manzanar for more on the terminology issue. -- Gmatsuda (talk) 13:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Temporary deletion of this article

A tag has been placed on Farewell to Manzanar, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

all attempts to find reliable sources to verify it have failed

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this book is really famous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.139.156.41 (talk) 12:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] temp. deletion

I think that is article is misleading I can't verify the reference(s). I think this article is a NO-GO and should be deleted (or dramatically re-done). Sorry, I've never heard of it and I am an american teen. Thanks-Letter 7/Caleb (talk) 15:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Whether you've heard of it or not is irrelevant. An internet search for this book yields over 40,000 hits (this excludes WP mirrors and forks, and the film adaptation). There is clearly sufficient reason to keep this. Mindmatrix 16:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

There is even a cliff's notes for it! Just needs expansion. DGG (talk) 16:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Even a teen-ager should possess far better research skills. If you had bothered to actually do the necessary work, you would have found this book in libraries, on Amazon.com, and a myriad of other places. My guess is that you have something against this book or the topic it deals with. -- Gmatsuda (talk) 19:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• I added a list of critical studies about the book, taken from the MLA database, which focuses on literature. I'm sure there are more studies available from ethnic studies databases. Aristophanes68 (talk) 19:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Banners

I have added the WikiProject California and WikiProject Southern California banners, the latter because the majority of Manzanar's prisoners were from Southern California (see Manzanar).