Talk:Russian avos'

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When I read the notification that it's been proposed the article on Avos be deleted, I decided to do so on my own by vandalizing the page, but then I thought that, surely, the article is not just about this Russian word and it's clear from the last paragraphs. It's about Russian mindset, mentality, culture. Some linguistic information was perhaps irrelevant, but not the whole of the article.

"Wikipedia is not a Russian dictionary. This term doesn't seem to have any usage or relevance to English, so it is not suitable for inclusion in the English Wikipedia."

I would agree that this term doesn't seem to have any usage or relevance to English for those who are not interested in Russian society and culture, especially literature. However, for English speakers who live outside Russia and former Soviet republics and study Russian literature, e.g. novel 'Oblomov', this article would be of some help. So I wouldn't generalize...

(the above seems to refer to the article being prodded on May 22, 2006) RJFJR (talk) 19:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)Reply