Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cowznofski (3rd nomination)

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The result was merge to Mad (magazine) and Alfred E. Neuman Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:48, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cowznofski

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No notability asserted. Sources are all about Alfred E. Neuman and only passingly mention the term "cowznofski". WP:BEFORE yielded only superficial mentions in the context of other things. Previous two AFDs a decade ago were all over the map, with almost everyone pulling in a different direction and no consensus forming even after a relist. Given the obscurity of this term, I do not think a merge or redirect is warranted. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge referenced parts to Mad (magazine) and Alfred E. Neuman. Not sure if then delete or convert to disambig. In either case, no evidence this word / joke has received enough coverage to warrant a stand-alone article, and certainly connecting the piece about MAD and about Neuman into one entry seems SYNTH. It's like a poor, 3-entry list of "media that have used the word Cownznofski". Extreme, niche, WP:NOTTVTROPES. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:48, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Can anyone verify (or refute) that the Chicago Tribune article says what it references? That would substantiate the connection to Alfred E. Neumann. A number of short treatments in secondary sources exist: [1], p. 35, [2], p. 61.... Oh, I found two confirming the Moxie Cownznofski - Alfred E. Neumann connection: [3] p. 110, [4].
Merge to Mad (magazine) and Alfred E. Neuman per Piotrus.Bookworm857158367 (talk) 12:52, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Gaines deliberately varied the spelling of the name. It was frequently spelled "Coznowski" ([5]). Additional sources will be found searching for this spelling. Newspapers.com has a bunch of articles under both spellings. Jacona (talk) 09:52, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or Keep Looking at the sources, while none is very long, togethere they would allow to fullfill WP:WHYN. No objections against treating the subject within the Mad (magazine) and Alfred E. Neuman articles, connections are established by secondary sources. Daranios (talk) 14:39, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or redirect per Piotrus. Agree that this is WP:OR combining multiple uses of the same word and does not meet the WP:GNG for significant coverage. Merge appears to be a growing compromise. Jontesta (talk) 01:35, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per per Piotrus.4meter4 (talk) 03:51, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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