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The result was redirect to Atlas Comics (1950s)#Humor and miscellanea. Sourced presented do not appear strong enough to refute the delete argument Spartaz Humbug! 22:02, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
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This fails to establish notability. Contrary to the deprodder's thoughts, there appears to be nothing substantial about the comic. It appears in a small laundry list of titles associated with Stan Lee and nothing more. If anything substantial exists, you need much more than a cursory search. TTN ( talk) 00:14, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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- Weak keep it had its own series from a notable comic company Atlas Comics in the 1950s the precurser of Marvel, it's written by a very notable artist and had a rebirth in 1969-1970s so it would be surprising if its not notable, imv Atlantic306 ( talk) 00:21, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- If it is, I assume it'd be in older print media, but there'd have to be at least some proof as to that existing to let this article linger in this state. There are plenty of series out there that just never received proper attention. TTN ( talk) 00:43, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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- Delete I cannot find any more than a few brief mentions of this character. ― Susmuffin Talk 05:35, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
- Keep Contrary to the nominator's thoughts, I find little difficulty in locating a detailed account of the comic. Andrew🐉( talk) 16:34, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Does that even count as a reliable source? Seems like so no-name blog. TTN ( talk) 16:45, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- KEEP I did some minor work on the article days ago [1] and found brief mention in the New York Times and elsewhere. Stan Lee is certainly a notable person. Finding any reviews of something from that long before the internet isn't really feasible. I'd say this publication was notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Remember the notability guidelines are just guidelines not absolute law, they all have a disclaimer that ways "This page documents an English Wikipedia notability guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply." Dream Focus 21:47, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- The lawsuit one is literally nothing beyond the name being mentioned and has no place in this article whatsoever. The Marvel one is primary and adds nothing. So we have a podcast and a blog. I don't know the standards under which a podcast is acceptable, but that blog really doesn't seem like it should count as one. This is hardly an IAR topic. It can be summarized in two sentences pretty much anywhere. TTN ( talk) 21:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- The New York Times article about a lawsuit reads "Casper inspired a number of less successful comic-book clones, including Homer the Happy Ghost, Timmy the Timid Ghost and Spunky the Smiling Spook." So it is a valid reference to backup the claim this comic came about because of Casper. Dream Focus 02:22, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Delete or redirect to Atlas Comics (1950s)#Humor and miscellanea. The character doesn't appear notable at all, and the lack of sources on the work he appears in don't make for more than a WP:PERMASTUB. At least the Atlas Comic page mentions the work. – sgeureka t• c 14:35, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
- as per WP:PERMASTUB there is nothing wrong with a well written referenced permastub, imv Atlantic306 ( talk) 01:20, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
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The result was redirect to Atlas Comics (1950s)#Humor and miscellanea. Sourced presented do not appear strong enough to refute the delete argument Spartaz Humbug! 22:02, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
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This fails to establish notability. Contrary to the deprodder's thoughts, there appears to be nothing substantial about the comic. It appears in a small laundry list of titles associated with Stan Lee and nothing more. If anything substantial exists, you need much more than a cursory search. TTN ( talk) 00:14, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN ( talk) 00:14, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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- Weak keep it had its own series from a notable comic company Atlas Comics in the 1950s the precurser of Marvel, it's written by a very notable artist and had a rebirth in 1969-1970s so it would be surprising if its not notable, imv Atlantic306 ( talk) 00:21, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- If it is, I assume it'd be in older print media, but there'd have to be at least some proof as to that existing to let this article linger in this state. There are plenty of series out there that just never received proper attention. TTN ( talk) 00:43, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. ミラ P 07:09, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Delete I cannot find any more than a few brief mentions of this character. ― Susmuffin Talk 05:35, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
- Keep Contrary to the nominator's thoughts, I find little difficulty in locating a detailed account of the comic. Andrew🐉( talk) 16:34, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Does that even count as a reliable source? Seems like so no-name blog. TTN ( talk) 16:45, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- KEEP I did some minor work on the article days ago [1] and found brief mention in the New York Times and elsewhere. Stan Lee is certainly a notable person. Finding any reviews of something from that long before the internet isn't really feasible. I'd say this publication was notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Remember the notability guidelines are just guidelines not absolute law, they all have a disclaimer that ways "This page documents an English Wikipedia notability guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply." Dream Focus 21:47, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- The lawsuit one is literally nothing beyond the name being mentioned and has no place in this article whatsoever. The Marvel one is primary and adds nothing. So we have a podcast and a blog. I don't know the standards under which a podcast is acceptable, but that blog really doesn't seem like it should count as one. This is hardly an IAR topic. It can be summarized in two sentences pretty much anywhere. TTN ( talk) 21:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- The New York Times article about a lawsuit reads "Casper inspired a number of less successful comic-book clones, including Homer the Happy Ghost, Timmy the Timid Ghost and Spunky the Smiling Spook." So it is a valid reference to backup the claim this comic came about because of Casper. Dream Focus 02:22, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Delete or redirect to Atlas Comics (1950s)#Humor and miscellanea. The character doesn't appear notable at all, and the lack of sources on the work he appears in don't make for more than a WP:PERMASTUB. At least the Atlas Comic page mentions the work. – sgeureka t• c 14:35, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
- as per WP:PERMASTUB there is nothing wrong with a well written referenced permastub, imv Atlantic306 ( talk) 01:20, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
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