Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boss Nigger

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

Result was Keep. — Caknuck 05:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boss Nigger

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Fails WP:Notability. WP is not a catalog of every film ever made. The Parsnip! 14:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Silly and offensive, but still a notable film. As verifiability goes, I recall this was definitely part of one of the Medved Brothers books, The Golden Turkey Awards, I think. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Update: I looked it up. It is indeed in Medveds' The Golden Turkey Awards, page 102, one of five films covered in the chapter "The Worst Blaxploitation Movie Ever Made". Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. The film meets at least one criteria for notability of film, as outlined here. That is, the film features significant involvement by at least one notable person. Jay†Litman 15:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. I don't see where it says notability of a film is established by the involvement of one notable person. The Parsnip! 18:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Note: I went to the movie's IMDB entry and clicked on the first few people in the cast list. While nobody there is a Hollywood megastar, seven out of the first eight actors had significant movie & TV careers before and after appearing in this movie. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep Ever watch I'm gonna git you sucka? Same principle. Blaxploitation movies often have weird titles, and I know this to be one of the classics. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 19:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • WP:OR The Parsnip! 14:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep The movie is reviewed (two stars) in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Fred Williamson was a relatively significant figure in the genre. According to both AMG and Maltin, Fred Williamson wrote the script (although IMDB credits a Jack Williamson, he has no other screen-writing credits, so I trust AMG and Maltin over IMDB in this instance). It was Williamson's first script and also the first film he produced. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 22:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • You're right, Fred Williamson is credited as writer on the poster. Crazysuit 05:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Just because Fred Williamson is notable doesn't mean the film is. WP is not a list of every film ever made. The Parsnip! 14:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep This is a blaxploitation classic. Can people try using Google before nominating an article for deletion. It would save pointless afds like this. Crazysuit 05:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  • WP:OR The Parsnip! 14:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - As of now, the article contains exactly ZERO references. Can someone please introduce acceptable references to assert verifiability and notability? The Parsnip! 14:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I added some "meat" to the article, including a sourced article from a film magazine. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 15:41, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per everyone except the misguided nominator. RFerreira 07:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep because the nominator is so very wrong. Jerkcity 19:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Comment — I've added much more to the article, including Vincent Canby's 1975 review from The New York Times. There are four references beside AMG and IMDB, and at least two of them cite different reasons why Boss Nigger is notable. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 22:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep — Malik Shabazz and others have demonstrated the subject's notability through references. This article has come a long way from when it was nominated to now.[1] --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 00:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per references. That's enough for me. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 13:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.