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316:. 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. — 231:
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.
110: 466:— 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. 383:- As of now, the article contains exactly ZERO references. Can someone please introduce acceptable references to assert verifiability and notability? 130:
Silly and offensive, but still a notable film. As verifiability goes, I recall this was definitely part of one of the Medved Brothers books,
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Just because Fred Williamson is notable doesn't mean the film is. WP is not a list of every film ever made.
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I don't see where it says notability of a film is established by the involvement of one notable person.
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using Google before nominating an article for deletion. It would save pointless afds like this.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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I added some "meat" to the article, including a sourced article from a film magazine. —
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The film meets at least one criteria for notability of film, as outlined
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You're right, Fred Williamson is credited as writer on the poster.
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Fails WP:Notability. WP is not a catalog of every film ever made.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
467: 100: 96: 92: 434:— I've added much more to the article, including 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 525:). No further edits should be made to this page. 498:per references. That's enough for me. Cheers, 410:per everyone except the misguided nominator. 354:This is a blaxploitation classic. Can people 8: 161:: I looked it up. It is indeed in Medveds' 422:because the nominator is so very wrong. 310:The movie is reviewed (two stars) in 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 24: 1: 313:Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 542: 518:Please do not modify it. 163:The Golden Turkey Awards 132:The Golden Turkey Awards 32:Please do not modify it. 508:13:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC) 491:00:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC) 459:22:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC) 427:19:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC) 415:07:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC) 401:15:41, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 388:14:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 374:14:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 363:05:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 343:14:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 334:05:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 325:22:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 301:14:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 290:19:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 266:I'm gonna git you sucka 252:19:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 227:18:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 215:15:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 185:14:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 154:14:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 122:14:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC) 53:05:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC) 438:'s 1975 review from 441:The New York Times 287: 533: 520: 286: 283: 282: 279: 273: 249: 246: 243: 240: 212: 207: 202: 182: 179: 176: 173: 151: 148: 145: 142: 108: 90: 34: 541: 540: 536: 535: 534: 532: 531: 530: 529: 523:deletion review 516: 280: 277: 276: 271: 247: 244: 241: 238: 210: 205: 200: 180: 177: 174: 171: 149: 146: 143: 140: 81: 65: 62: 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 539: 537: 528: 527: 511: 510: 493: 461: 450:is notable. — 429: 417: 405: 404: 403: 378: 377: 376: 349: 348: 347: 346: 345: 305: 304: 303: 258: 257: 256: 255: 254: 234:Andrew Lenahan 189: 188: 187: 167:Andrew Lenahan 136:Andrew Lenahan 115: 114: 61: 56: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 538: 526: 524: 519: 513: 512: 509: 505: 501: 497: 494: 492: 488: 484: 480: 478: 474: 468: 465: 462: 460: 457: 453: 452:Malik Shabazz 449: 448: 443: 442: 437: 436:Vincent Canby 433: 430: 428: 425: 421: 418: 416: 413: 409: 406: 402: 399: 395: 394:Malik Shabazz 391: 390: 389: 386: 382: 379: 375: 372: 369: 366: 365: 364: 361: 357: 353: 350: 344: 341: 337: 336: 335: 332: 328: 327: 326: 323: 319: 318:Malik Shabazz 315: 314: 309: 306: 302: 299: 296: 293: 292: 291: 288: 284: 274: 268: 267: 262: 259: 253: 250: 235: 230: 229: 228: 225: 221: 218: 217: 216: 213: 208: 203: 197: 193: 190: 186: 183: 168: 164: 160: 157: 156: 155: 152: 137: 133: 129: 126: 125: 124: 123: 120: 112: 106: 102: 98: 94: 89: 85: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 63: 60: 57: 55: 54: 51: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 517: 514: 495: 476: 472: 463: 445: 439: 431: 419: 407: 385:The Parsnip! 380: 371:The Parsnip! 355: 351: 340:The Parsnip! 311: 307: 298:The Parsnip! 264: 260: 237: 224:The Parsnip! 219: 192:Strong Keep. 191: 170: 162: 158: 139: 131: 127: 119:The Parsnip! 116: 45: 43: 31: 28: 500:Lankybugger 447:Boss Nigger 352:Strong keep 308:Strong keep 263:Ever watch 261:Strong keep 134:, I think. 67:Boss Nigger 59:Boss Nigger 44:Result was 412:RFerreira 360:Crazysuit 331:Crazysuit 424:Jerkcity 220:Comment. 111:View log 475:n Yerri 432:Comment 381:Comment 84:protect 79:history 50:Caknuck 281:Jester 211:Litman 159:Update 88:delete 487:stalk 368:WP:OR 295:WP:OR 105:views 97:watch 93:links 16:< 504:Yell 496:Keep 483:talk 471:Dami 464:Keep 456:Talk 420:Keep 408:Keep 398:Talk 322:Talk 278:SWAT 196:here 128:Keep 101:logs 75:talk 71:edit 48:. — 46:Keep 356:try 245:bli 201:Jay 178:bli 147:bli 109:– ( 506:○ 502:○ 489:) 485:| 469:-- 454:| 396:| 320:| 248:nd 242:ar 239:St 236:- 181:nd 175:ar 172:St 169:- 150:nd 144:ar 141:St 138:- 103:| 99:| 95:| 91:| 86:| 82:| 77:| 73:| 481:( 479:k 477:c 473:a 272:⇒ 206:† 113:) 107:) 69:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
Caknuck
05:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Boss Nigger
Boss Nigger
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
View log
The Parsnip!
14:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Andrew Lenahan
14:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Andrew Lenahan
14:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
here
Jay

Litman
15:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
The Parsnip!
18:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Andrew Lenahan

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