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.

The result was keep. Overall consensus, per to the weight of the arguments presented herein relative to Wikipedia's notability guidelines is for the article to be retained. The nomination does not provide an actual qualifiable rationale for deletion. An article being used as a baseline for the creation of new articles is not a valid rationale for deletion, and being undersourced also is not. The article does provide some reliable sources, presently from GQ and The Philadelphia Inquirer, so a BLP-Prod is not an option at this time. For examples of valid deletion rationales, see WP:DEL-REASON.

The !vote for deletion following the nomination is also not particularly guideline-based, basing notability and deletion upon the state of sourcing in the article. However, per WP:NEXIST, "Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article". In other words, it is not absolutely mandatory that notability is demonstrated in articles via sources, although it is generally preferred. Furthermore, the user has not checked back here to address the two reliable sources that were added to the article later, on 21 October 2020 (diff), nor has the nominator. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:55, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Benny Boom[edit]

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Very undersourced. Was maybe okay at the time of article creation, but is now being used by new editors as a baseline for new articles - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 12:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 12:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 12:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 12:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:24, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete the subject's own website and the non-reliable ultra comprehensive IMDb do not cut it to show any sense of even minor notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:17, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The filmography has many notable films and music videos with many of America's best-known rappers. Haykthetike (talk) 14:44, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Subject passes WP:GNG with coverage on BET, GQ and NBC News, and is the director of the 2Pac film. However, the article is an unsourced mess and needs more encyclopedic content other than an overlong resume of videos he's directed. sixtynine ^{• whaddya want? •} 07:26, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Week Keep Seems to have received enough coverage for the Tupac film. Not an especially strong case, but there are articles in other wikis. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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.