Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Access Granted

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The result was no consensus. Star Mississippi 01:14, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Access Granted

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The title was very hard to search for but apparently comedian Shang was involved. Even then, I got a ton of false positives that used the phrase "access granted" and the name "Shang" in unrelated contexts. Narrowing those down even further, all I could find on ProQuest was variants of "Shang, the host of BET's Access Granted, to do blah blah blah" or "[name of singer] also appeared on an episode of Access Granted". I tried, but I'm still utterly convinced this one fails the WP:RS test. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:14, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:14, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is BET's Making the Video equivalent as one of their past highlight series; the host really didn't do anything outside softball interviews or canned intros, so searching for their involvement is utterly pointless (also they're a redlink so this is a 'why bother' case), but this definitely meets N despite these series basically being just label-paid infomercials about the videos BTS. It's a proper and serviceable stub. Nate • (chatter) 19:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
So per your logic, why are we allowed to circumvent WP:RS? Literally all you said was "it's notable because it's notable". Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:17, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment As I said, it's a perfectly serviceable stub, and I'm loathe to delete articles when WP:ATD exists, especially for a show on a network that is incredibly nigh-uncovered to begin with here, when anything over 31 seconds on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network is over-covered. Nate • (chatter) 02:19, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Perfectly serviceable" yet it's still completely unsourced. Why is it allowed exemption from WP:RS and WP:V? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:22, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment That's what AfD is for; to find sources which can establish N. I just remembered one of its episodes involved Aaliyah's shoot for "Rock the Boat" before her death and added an appropriate source because I do remember that was a very important episode. Nate • (chatter) 02:53, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:36, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:46, 15 June 2022 (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.