Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/One-hit wonders in the United States

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 13:16, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

One-hit wonders in the United States
I think if we have to delete Two-hit wonders in the United States and Zero-hit wonder, why don't we delete One-hit wonders in the United States as well? --KelisFan2K5 23:13, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC) Keep. It is considered encyclopedic.
 * This one's different, since there are concrete criteria for one-hit wonders, unlike those others (Two-hit wonder was already VFD'd [although recently recreated as a redirect to One-hit wonder], and so was 1½-hit wonder). In this case there are also breakout lists for UK and Canada. Keep &mdash;Wahoofive | Talk 23:34, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I thought a One-Hit Wonder was officially an act that scored only one top 20 entry (outside the 20 would not really be a "hit")? Chris 23:50, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's basically just any song that gets a band popular, but the band doesn't do anything notable afterwords. --Asriel86 00:18, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The criteria used for inclusion among one-hit wonders may be arbitrary and change from one person to the next, but the phrase is in widespread use and is an important cultural phenomenon.  If anyone feels that items mentioned in the article are too POV they should be fixed, but the article should stay. Arkyan 00:05, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. OHWs are a notable piece of our fuzzy culture. --Asriel86 00:18, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, and don't nominate articles for deletion unless you want them deleted. See WP:POINT. Meelar (talk) 01:12, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Id say its rather important. Not that my vote matters too much. --Satanicbowlerhat 2:16, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; RJH 03:22, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Unlike the other dubious terms, this one is actually in general use. But does the article have to be limited to the US? I'm concerned it might result in articles such as "One-hit wonders in Luxembourg". 23skidoo 04:50, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with 23skidoo, Keep but merge with all other One-hit wonders in, since any song that's a hit in the US is likely to also be a hit some place else. Radiant_* 09:55, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you actually compare One-hit wonders in the United States with One-hit wonders in the UK or One-hit wonders in Canada? They're quite different. &mdash;Wahoofive | Talk 23:41, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This listing was created out of pique because KelisFan2K5's personally created articles have been listed for deletion.  RickK 21:06, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This looks like a good faith nomination based on this comment from another user:  Egghead 21:41, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't know what comment Egghead is referring to, but I agree with RickK; this is clearly a bad faith nomination.  KelisFan2K5 is one of the most frequent editors of this article, and knows that it won't be deleted; disrupting Wikipedia just to prove a point is really unnecessary. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 00:57, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. - Carolaman
 * Keep, wondercruft. ComCat 06:37, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- useful Foodmarket 15:36, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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