Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Two Hit Wonders

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The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. Anyone who wants to merge it is invited to, but I'm not going to. dbenbenn | talk 03:30, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Two Hit Wonders

Neologism, unencyclopedic. Delete --BM 21:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. If that's the case, then why isn't One hit wonder on Vfd? -- Riffsyphon1024 22:12, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Because it isn't a neologism. Average Earthman 01:03, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• I believe that both actually refer to "artists/groups that have had a very small number of succesful hits before disappearing into obscurity". The title we'd use here would be 'one day fly', but I'm not sure if that's international. Hence, merge (otherwise we could also institute three-hit-wonder; and R.E.M. is arguably a 317 Hit Wonder). Radiant! 23:42, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge to One hit wonder. One hit wonder is frequently used in the music industry. I have seen the phrase Two Hit Wonder before. But it probably does not need a separate article. Zzyzx11 00:24, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable enough, un-encyclopaedic. Megan1967 01:56, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into One hit wonder. Not a neologism. --Andylkl 06:31, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into One hit wonder. May otherwise be recreated. / u p p l a n d 07:09, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Do not merge—A One hit wonder by definition does not have two hits. Otherwise seems like a harmless article for those interested in such things. DialUp 20:27, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Neologism. Several of the listed artists don't actually qualify, BTW. — Gwalla | Talk 02:21, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Might be a neologism but gets 4,390 hits at Google—at least one in German and one in Norwegian?. I'm not a music aficionado, so don't feel qualified to vote. DialUp 16:33, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Now I'm pissed at this article. It states that both Incubus and Jimmy Eat World are two-hit-wonders. Wtf? Incubus has had at least 4, 5, if not 6, while JEW has another single out ("Pain") that is just as popular as the previous two. Also note that for Incubus, while "Megalomaniac" may not have gotten much airplay because of its content, it sure got alot of radio play. Delete for treating them like that. -- Riffsyphon1024 19:19, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Neologism. ComCat 08:47, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - otherwise also start Three Hit Wonders, Four Hit Wonders etc... JeremyA 05:45, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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