Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of one-hit wonders in the United States

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) CaptainPrimo (talk) 15:21, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

List of one-hit wonders in the United States

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This is an article that seems to be an attempt at an exhaustive list of an undefined concept. The criteria for inclusion is merely 2 source invoking the label even if they wildly disagree on their conception of what that is. Wikipedia already has an article on the concept of one-hit wonders. There is no purpose for a list that is entirely subjective and based on conflicting criteria. CaptainPrimo (talk) 17:12, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 19:51, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 19:51, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:08, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

• Keep. There are lots of published lists of one-hit wonders. Every entry has two references, and while some of the sources are questionable, Afd is not for cleanup. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:03, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
• Keep - Clearly a notable concept. Yes, the criteria used by the sources are subjective and vary from source to source, as is the case at numerous other list articles. Objectively, there is no best movie, worst president, etc. With objective selection criteria, however, we can obviously compile unranked lists of opinions from reliable sources. - SummerPhD^v2.0 01:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
• Keep while the criteria for what is and isn't a one-hit wonder can be subjective, the list is very well sourced and the concept has widespread notability. Frank Anchor^Talk 14:06, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

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