Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1½-hit wonder

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The result of the debate was delete. – AB CD 00:32, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1½-hit wonder[edit]

This looks redundant to one-hit wonder. With a one-hit wonder, an artist has exactly 1 hit in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and doesn't take into consideration if the artist had any other releases. Every artist listed as a 1½-hit wonder matches this criteria. I've never heard of a band being notable for having single(s) peaking at 41-100 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also sounds like a fake word. Big Ben Clock 03:23, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC) I've withdrawn my nomination. The people on IRC convinced me on the actual use of this term. Big Ben Clock 03:36, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comment did they direct you to a source? I'd like to see it myself. Personally I don't trust anything said by anyone on IRC. Megan1967 13:20, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Comment there's ~~a category~~ an article for Zero-hit wonder too. —Wahoofive | Talk 17:18, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Considering it was created on April Fools Day, and it has no evidence of being a real term, nor has any been posted since, I think it's a prank. (Unless "the people on IRC" would like to produce actual sources. Lots of things are said on IRC, not all of them reliable.) Jonathunder 05:22, 2005 Apr 4 (UTC)
Comment I think this article (and zero-hit) points out the fact that One-hit wonder criterion is quite poor. I mean, Moby is a one-hit wonder? Las Ketchup isn't? Something's very wrong here. Grue 06:54, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
According to One-hit wonder, a "hit" means the song charted in the top 40. A "two-hit wonder" had two songs in the top 40. Yet according to this article, a 1½-hit wonder has two hits but only one of them are in the top 40. Unless I'm missing something, that means the second song was not a "hit". That and some other things on the page make me seriously suspect that this is a prank. Delete unless authoritatively sourced. By the way, the VfD header was never added to the article. Rossami (talk) 22:55, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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