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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 08:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Going to review this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020 MWright96 (talk) 08:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Lead

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  • "through the national selection Selecția Națională 2006" - it should be made more clearer that it was a national selection competition
  • "Romania ultimately reached fourth place in the contest's Grand Final," - the date of the Grand Final of Eurovision 2006 is missing here

Selecția Națională 2006

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  • "a competition in order to select their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006." - the words "in order" are redundant in this sentence
  • "was eventually disqualified from the contest due to having received television and radio airplay" - the text in bold should be written as due to the song for clarity and completeness
  • "to 1 October 2005, TVR's cutoff date." - to TVR's cutoff date of 1 October 2005.
  • "by Heaven were voluntarily withdrawn" - make it clear that the performers voluntarily withdrew their songs as stated in România Liberă

Indiggo controversy

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  • "In a late-night talk show following the winner's announcement," - the announcement of the winner,
  • "they based the accusation on reports that their voting line was continuously busy and so people were unable to vote for them when they called." - , preventing people from voting for them when they called.

Promotion

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  • "Starting with 20 April 2006," - correct saying; should be on or from

At Eurovision

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  • "the show was aired on TVR," - broadcast is more formal
  • "which yielded in various changes" - saw various changes
  • "selected countries, except the host country" - try to not repeat the same word close together in the same sentence
  • "qualified to the final due to their top 11 result the preceding year." - how about result in the 2005 contest. instead?
  • "A reported €160,000 were" - was

Voting

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  • "Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Romania in the Grand Final, as well as by Romania in the semi-final" - try not to repeat the country's name in the same sentence
  • "Romania finished in fourth position, being awarded a total of 172 points including 12 by Moldova and Spain, as well as ten by" - 172 points, including 12 by Moldova and Spain, and ten from Cyprus, Israel, Malta and Portugal.
  • "For the Grand Final points announcement," - For the announcement of its points in the Grand Final,

References

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  • The spelling to EscToday in Reference 22 should be spelt as ESCToday for consistency
  • Reference 25 is missing the date it was published

Will put the review on hold to give the nominator time to address/respond to the issues raised above. MWright96 (talk) 09:27, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: I have solved everything here too. Thank you, again, very much for your reviews. All the best; Cartoon network freak (talk) 17:45, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Cartoon network freak: Promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 06:47, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]