Talk:United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998/GA1
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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 13:32, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
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First review from me of a UK Eurovision article, but far from my first review of an article on the Eurovision subject! --K. Peake 13:32, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Infobox and lead
[edit]- Pipe The Great British Song Contest 1998 to UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest
- "the host broadcaster, and" → "the host broadcaster and" per British English
- Pipe British Broadcasting Corporation to BBC
- "after winning the competition" → "after the nation winning the competition"
- "semi-final to advance to" → "semi-final advancing to"
- "to represent the nation in the contest" → "to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest"
- "Imaani performed sixteenth" → "Imaani performed 16th" per MOS:NUM
- "the United Kingdom finished in" → "the UK finished in"
- "the nation's fifteenth" → "the nation's 15th"
Background
[edit]- "forty times since" → "40 times since" per MOS:NUM
- "the United Kingdom had won" → "the UK had won"
- "on fourteen occasions," → "on 14 occasions,"
- Pipe rules to Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest
- "and contest hosts the United Kingdom" → "and contest hosts, the UK"
- "and the BBC were" → "with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) being" with the pipe
- "through a national final," → "through a national final entitled"
Before Eurovision
[edit]The Great British Song Contest 1998
[edit]- Img looks good, but pipe Great British Song Contest to UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest on the text
- "and followed the same format" → "following the same format"
- "following a public submission" → "after a public submission"
- "the United Kingdom at Eurovision." → "the UK at Eurovision."
- "the competition, and following" → "the competition and following" per British English
- "from these songs the eight" → "from these songs, the eight"
Semi-final
[edit]- Mention they could vote for their favourites from 9-10am per the source
- "the broadcast, and the qualifying songs" → "the broadcast; the qualifying songs"
- Pipe Alberta to Alberta (singer)
Final
[edit]- "over four weeks:" → "over a period of four weeks:"
- Pipe Alberta to Alberta (singer)
- The Collective → the Collective, per MOS:THEMUSIC
- Pipe promotional CD to Promotional recording
- "and the four finalists and" → "while the four finalists and"
- "and presented by Terry Wogan." → "and presented by Wogan."
- Pipe behind-the-scenes to Making-of
- Wikilink Birmingham
- "National Indoor Arena, the venue for the upcoming" → "National Indoor Arena, the venue for the then-upcoming" with the wikilink
- "an interview with Katrina Leskanich" → "an interview with Leskanich"
- "Jonsson, and clips" → "Jonsson and clips"
- Shouldn't you mention telephone voting costing 10p per the source?
- "final, and the" → "final and the"
- Table looks good!
Promotion
[edit]- "Imaani performed on" you should add "the song" afterwards if she performed it on all of these
- "on 28 March 1998 and" → "on both 28 March and"
- "and she also" → "while she also"
- "on 8 and 22 May" → "on both 8 and 22 May"
- "documentary broadcast," → "documentary broadcast, titled"
- "for the contest." → "for the Eurovision Song Concert."
- "was released on" → "was released in the formats of both"
- "and also charted" → "while it also charted"
- "and Belgium's Ultratop." → "and Belgium's Ultratop chart."
At Eurovision
[edit]- Img looks good!
- "the United Kingdom was given" → "the UK was given"
- "to host the event in" → "to host the Eurovision Song Contest in"
- "of the upcoming contest," → "of the contest,"
- "the United Kingdom was assigned position sixteen," → "the UK was assigned position 16," per MOS:NUM
- "5 and 7 May," → "5 and 7 May 1998,"
- "of the contest the United Kingdom" → "of the contest, the UK"
- "hosted by Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson" → "hosted by Wogan and Jonsson"
- "and Ken Bruce doing likewise" → "and Bruce doing likewise"
- [27] should be after the full-stop, before [30] and [31]
- "of the contest the United Kingdom" → "of the contest, the UK"
- "its fifteenth second-place finish in its" → "its 15th second-place finish in the nation's"
Voting
[edit]- "for this event," → "for the contest,"
- "to their ten" → "to their 10"
- "however the contest results" → "however, the contest results"
- Remove pipe on telephone
- "an 8-member back-up" → "an eight-member back-up"
- "after the contest." → "after the Eurovision Song Contest."
- "Ken Bruce was appointed" → "Bruce was appointed"
- Tables look good!
Notes
[edit]- During the contest Spain → During the contest, Spain
- and the points given to all other countries were → with the points given to all other countries being
References
[edit]- Copyvio score looks incredible at 5.7%!!!!!
- Nice job with the archiving of these!
- WP:OVERLINK of European Broadcasting Union on refs 2 and 3
- Remove bbc.co.uk from ref 8
- Same as above for refs 9, 12, 16, 17, 20, 22, 27, 29 and 31, plus fix WP:OVERLINK of BBC Genome Project on the ones of these that cite it
- Remove officialcharts.com from ref 23
- Same as above for ref 24, plus fix WP:OVERLINK of Official Charts Company
- Cite dutchcharts.nl as publisher instead for ref 25
- Remove bbc.co.uk from ref 34 and fix WP:OVERLINK of BBC News
- Remove bbc.co.uk from ref 37 and fix WP:OVERLINK of BBC
Further reading
[edit]- Wikilink Telos Publishing
Final comments and verdict
[edit]- On hold until all of the issues are fixed; interesting contrast to review a Eurovision article often using book sources! --K. Peake 17:38, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Kyle Peake: Thanks for the quick turnaround on the review! All comments above now addressed, please shout if I've missed anything. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 18:22, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- Sims2aholic8 The selection process needed italicising in the infobox, but that was my fault for forgetting to suggest it so I fixed the issue for you. ✓ Pass now; no problems left as far as I can see! --K. Peake 18:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)