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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 13:32, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]


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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()
3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()
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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)[reply]

Infobox and lead

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  • 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

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  • "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

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The Great British Song Contest 1998

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • "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

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  • "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

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  • 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

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  • "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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Final comments and verdict

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