Template:Did you know nominations/Eurovision Song Contest 1957

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Eurovision Song Contest 1957

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~~... that despite a song duration limit of three minutes and 30 seconds for entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 the Italian entry in that year's event lasted over five minutes?~~ Source: [1] [...] the Italian song Corde Della Mia Chitarra [...] is still the longest song in the history of the competition at five minutes and nine seconds! Even though the rules suggested that a song should not exceed three and a half minutes, the Italian entry was not disqualified despite heavy protests.
- ALT1: ... that at one minute and 53 seconds, the United Kingdom's song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the shortest entry to be performed in the Eurovision Song Contest until 2015? Source: [2] The debuting United Kingdom entry, All, [...] lasted for only one minute and 53 seconds, a length which, for years, made All the shortest Eurovision Song Contest entry ever.
- ALT2: ... that despite a song duration limit of three minutes and 30 seconds at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 the entry from Italy lasted over five minutes?
- ALT3: ... that the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was, at one minute and 53 seconds, the shortest entry to be performed in the contest until 2015?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Viking Saga censorship incident

Improved to Good Article status by Sims2aholic8 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:37, 13 September 2022 (UTC).

Full review to follow, but I was wondering if both hooks could be tightened up. I think the hook facts themselves are interesting to a broad audience, but the hooks' punches are diluted due to the length. Making the hooks shorter in this case would make them more effective. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! I've had a go at shortening the hooks to make them a bit more punchy (see ALT2 and ALT3 above). Sims2aholic8 (talk) 11:51, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I guess we can drop ALT0 and ALT1 then and just focus on ALT2/ALT3. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:02, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Apologies for the delayed review, as real-life matters caught up. As for the article itself, it was promoted to GA on time and is free of close paraphrasing. Due to the length issues I've struck both ALT0 and ALT1, leaving ALT2 and ALT3 for consideration. Both are cited inline and referenced to the same source. I have a slight preference for ALT2 as it's shorter and has less links; also, I personally feel it's more quirky. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:19, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Sims2aholic8, Narutolovehinata5 - Let me know if I've missed something, but does the first paragraph in the Broadcasts section not need some citations? Maybe not the last sentence as that introduces a list, but the possibly the rest of it should? CSJJ104 (talk) 23:21, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Whoops, thanks for pointing that out. @Sims2aholic8: Yes, the part before "Known details" needs a reference. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:49, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that CSJJ104! I've now added a suitable reference to that paragraph. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 09:39, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Okay, this is ready again. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:55, 29 September 2022 (UTC)