Talk:Eurovision Song Contest 1958/GA1

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 02:04, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:04, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Images are appropriately tagged.

• What makes the following reliable sources?
  • secondhandsongs.com -- per this page it seems to be a fan site.
  • retro-media-tv.de
• "Often called "media city", Hilversum is the principal centre for radio and television broadcasting in the Netherlands, and several of the organisations that make up Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) public broadcasting organisation are located there": seems offtopic.
• "This would however put in place the tradition that the previous year's winner would subsequently host it the following year": suggest "This established the tradition that the previous year's winner would host it the following year".
• "of which the Netherlands are associated": a little clumsy. "With which" would be better; or perhaps something like "because of their association with the Netherlands", if the source will support "because". However, looking at the source this isn't stated; it would be easy to source but I don't think you need it -- it's a well-known association.
• "In response to the repeated duration violations of several entries in the previous event" the violations weren't repeated, they were multiple. Suggest "Because several songs had violated the duration limit in the previous event".
• "The same voting system used the previous year was again utilised in 1958": suggest "The voting system was the same as the one used the previous year": I don't think we need the year, and let's avoid the ugly "utilized" if we can.
• Can we get a source for the introductory sentences in the "Broadcasts" section?

Earwig shows no issues. Spotchecks:

• FN 2 and 3 cite "The 1958 contest took place in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The selected venue was the AVRO Studios, which served at the time as the main radio and television broadcasting facilities of the Dutch broadcaster AVRO": verified.
• FN 6 cites "In response to the repeated duration violations of several entries in the previous event, the maximum song limit of 3 minutes and 30 seconds was more stringently enforced for this year's entries." The source says "These incidents led to the restriction of each song to last a maximum of three and a half minutes. This was later amended to the current limit of three minutes." I think this is just about OK; the source doesn't really talk about enforcement, but it's clearly implied.
• FN 7 cites "The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had been the first choice to stage the event in the United Kingdom, but gave up the rights after failing to reach agreement with artistic unions": verified.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mike Christie: Thanks for picking up another one from me! I've replaced some of the refs that you raised above with alternatives as well as made some tweaks to the language as suggested. For the "media city" quote, I do think this adds some context on why Hilversum was chosen by NTS as the host city, but I can revisit this if you still believe it requires work.

I've also added a new reference to the Broadcasts section which, although it does back up the paragraph, is from a much more recent set of contest rules than the article in question. Given how long ago this contest was held there is quite scarce official documentation available online that I can find, but as you can see through the archive URL the specific section regarding broadcast rights (under the Rights section) has not changed. Please let me know if you think this reference would work for you. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 09:28, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Struck some points above. Re "media centre", I don't see much value but I won't object if you want to keep it. Just one follow up comment (and I've no objection to you replying inline in these reviews, after the bullet, if you prefer):

• I meant you don't need to mention the association with tulips at all. If you do keep it I would source it, but I think "and the venue was decorated with thousands of tulips." is all you need.

• No problem, I've removed this reference now, and I've slightly rephrased the "media city" sentence. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 15:12, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:01, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Fixes look good; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:21, 15 September 2022 (UTC)