Talk:United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998/GA1

GA Review

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

Good Article review progress box 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 () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

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

• 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

• "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

The Great British Song Contest 1998

• 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

• 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

• "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

• "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

• 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

• "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

• 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

• 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

• Wikilink Telos Publishing

Final comments and verdict

•  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)