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)

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"

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!

Final comments and verdict

 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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. ✅ now; no problems left as far as I can see! --K. Peake 18:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)