Talk:Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Do we need "the inclusion of Israel" paragraph on the top page?

Controversies have their own topic in this article. I don't understand why Israel's participation has to get special mention on the top page. Usually the top page only includes dates, location, and the withdrawing and returning countries. "The inclusion of Israel" should be removed. It is right after Romania's decision to opt-out. What does Romania opting out have to do with "the inclusion of Israel"? Tonyb1989 (talk) 03:38, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tonyb1989 In normal circumstances such a line would not be included, however Israel's participation this year has generated heaps of media coverage and controversy that it would be unfeasible to leave it out from lead entirely. Other experienced editors may be able to provide further reasoning for this though. Pdhadam (talk) 07:04, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes. I would like more reasoning. I understand that Israel's participation has created controversy. But I cannot find other articles where the controversy is mentioned in the top page. So yes, I would like to read more reasoning. Why other controversies are not on the top page on other years? Tonyb1989 (talk) 04:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah take it out it’s undue weight and npov PicturePerfect666 (talk) 18:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Not really, all every media outlet has been writing about is Israel's inclusion — IмSтevan ^talk 19:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

It is not needed as this is not a news site. Media ink spilt does not mean Wikipeida follows suit. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 01:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

We cover what reliable sources cover. On a related note, would you please revert yourself until there is a consensus to remove? --Super Goku V (talk) 10:07, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I thought Wikipedia was an encyclopedia and not a news outlet to "cover" something. Also in 2021 Belarus was originally intended to participate but was later removed, same with Russia in 2022. Those were facts, maybe controversial but factual when talking about participants' list (it was meant to participate, but not anymore). "The inclusion of Israel" on the top page seems to be something motivated by news outlet. On a furthernote, and who are you to tell me to 'revert myself'? You are basically responding to me and telling me I should not respond back? Is that correct? Why are you personally attacking me? Tonyb1989 (talk) 12:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tonyb1989: Just to make it clearer Tony, you are replying to my reply to someone else so I will do my best to respond.

You asked where the lede mentions controversies since you asked for an example: Yes. I would like more reasoning. [...] But I cannot find other articles where the controversy is mentioned in the top page. [...] Why other controversies are not on the top page on other years? So, I gave you examples where the lede mentioned a controversy which follows our WP:LEDE policy. So 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2012, and 2009 are all recent examples. In my opinion, there isn't a difference between the older articles and this article.

To give an example, here is a specific comparison with the ledes of the 1979 article and the 2019 article to the 2024 article: "Nineteen countries participated in the contest with Turkey deciding not to participate after Arab countries had pressured it into not participating in a contest held in Israel" versus "The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy on multiple fronts, primarily on issues surrounding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict – this eventually led to demonstrations by interval act performer Madonna and Icelandic entrants Hatari during the broadcast of the final" versus "The inclusion of Israel among the participants in the context of the Israel–Hamas war was met with controversy, and additional security measures were put in place for the event." As you can see, the inclusion of Israel has generated some controversy at times, which is why Political controversies in the Eurovision Song Contest covers Israel the most, followed by Russian and Ukraine. All of these are factual. If your issue is just the wording about "The inclusion of Israel", then it wasn't made clear until now.

On a furthernote, and who are you to tell me to 'revert myself'? You are basically responding to me and telling me I should not respond back? Is that correct? Why are you personally attacking me? Nope, that was not directed to you, but was instead directed to another user who edited the main article, but who didn't get a consensus. At the moment from my perspective, only two users support removal and two users support keeping. (Not counting myself at the moment as I am not fully sure given other discussions below.) Thus, I was asking them to Self-revert or to undo their edit to the main article until they did get a consensus. Since they didn't, likely because my request might not have been visible enough, I have just restored the text myself. --Super Goku V (talk) 23:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tonyb1989: They are mentioned. Starting with Eurovision Song Contest 2022, where the lede covers Russia's exclusion. In the 2021 article, Belarus' disqualification for missing the deadline is covered. With the 2019 article, there are at least three mentions in the lede: Ukraine's withdrawal and the last paragraph covering issues in both the lead-up and the final. The 2017 article covers Russia's withdraw after their intended singer was barred from competing. The 2016 article mentions Romania's disqualification due to unpaid debts. The 2012 article covers both human right issues in Azerbaijan and issues involving Iran. The 2009 article mentions the withdrawal of Georgia due to the song selected being disqualified.

To wrap this up so that I don't have to check every article, the earliest issue I could find covered by the lede (other than a controversial song) was the boycott by four countries of the 1970 edition. --Super Goku V (talk) 10:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

First. I am not allow to do any edits so, I still don't understand why you keep on telling me to "revert myself" and "stop making edits". Secondly, all of the examples you gave were of countries that ended up not participating. This is the first time a controversy surrounding a participating country is mentioned in the top page. For example, the 2014 article makes no mention of "the inclusion of Russia" on its top page. The participation of Russia was controversial after the passing of the Russian gay propaganda law which lead to booing of The Tolmachevy Sisters and during the voting. Instead "the inclusion of Russia" is relegated to the "incident" section. I don't have an issue with the wording. My issue is that it should be relegated to the "incidents" section. The top page should only contain dates, location/venue, the returning and withdrawing countries, and the results. This "inclusion of Israel" seems to be politically motivated. It does not make this a neutral article. Tonyb1989 (talk) 03:52, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

More information on Eric Saade's keffiyeh

Eric Saade responded to the statement by the EBU with a quite effective response, I suppose it may be relevant information to add to the current section on his performance. Translated roughly, he says that he got the keffiyeh from his father during his youth and it was unimaginable that it would be considered a political symbol one day, and it would be like calling the traditional Swedish 'Dalahästen' a political symbol. He goes on to say the stance/statement by the EBU is plain racism and refers to this years' slogan: United by Music. https://www.svt.se/kultur/har-kuppar-saade-hade-palestinasjal-runt-handen Andthereitis (talk) 07:10, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Just added Saade's main points in the section. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 12:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

The above context has been removed during a recent pruning. I believe it could and should be re-added succinctly.

— VariousDeliciousCheeses (talk) 22:29, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Serbian broadcaster

They had 25 mins of the show cut off. This may have caused Poland and Iceland not to qualify. 109.176.113.2 (talk) 11:37, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

This is already present in a note in the "Broadcasts" section. Unless the EBU comments, though, it's not our place to say that the two countries might have gotten less votes for that. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 11:55, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 May 2024 (2)

As in past years, when some countries broke their qualification strike or qualified to the final after a long time, that was detailed, so in this year case, Ireland’s, Latvia’s and Georgia’s qualification after 6, 7 and 7 years shall be highlighted. 81.0.36.253 (talk) 21:36, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Please explain what changes you would like to be made. Kingsif (talk) 16:40, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

“Weaponising antisemitism”

Is it really fair to link to the page on the weaponising of antisemitism for Netenyahu’s claims of antisemitism. Surely it would be better to say that he thinks it’s antisemitism but others have accused him of weaponising it? To link directly to it makes it seem like fact rather than opinion. 94.173.220.20 (talk) 01:53, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

He brought up antisemitism as a response to human rights protests. Kinda speaks for itself. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 07:46, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Still very much just your opinion being presented as fact. 94.173.220.20 (talk) 19:08, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

“Controversies”

This article is only going to be bogged down if it keeps in it a ‘controversies’ section. The whole section is always a POV can of worms over what to include and exclude. This year in particular. I mean the excessive detail, length and cruft included is maddening when it comes to some things and this year is no exception. Plus the use of poor and depreciated sources is frequently done. It’s a shit show to have such a section, no one is ever happy and it just cases edit conflicts. As such this article must not get to be derailed by one it must be eliminated or seriously considered as to what is a controversy and what is not and that is likely to be a tarpit on top of quicksand. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 05:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

@PicturePerfect666 I do agree in that the controversies related to Israel in the contest this year should be condensed ASAP in the article, but mass removing them without prior discussion isn't a good move. @IvanScrooge98 has done most of the lifting, so it's a good starting point to discuss with. Pdhadam (talk) 05:26, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I did condense the section but was reverted without reason by the user you mentioned. Additionally no one user is ‘a good stating point’ as that asserts they have some kind of WP:Ownership, which is a no-no, see also WP:BRD. As I have set out above the section has serious issues and if these can be overcome those I’ll be happy to pare it down but seriously the excessive detail; what was written on banners and graffitied that’s not needed, quote after quote after none of them are needed, the number of protests completely unnecessary. The section and all ‘controversies’ sections are a mess and this is no different. It has strayed in to commentary, bias, and news reporting of the actions of one set of individuals with little regard to encyclopaedic value and content. What the entrants did I can see a value to that, such as the statement and words or symbols removed or included in outfits. Otherwise it’s just being a news outlet and straying from the focus of the article. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 13:24, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I’m sorry but this section is the result of months of work of different editors. If I have expanded it significantly in these last few days, it’s because a lot of things are happening one after the other. You can’t Just come and make mass removals. I believe when dust has settled in the next days we will know how to deal more properly. Now, if you could tell me more in detail what sources you have an issue with, we can at least start from there. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 07:29, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

The amount of work and number of editors is completely irrelevant. That is an assertion of WP:Ownership, based on well hard work went in. Which is a major no-no of Wikipedia. Also ‘dust settling’ does not mean the issues raised to get a hand wave away. Serious issues such as WP:NPOV, WP:Bloat and WP:Deprecated. Tabloid newspapers are an example source to avoid, the full list is in a table in the link provided. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 13:11, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Why have all the incidents of the Israeli delegation harassing other contestants been removed? This section paints Israel in a very positive light which is not reflective of the reality? 78.19.18.167 (talk) 23:56, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

The section was pared-down and there is limited evidence of the harassment as claimed. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 03:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I want to thank A.D.Hope (talk · contribs) for cleaning up the section and making it compliant with the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. It removes the tabloid reporting, overt detail, one-sidedness, and the in-depth platforming of one portion of events. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 18:21, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

“one sidedness” do you also accuse the page on the holocaust of being one sided and not presenting the nazi viewpoint fairly? 83.253.25.95 (talk) 07:11, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

False equivalence and completely inappropriate as a comment to make. Such a dreadful strawman. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 10:14, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It's very one sided now though? 78.19.18.167 (talk) 23:56, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Table accessibility

I've just edited the 'Final' table to reduce the intensity of the red used to show the Netherlands' disqualification; the original colour had poor contrast with the blue links. I've also added a double dagger so that this information is not conveyed solely by colour.

However, I'm not as familiar with MOS:ACCESSIBILITY (specifically MOS:COLOUR) as I'd like to be, so if anyone would like to double-check this then please do. A.D.Hope (talk) 11:10, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

"Israeli participation" subsection

I'd appreciate it if another editor could double-check my edit to Eurovision Song Contest 2024#Israeli_participation. I've attempted to condense it considerably, particularly as this is not the main article for the topic. As the topic is controversial it seems responsible to draw particular attention to the changes. A.D.Hope (talk) 15:17, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request

According to NOS, the Dutch national broadcaster, which is a source in the article, the AVROTROS stement says Joost Klein didn't make a threatening gesture, but a threatening movement (NL: beweging --> EN: movement, while NL: gebaar --> EN: gesture). I believe this should be changed.

Maksiwood 2 (talk) 16:29, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Done. Happy to take your word for it on the translation, in conjunction with the sources. A.D.Hope (talk) 16:49, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

I’m not at all that this claim is correct though. As a native dutch speaker I can confirm the litteral translations are correct. On does not make a movement at someone, one executes a movement (e.g. taking steps) towards someone. However in Dutch this strict difference does not exist. The words “beweging” and “gebaar” are used interchangeable in common parlance. Having read the entire statement, the context makes gesture the correct translation. Tvx1 19:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm very happy to defer to others on the translation. A.D.Hope (talk) 23:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Some recent updates. The EBU is disputing the AVROTROS/Klein’s version of the incident through their director-general Noel Curran. It appears the Dutch broadcaster is trying to downplay the incident.Tvx1 21:50, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

References

New article

Would any editors support creating a new article titled "Controversies of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024", which would combine everything in the current #Incidents and controversies section, as well as a big chunk of the Israel in Eurovision 2024 article — IмSтevan ^talk 17:51, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

I would support that.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:53, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

I don’t think that’s warranted. I think this article deals with sufficiently already.Tvx1 19:16, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Completely unnecessary

there are already articles on each country.

Another article is pointless duplication. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 23:06, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

I think it's almost necessary - each annual event article contains very little specific information, most split out into country-by-year sub-articles. To comply with broadness and neutrality (i.e. giving appropriate levels of coverage for all aspects), there's no way the 'overview' article should then be so specific about controversies. It should have its own sub-article, too. Kingsif (talk) 23:16, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Nothing is necessary on Wikipedia. Tvx1 00:34, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Very true and such an article would just be duplicative and go into far too much detail on Israel which is the real reason why this is being proposed.

It must be remembered this is an encyclopaedia not a repository for all things on a news item where people are shouting loudly. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 02:45, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It seems implicitly clear that you oppose a very sensible split just because you don't want another article mentioning criticisms of Israel. I encourage you to see this request in the good faith way I believe it was intended, as a sensible procedural move to contain relevant information when it is too large for an overview article. Kingsif (talk) 10:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It seems you believe unequivocally for the split so lets leave it there. Phrasing like "a very sensible split just because..." is irrelevant and not of value to this discussion. Also your claims regarding Israel should be stuck as a personal attack as you are casting an aspersion based on something which your are conclusion jumping to. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 11:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I was replying to you, not making a point for discussion - the phrasing is of value in addressing your irrelevant objections. But let's leave it there if you're going to keep making up irrelevant reasons and pointing to whataboutisms to try and prevent a very sensible split because you WP:DONTLIKEIT. Kingsif (talk) 11:18, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

This is notice of disengagement with you as you are engaged in attacks and conclusion jumping and are not constructive in your comments. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 11:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Wait, so (below) I ask for you to explain your reasons and stop saying my comments have no value, and you think you're being constructive. Glad you'll leave me alone, though, after you just actively sought out one of my replies to somebody else to try and completely dismiss my arguments for no reason. Kingsif (talk) 11:40, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I do not see any argument from you supporting the sensibility of this split, apart from you stating that the general article should not be too specific. So it seems you call for more specificity, which according to you should then be covered in a separate article. I really don't think Wikipedia is an appropriate place to very specifically cover controversies at Eurovision. The historic value is little, as the controversies, media coverage aside, do not have any impact or consequences outside Eurovision. So I think the general event article is appropriate enough to cover the controversies, even more so because the general article provides the context in which those controversies took place, which might get lost in a separate article. Hhl95 (talk) 12:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Strongly support This year is definitely the most controversial ever with loads of incidents, there's not much detail in the current main article (which should be mostly a TL;DR). Tidjani Saleh (talk) 00:15, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It hardl is. This just is recentism. Tvx1 00:33, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Nope it is not, it just feels like it is because of recentism. It could easily be argued the UK act getting attacked on stage was more controversial or the allegations of a winner snorting drugs was more controversial. You could reach back into Cliff Richard losing for Britain in 1968 because of alleged Spanish vote buying or the year Celine Dione won for Switzerland by a single point. Throughout the years controversy reigns. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 02:54, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I couldn't disagree more. There has never been an artist being disqualified in the middle of the contest, or the potential of an unfolding lawsuit after the contest, and a narrow victory is hardly comparable to incidents which have police involvement. Kapitan110295 (talk) 09:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Not sure about wether a specific article is necessary or not, but it definitely needs expansion. For example, there's no mention of Bambie Thug's complaint to the EBU regarding Kan's commentary about them. Vnizette (talk) 01:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I think the existing section covers the controversies enough. There is no need for a new article in my opinion. Aris Odi ❯❯❯ talk 04:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

We're still missing all the stuff regarding Bambie Thug, iolanda, Nemo, Olly Alexander, Slimane, 5 minuust & Puuluup, Tali, and many reports of the Israeli delegation's actions - and probably more I can't think of off the top of my head — IмSтevan ^talk 07:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

This is why I support a separate article. Going into detail about the experiences of every artist would take a long time but would still be important and would be better in it's own article DukeDragon28 (talk) 09:53, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Going into detail about the experiences of every artist is not encyclopaedic and does not warrant a separate article; it doesn't even warrant coverage on Wikipedia at all. Hhl95 (talk) 12:11, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Right now? Probably not needed (though the existing section should definitely mention more of the behind the scenes stuff around Bambie and KAN). But definitely should be kept in mind for the future, some of these controversies are likely to continue well past the contest. Euan777777 (talk) 14:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Strongly support

A lot has been going on, and Eurovision 2024 shouldn't become bloated or unnavigatable. Thomediter (talk) 18:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose as this should not be its own article. It needs to stay as a section of the current one to keep all of the contest history together. Ktkvtsh (talk) 19:24, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't think this should be slipt, keep it all together to let people know of what happened to this contest specifically. Jhlords2 (talk) 20:57, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I would support it, as it would keep the main article navigable and allow the full details of the controversies be found in one place, not buried and summarised in the main article. JeuIro8 (talk) 21:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Support, as this is common for international competitions--i.e. 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, 2022 World Cup in Qatar, etc. The controversies section often covers unrelated but important content that is better suited for its own section, as this is a song contest, while the controversies section includes (for example) content about the Israel-Hamas War. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 20:38, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Support, since "the inclusion of Israel" on the top page seems to have become the centerpiece of the whole article as it is above the paragraph that cover more important topic such as the winner and top five. Tonyb1989 (talk) 01:30, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Then the article needs changing so that Israel is not "the centerpiece of the whole article" PicturePerfect666 (talk) 01:36, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree I think there is going to be so many controversies after this that a separate page would be necessary 2.99.129.57 (talk) 13:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Support per JohnAdams1800. Isthmus55 (t • c) 13:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Wait a few months. There is currently some sort of criminal charges being filed against Joost Klein, and the historical significance of this Eurovision's controversies cannot be predicted ahead of time. We should wait a few months and see how these controversies progress and if they receive sustained coverage or even merit their own individual articles. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 15:41, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

All of that best goes on the individual articles of the acts, no need to duplicate.

Then why not just put all of it at the artist's/country's articles? Answer: because it's also relevant to the running of the competition. But given the extreme length of this overall article, and the lack of detail about any other topic, it is not appropriate to go into any level of depth for the relevant controversies. If there was only one or two, as in many previous years, that would be more appropriate, but not when it's multiple incidents and getting longer than the hosting section. The information is good to keep but should be split, on procedural grounds, and any !vote about not liking multiple articles is completely irrelevant. Kingsif (talk) 10:57, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

The above is an excuse to create duplication and that goes against Wikipedia. there are always controversies at every year and simply going well now is absurd. Keep to the country articles and the main article. no more articles are needed as that is just a waste of Wikipedia space and duplication. "given the extreme length of this overall article, and the lack of detail about any other topic" This is covered by Wikipedia policies to stop excessive detail, focus on recentism, news reporting and treating Wikipedia as a repository for everything. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 11:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

If you can't distinguish between an explanation of good reasons to split, and excuses to create duplication – or, more likely, refuse to acknowledge the difference when you just don't want the split – then you have no place commenting. Just explain your reasons if you have them and stop attacking the integrity/value of mine. Kingsif (talk) 11:21, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Please tone down and abandon the conclusion jumping and aspersions. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 11:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, you stalk my comments, try and write my views off completely, and you don't think you're the one who needs to tone it down. I thought we talked about this. Kingsif (talk) 11:41, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose - A separate article is unnecessary. The mere length of an article cannot be enough reason to split it up. Question is whether the topic itself deserves a standalone article and I don't think so in this case. If your goal is to shorten the article, I strongly suggest removing the OGAE voting paragraph, since that has nothing to do with the official event and gives a level of importance to the OGAE that they don't have. OGAE voting over the years is a prime example of a topic that would warrant a separate article. Hhl95 (talk) 15:22, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  The mere length of an article cannot be enough reason to split it up. – No? Length is an incredibly common reason for splitting. And, per ITN comments, is a major concern at this article. The two-sentence OGAE paragraph would barely make a dent.

  For what it's worth, I personally think that, in terms of length, there are many other things that need splitting or condensing. I'm writing a separate proposal below. My personal concerns with the length of this controversies section (as mentioned above) is that it's too long compared to the lengths of sections of other things that are more important.

  As for topic - a really good thing to bring up by the way - there's a reason that when long articles get split up, the controversies and issues and concerns kind of sections are among the first to go: tangential to the main event, but relevant in how it was received, detail is good but not priority. Kingsif (talk) 15:34, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Per WP:SIZESPLIT however, the current length of the article (64 kB prose size or 4716 words readable prose) does not justify a split based on length alone. As for WP:UNDUE, given there are several individual paragraphs, the subject of the large majority of these has been covered in great detail within media, leads me to believe that the weight attributed to the section is justified given the number of events which have taken place in the lead up to this year's contest. I would however potentially merge some of these into the respective country in contest by year articles, or into other sections, given that there is a lot of overlap in terms of the root cause for some of these. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 20:15, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose - Agree with Kingsifs reply to Hhl95 above - the article is way too long however the controversy section isn't the issue and in fact when I preview-removed that whole section it barely did anything in terms of length, the broadcast table and Participating countries table are excessively long and probably should be condensed or split, Right solution just the wrong section listed. –Davey2010^Talk 15:40, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Is there a way to make those tables collapsible so they take up less space? The information in those tables (while long) pertains more to the contest as a whole than the controversy section. JPStrickler (talk) 17:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Several of those tables can just be removed or shortened. I did some suggestions further down the talk page, where there is another section about the length of the article. Hhl95 (talk) 08:48, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Per PicturePerfect666 and Davey2010. IMHO, the controversies are already well presented in the existing section. GidiD (talk) 16:17, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Support - the section is missing a lot of events, but expanding it might take up too much of the focus D4NT3023 (talk) 16:28, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Support - there's a lot in that section, and I could see the use of splitting it off into a new page. JPStrickler (talk) 17:17, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Why though there are already 37 sub pages we don’t need a 38th. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:32, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Support - This seems sensible to me. These things are more loosely related to the contest than most of the other segments, and splitting it to another article would be logical. Zouki08 (talk) 18:02, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose By and large, these controversies can be covered in detail on the individual '[Country] in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024', with only a summary on this page. A.D.Hope (talk) 18:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strong oppose I am sure the proposal is made with good intentions but fear it would only whitewash the main article by removing the controversies to an article few are likely to visit now that the event is over. Jeppiz (talk) 19:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I disagree, and think this is why the controversies of the contest should also be its own article. Each article should cover its own controversies in a quick summary, but we need more space to cover the controversies in much broader detail. It is unlikely that this will be the last we hear about this year's incidents, and we need more space to update it as it all unfolds. Kapitan110295 (talk) 09:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Support There were numerous minor incidents and major ones this year, and the controversy section will likely soon take up half the article if not acted upon. This will place undue emphasis on negativities. Criticism and incidents at a contest relate directly to that contest and should be covered somewhere relevant and be consistent. A dedicated article makes perfect sense! UaMaol (talk) 20:14, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  The issue is Wikipedia is not for every little thing considered ‘a controversy’ PicturePerfect666 (talk) 20:58, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  The controversies are hardly "little things". Your attempts at refuting every single argument here that supports a new article are weak. 「HypeBoy」^TALK 11:13, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  The arguments in support are even weaker… Tvx1 11:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  It’s true what is said though about recentism, cruft, bias, NPOV, and balance in these sections. There are already 37 sub articles and a 38th is just a recentism fork because of loudness regarding current events. Give this a fortnight and all the noise will have gone and this year will be no different to other years. Something always happens at Eurovision. This year it was anti-Israel, previously it was the uk getting attacked on stage, previously it was Russia being excluded, previously it was the inclusion of Bosnia on 1992. All as controversial as the the recent events fresh in people’s minds. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 13:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  This an unfounded crystalball statement. The controversies section actually only takes up a relatively small part of the article. If anything the coverage should be reduced rather than increased by giving it a separate article. Tvx1 11:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  For main body content, ignoring titles, tables, images and infoboxes, the word count current stands at around 4700, but the controversy section is around 900, which is 19% of the article. This is pretty large and has grown since my original voicing of support. Reduction of content would be unencyclopædic and frankly a whitewash. UaMaol (talk) 20:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  4700 words is well below the bar warranting a split per WP:SPLIT Tvx1 21:22, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

• Strongly support: I absolutely think that there is very little coverage of the controversies of the Eurovision Song Contest, and there has never been an artist getting disqualified in the middle of the contest before, so this is without question the most controversial edition ever. It is vital to cover the controversies of the contest given how much they reflect and even shape the geopolitics of the countries involved, so I think Controversies of the Eurovision Song Contest should also be its own article. Kapitan110295 (talk) 09:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  There already is such an article. Tvx1 11:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  That is "political controversies", not every controversy is political — IмSтevan ^talk 11:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Strong Support per Kingsif and Kapitan110295. 「HypeBoy」^TALK 11:20, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strong oppose While 2024 has certainly been on the more extreme scale when it comes to controversial editions, I do think creating this article would fall within the WP:RECENTISM bracket. I believe that continuing to host relevant controversies on this article is the better call, keeping it in summary where necessary while delving into further information on already existing sub-articles, such as the country in contest by year articles. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 20:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - As per the arguments previously and per WP:POVFORK. I don't think a new article is necessary or warranted, and that it is fine for all this information regarding controversies to be in the main article. I believe that creating a separate article would just lead to content forking. I think that it would be more balanced to have it all under one article. IJA (talk) 09:49, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose - Agree with others that those calling for a separate article will be falling into WP:RECENTISM. Fundamentally, it is better to keep the core controversies here (as Sims2aholic8 notes, in summary and adding any additional information to the country entry subarticles), rather than go into endless detail in a separate article that isn't going to be anymore succinct or NPOV. MoreofaGlorifiedPond,Really... (talk) 20:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose - Unnecessary as no other year had separate pages for their controversies, keep things consistent as this was not the first nor last Eurovision year filled with controversy (we just have more online news coverage of it). Most people when they want to look at the controversies, they are gonna first search for it through the main yearly page, separating it would just cause needless redirects. On top of that the section is not large enough to warrant a separate page. Nickpunk (talk) 21:44, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Support per arguments made above. I don't think there has ever been a ESC as controversial as this year's and I don't think that this is the result of recentism. An article that includes this year's controversies (it doesn't necessarily have to be an extremely lengthy one) might actually be warranted here. I don't really think that the current state of this article summarizes the incidents/controversies well enough with due amount of weight to each one. Piccco (talk) 16:14, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strongly Oppose - fails WP:NOTNEWS and WP:10YEARTEST. There is also a serious danger of any separate article focusing too much on the Israel situation. The proposal for a new article seems to be born out of a want to re-admit all of the content that was (correctly) removed. A separate article would suffer from the same issue as the current controversies section, i.e. not being overlong on some issues and overlooking some others. I am very concerned that it would not be sufficiently balanced between the Israel participation itself and the other controversies that occurred, especially the Dutch DSQ. I am also concerned that, rightly or wrongly, the creation of a new article would be seen as being biased and unduly drawing attention to the issue. Any large detail should be included within Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Spa-Franks (talk) 20:04, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Move "political controversies" to just "controversies"

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An alternative solution would be moving the Political controversies in the Eurovision Song Contest to Controversies in the Eurovision Song Contest and then expanding it — IмSтevan ^talk 11:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

This is a can of worms proposal and would be so large potentially, that it would be unmanageable. The reason political controversies are separate is because of the apolitical nature of the contest. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 13:28, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I would tend to agree, I think keeping the subject of this article to just those controversies where politics played a part, and in particular providing context for longer-term controversies, is more relevant and more useful to the reader. There would be several "controversies" in part editions which I believe would fall under WP:TRIVIA, so keeping a focus here on political trends and addressing individual controversies which occured in a specific year on those individual articles is a much more useful way of approaching the situation. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 20:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@ImStevan: Why are you directing discussion for this on this talk page and not on the respective article's talk page? UaMaol (talk) 20:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussions are linked in my opinion — IмSтevan ^talk 20:39, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

While that makes sense if there wasn't a move discussion created on that page, the fact is that there is one right now. That could lead to a problem where consensus forms on one page to move and on the other page not to move. --Super Goku V (talk) 06:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Support as creating numerous "controversy" pages for Eurovision could lead to a controversy of its own. Ktkvtsh (talk) 00:21, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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Full spokespersons list and order released

Eurofestival News released the full list of spokespersons (https://www.eurofestivalnews.com/2024/05/11/spokeperson-eurovision-2024-italia-26-mele-rinuncia/) - with Kaarija in there still, despite his later withdrawal Pdhadam (talk) 18:33, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

ABBA Voyage

The article currently says that the Malmö performance of "Waterloo" was preceded by a pre-recorded segment in which the song's original performers, ABBA, discussed their Eurovision experience on the occasion of its 50th anniversary – I don't think this is strictly true. It appears that the show went live(?) to the ABBA Voyage arena in London – it certainly at least showed a crowd in the London arena – and the "ABBAtars" talking about "Waterloo" as part of that show. Kingsif (talk) 23:19, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

You are correct. It clearly were cgi versions of the ABBA members.Tvx1 00:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Image representing the host city

Stortorget in central Malmö

I wanted to add an image representing the host city, but I cannot add it since I do not have an account and that seems mandatory for this article. So I leave the image here if someone else wants to add it. 2A00:1EB8:C1A7:D2DC:DD4A:F0FC:43BC:5CC3 (talk) 23:35, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

It's a lovely idea, but I don't really see this as something the article needs. I think the image of the host venue is enough. Aris Odi ❯❯❯ talk 04:33, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-protected edit request on 12 May 2024

We now have a reliable source with details on what happened with Joost Klein and the reporter: [2]https://wiwibloggs.com/2024/05/11/avrotros-disagrees-joost-klein-disqualification-eurovision-2024/281669/ IkiEneng (talk) 23:57, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Actually that is the AVROTROS account of the events. They are not neutral. The EBU has already disputed this account.Tvx1 00:32, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-protected edit request on 12 May 2024 (Split results)

I made an overview of the split televoting-jury results: [3]https://imgur.com/a/hyCwaB5 IkiEneng (talk) 23:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Detailed results are missing

12 points list is missing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:fe1:8084:3b00:4d2a:77bd:9d64:ff8b (talk) 01:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

They can be found here:

https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2024

Someone with edit privileges should update the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.253.76.62 (talk) 09:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

for the first semi-final as well as the Latvian 12 points in the semi-final. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asteroid08 (talk • contribs) 09:31, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

The Latvian semi-final 12 points are still missing! Asteroid08 (talk) 07:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Nemo's final performance.

The starting position of Nemo in the grand final should be written in bold. Newrafal04 (talk) 06:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Also, got the winner's encore performance video up on YouTube? Just in case to include that on his track's page. VernardoLau (talk) 07:08, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Delay in publishing the Portuguese performance on YouTube

The video was only posted after the votes closed, which generated controversy. Fonte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZn4-H6JvKU&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest https://www.escportugal.pt/2024/05/esc2024-atuacao-de-portugal-na-final.html https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/eurovisao-ebu-protelou-publicacao-de-video-de-iolanda-com-simbolos-da-palestina_v1570890 Mestre Big Brother (talk) 09:08, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Bold country names in results tables.

I feel like there needs to be an explanation as to why Israel, Ukraine, Armenia, Serbia, Moldova and the Czech Republic have their names in bold in the tables detailing which countries have given their 12 points to which other countries. Could somebody please put in a brief explanation or alternatively remove the bolding? 89.246.98.39 (talk) 10:14, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It's countries that awarded both 12 points from the jury and televoting to the same country; not sure why that's not noted — IмSтevan ^talk 11:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Removal of scare quotes around "genocide"

• What I think should be changed:

Remove quotes around "genocide":

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Fred Leone, the didgeridoo player for Australia's performance, had a stylised watermelon painted on his chest in condemnation of the Gaza "genocide".

+

Fred Leone, the didgeridoo player for Australia's performance, had a stylised watermelon painted on his chest in condemnation of the Gaza genocide.

• Why it should be changed:

Having quotes around "genocide" can be seen as implicitly disagreeing with the classification of the situation in Gaza as a genocide (see Scare quotes). I believe this is not Wikipedia's call to make, and removing the quotes is faithful to how both the primary and secondary sources phrased it. The current phrasing was introduced in revision [4].

I do not know if this change might be too controversial for an edit request, but I am open to discussion.

Vkb123 (talk) 10:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

If the content is (as I believe it clearly should be) moved to a sub-article on controversies, I believe that article title in itself is enough demarcation that the content is sensitive, and so scare quotes wouldn't be needed. Thanks for bringing it up. Kingsif (talk) 10:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose - Removing the "" around the term takes a side and wades in, neck-deep into a contentious claim and a claim without definition. Genocide has many definitions and there are cultural, societal, legal, etc. Which do you pick and why? Wikivoice cannot make such a claim. Claims of "genocide" are highly POV and disputed. Also these are not 'scare quotes' it shows that the term is used by some as a descriptor but it is not necessarily accurate. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 10:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  I am aware that these are probably not intended to be scare quotes, but that is how I originally read it, and I reckon that others might read it like that too. That is why I think the current article might risk POV, but I now realise that simply removing the quotes would just flip the POV in the other direction.

  As an alternative, what if it said "had a stylised watermelon painted on his chest to call against genocide in Gaza"? This is almost the exact phrasing used by the secondary source, and in my eyes does not seem to imply that Wikipedia recognises or disputes the Gaza situation as a genocide.

  As another alternative, we could expand the quotation so that it is not just that single word. I cannot find a suitable small but descriptive quote to use, and quoting a large section of the Instagram post feels like undue focus. Plus, it's not written in very encyclopaedic language (if that's a relevant concern, which I'm not sure it is). Vkb123 (talk) 11:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Alternative - Just refrain from using the word 'genocide' in this context. There is no concensus about whether the situation in Gaza qualifies as genocide and it is not up to Wikipedia to decide on this. There are plenty of other words you can use, such as the more neutral word 'conflict'. Hhl95 (talk) 15:17, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Leone was protesting what he considers genocide, and if Wikipedia is covering it at all, WP then has the duty to accurately explain what the issue/controversy was. It would not be neutral to use a generic term that does not reflect what Leone's protest was. Wikipedia is not deciding anything - the purpose of the quotation marks.

  I think the suggestion of expanding what is quoted is the best solution. As quoting one word can appear sarcastic and like Wikipedia is deriding Leone's view, while not using quotation marks is inappropriate use of wikivoice, using a longer quote would prevent either from being a concern. Using sourced wording also prevents misinterpretation from Wikipedia restatement. Kingsif (talk) 15:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  What individual acts consider genocide does not mean Wikipedia goes that is genocide. Additionally Wikipedia is not here ‘to cover everything’ that is for news companies and not an encyclopaedia. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  No, and that's why there's quotation marks. Wikipedia accurately explaining what Leone's action was for, is not agreeing with him, and I never suggested that, so I don't know what your reply is for - unless that wasn't understood.

  Though I don't know how I can explain it better: Leone's act was to protest genocide, as he sees it. It was not to protest conflict. Wikipedia would be introducing inaccuracy (at least) - for no other reason than avoiding a word we could just attribute - if we followed the suggestion to say conflict. (The 'at least' is referring to the fact that readers who go to the source would see that Leone wasn't protesting conflict, but what he sees as genocide, and could interpret WP avoiding the word as WP taking a side.)

  So, best to use an extended quote. Kingsif (talk) 16:18, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  It’s promoting their opinion above others which is undue weight and undue bias. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  If it was the only thing being written about, I would agree, but saying (effectively) "one of the protest actions was this guy painting his chest which he did so because he thinks X", in the middle of a list of four things, is not undue weight or undue bias. I, genuinely, encourage you to look at it in the context it's in. Wikipedia is not presenting his view either as correct or more important than others. Saying that a guy did X because he believes Y is not, in this instance, giving undue weight to what he believes.

  The text has now been edited to in condemnation of the perceived genocide, anyway. But...

  I've just edited the section to try and make it more readable and NPOV. I debated removing this part entirely, not for any NPOV concerns, but simply because I can only see the one source for it (and it's Eurovoix, which almost indiscriminately covers everything at Eurovision), so whether it's important enough for inclusion is a question. This also comes as I am thinking of rewriting a more generic (shorter) "There were numerous actions by other participating acts in protest", because I was going to move out the Belgian union and the opening act stuff, and Bambie Thug has other involvements. Which would only leave Leone, and again, on its own it would be inappropriate.

  I also think the section warrants a mention of the overwhelming public vote for Israel, but we're on clean-up at the moment. Kingsif (talk) 17:45, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  I think that's a slippery road to go on. It is not up to us to interpret the televote score and to phrase it as support for Israel outside Eurovision. Every year there is plenty to say and interpret about the voting and I think we should just refrain from that, unless there are explicit and sourced voting declarations. Hhl95 (talk) 02:21, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  For the record: the word 'conflict' was not a suggestion, it was an example. It was not intended to make this a choice between 'genocide' or 'conflict'. Like I wrote, there are plenty of words you could use, or it could be phrased differently, for example by referring to the victims. My proposal is just to remove the word 'genocide' and to use your imagination for a less contested way to phrase it. There's no need to use the literal words that Leone used. Hhl95 (talk) 02:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  I agree just don’t include the word or section at all. The word is far too loaded, and POV. Best just don’t use it. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:31, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Didn't see this - given my (above mentioned) apprehensions about including it on relevance, I will take this as small consensus to remove that example. Kingsif (talk) 17:46, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

References

Additional incidents related to the final

• "At Saturday night’s final, Portuguese entrant iolanda appeared onstage with nails painted with the pattern of a kaffiyeh during her performance of “Grito.”" [5]
• "Loreen will not hand over the trophy to Eden Golan in case of Israel’s victory on Eurovision 2024" [6]
• "dropped the microphone-shaped glass trophy, injuring their thumb in the process." [7]

Galzigler (talk) 12:11, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the first bullet: "The EBU has not uploaded Portugal’s performance to the official YouTube channel." [8] Galzigler (talk) 12:14, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Pro-Palestinian supporters organized a "Eurovision" of their own, political event, aimed at spreading anti-Israeli statements. [9]
• 9 of the participating artists signed this statement. [10]

Galzigler (talk) 12:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Detailed voting results tables

Previous Eurovision Contest pages have detailed voting results tables. Will this years article have them too, or isn't the information available? TrogWoolley (talk) 13:15, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

the detailed results tables for semi-final 2 and the final are available. you can go see them at eurovisionworld.com and eurovision.tv

semi-final 1's results are unavailable at the moment, due to a glitch at the detailed results of the semi-final 1 website Firsy.mid (talk) 15:21, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

The links are [11] and [12]. If anyone's willing to tussle with the table formatting for it (as seen here), put the table here and I can put it into the article. ji11720 (talk) 16:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Article problems identified at ITN

Usually, Eurovision is featured on the Main Page in the ITN box. The nomination has identified some issues that are preventing this article this year from being posted. I know lots of users want to add content, but it's probably best that the problems are addressed first.

ITN comments have so far noted:

1. Some parts lacking sources
   1. Detailed results mentioned explicitly
2. Article is too long to navigate easily
   1. Some sections should be forked off
   2. Postcards table, voting list, spokespersons could be excessive trivia
3. Concerns with the controversies section

If sources can be added, that would be helpful.

I think most forks (i.e. splits) should be discussed, which could take some time - while I, and I'm sure many other users, am experienced in splitting content and BOLD guidelines, the main sections that are candidates for being split off seem to be Broadcasters and Controversies. There's already a discussion above (#New article) about splitting off the latter, so that should be resolved some way or another (even a no consensus, do whatever) before content is moved. And in terms of broadcasters, since that's such an integral part of the competition, it would seem counterintuitive to not have some kind of list at the main article. (Similar with votes).

However, I think it is an easy solution to move the postcards information to the various country sub-articles. Kingsif (talk) 15:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Split proposal: Grand Final content

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I don't think this has ever been done before, but in terms of navigating the article, which is very long, it seems clear it would be beneficial to split it. The first split I think should be made - that which I think would be best overall - is to create an article on the grand final itself as an event, and of course then to split out the content that pertains only to the grand final. Kingsif (talk) 16:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

People are suggesting that we remove information instead of simply splitting the article. That makes no sense.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:20, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Now that the article appears on ITN I guess we could close that part of the discussion. Still a split would be suitable. --BabbaQ (talk) 00:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Survey

• Support as nom. Kingsif (talk) 16:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - would rather support a controversies article D4NT3023 (talk) 16:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  You can support both. Kingsif (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  I don't think the final needs a separate article at all D4NT3023 (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Support - As noted above (and as can be seen here) the controversy section isn't the problem and removing it doesn't do much in terms of article length, Support - can always be reworked if it doesn't work. –Davey2010^Talk 16:53, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - the grand final section is about as long as any other year's, so I don't see a point in making a new page for it JPStrickler (talk) 17:20, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - I think the details about the final are the most crucial part about these articles, and if things end up too long then it would be better to move other less relevant parts to separate articles. Zouki08 (talk) 17:55, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  That's an interesting topical point: if the final (rather than the whole contest) is 'crucial', then I see it as a question of whether the overview article should be tailored to cover the final and let the hosting, broadcasting, semi-finals, songs, etc. be split out as subsidiary - or if an article on the final should be considered the crucial article for people who want to read about it. Kingsif (talk) 18:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose - As per reasons already stated above. There's not enough to warrant a separate article, and it would add unnecessary confusion. Sizewell (talk) 18:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Not really any need, not longer than for previous years. Jeppiz (talk) 19:10, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose It's about the same length as all other recent years, no need for it BochiBochiGalaxy (talk) 19:14, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strongly Oppose Just because the article is long doesn't mean it needs to be split up. Ktkvtsh (talk) 19:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strongly Oppose I think that would create just an absolute mess for other articles. I don't think it needs to be split up MattBinYYC (talk) 21:46, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strongly Oppose I don't see a benefit in doing this. Long articles are fine, and doing this would make reading about ESC2024 much harder. Brobbz (talk) 23:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strongly Support - This has been brought up over at ITN as well. The article is way too long and difficult to navigate.BabbaQ (talk) 00:04, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - I think there are plenty of ways to shorten the article. And I have not always followed it closely, but I noticed that the format has changed, which effectively increased the length of the article. Here are some suggestions to shorten the article:

• Remove the 'Notes' column in the Bidding phase table. Use the Notes section further down the article if explanations are needed.
• Remove the list of participants table. They are already integrated in the result tables. All those extra details such as the broadcasters and songwriters can be covered in the country article or song article and don't need to be covered in the general event article. The broadcasters are already covered in the Broadcasts section anyways. So the list of participants table basically only exists to feature the songwriters and is therefore redundant. If we really want to feature the songwriters on this page, I suggest using the format of the German event article.
• Remove the postcards table. I think we could do with a short explanation of the concept of this year's postcards. Perhaps alternatively, every country page could feature a more detailed section about that country's postcard.
• Remove the OGAE voting section. This is irrelevant to the official Contest and it gives the OGAE voting an importance that it does not have. The Contest already comprises a much larger public vote itself, so the OGAE voting really doesn't represent anything. Hhl95 (talk) 02:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@Hhl95 You may go to WikiProject Eurovision if you want to initiate discussions on the wider formatting of the contest year pages - more experienced editors with expertise on the contest will be willing to discuss further Pdhadam (talk) 07:34, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I did realise that I probably suggested things that have been deliberated before. But we are discussing the length of the article here as a problem, so these are suggestions to shorten the article(s). Perhaps concensus can be reached here already. Hhl95 (talk) 08:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Absolutely not. We need the participants tables — IмSтevan ^talk 09:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

What is the added value of the participants table if the participants are already covered in the results table? Hhl95 (talk) 10:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose I don't feel it is necessary to make a separate page for the finals. Edwyth (talk) 06:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose instead of forking out the final article, maybe remove the WP:TRIVIA like the "postcard" table, complete voting list, and lists of spokespersons, so that the article isn't so long. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:58, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose no necessary to do this. John123521 (Talk-Contib.) 12:31, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Completely unnecessary to split, and in fact I believe this would be damaging to the article(s); the contest is a single event with three shows, so it is much rather represented as a unified article for all three shows. One large article, even if a bit unwieldy at times, that covers all the facets of the contest (either in summary or in full) is a much better solution in my opinion than trying to funnel information into multiple smaller articles that would lead to a loss of context. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose as being redundant. 2405:9800:BA20:17F9:DCEF:9FAE:8CE6:A8FA (talk) 09:47, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose per the arguments above. It would seem to be totally redundant. IJA (talk) 18:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strongly oppose The EBU owns the disqualification affaire now. The fact that they acted as policemen, judge, jury and executioner all at once -without any trial- is part of ESC history now and should not be conveniently stuffed away on a separate page. Jcwf (talk) 03:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 May 2024

In "Incidents and controversies" / "Spokesperson changes", change "were announced by Österdahl" to "were announced by Österdahl, who was heavily booed".

In the "Participating countries" chart, change the Netherlands' language cell from "Dutch" to "Dutch, German (two verses), Italian (two verses), English (two verses and some words), French, Spanish (some words)" Lallamaflamenca (talk) 17:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done I've added a bit more to the spokesperson section, but we need a WP:RS for Österdahl being booed. As for the song languages, I recall that there is some WP standard for what language is listed (perhaps a certain %age of the song sung in it) - but again, it would need a source. The current source, of course showing various lines in other languages, is the Eurovision website. So you might be better raising the question at the Eurovision project talkpage, on when non-main languages are to be included and what sourcing would be required. Kingsif (talk) 17:58, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Regarding Österdahl, I believe this could work as a source. --Super Goku V (talk) 10:52, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I did introduce a source for the boos, actually - I don’t know if in further edits it has been changed or not. Kingsif (talk) 11:13, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Looks like the entire section got axed for some reason. Will look into it. --Super Goku V (talk) 05:42, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Found it. Grk1011 said the section was UNDUE and took it down here.

Personally, I don't agree with the assessment given the coverage over it and with it apparently tied to a claimed incident involving another delegation. --Super Goku V (talk) 07:41, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Israel controversies

The section can be reduced to a single paragraph, as shown in this edit. This article isn't the main article for the controversies involving Israel, so WP:SUMMARYHATNOTE can be applied and most of the content transferred to Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. A.D.Hope (talk) 19:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• I've added links to what is already at the Israel article in the paragraph that's already there. Sure. Why not. If it keeps the topic together and makes the main article more manageable, people will still try to add things but signposting should help. Kingsif (talk) 19:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, I can see that and it's an improvement. My point is that the three subsections beneath the opening paragraph can be removed, as that detailed information should be in the 'Israel in Eurovision 2024' article. A.D.Hope (talk) 08:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  If it was unclear, I was agreeing with the split suggestion, which I see has already been done. Kingsif (talk) 11:12, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks for the clarification, Kingsif. I didn't make the split and I assume you didn't, but I do think it's an improvement! ~~~ A.D.Hope (talk) 11:16, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Lead second para first sentence

I propose changing the first sentence of the second paragraph of the lead from:

Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest, with Luxembourg competing for the first time since 1993, while Romania opted not to participate after doing so the previous year.

to

Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest, the same number as in 2023. Romania did not return, however, Luxembourg competed for the first time since 1993.

The second version flows better, and also includes the fact that the number of competing countries has remained stable from 2023. @User:Pdhadam has reverted the change when I've tried to insert it into the article, hence opening a discussion to discuss what their objection might be. A.D.Hope (talk) 19:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@A.D.Hope That is because "the same number as [previous year]" hasn't really been included as a line for previous years' articles. Returning countries are also often mentioned first before non-returns/withdrawals Pdhadam (talk) 23:45, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't matter that the line hasn't been included in previous articles, really. It wouldn't be for many, because the number of participating countries fluctuates.

The order of Luxembourg and Romania doesn't much matter, but 'while Romania' reads somewhat awkwardly. A.D.Hope (talk) 08:05, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@A.D.Hope The aim (at least in my view, although there are other editors who may or may not agree) is to achieve consistency between contest year pages, in particular the recent years, and deviating too much from the established lead wording would fail to do so. Pdhadam (talk) 09:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

It's desirable to have consistency in terms of sections and general order, but the exact words don't need to be the same from one year's article to the next. It's ultimately more important to present the information in a natural, fluent way. A.D.Hope (talk) 11:28, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Here's my suggestion according to your edit:

Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest, the same number as in 2023. Romania opted not to participate, while Luxembourg competed for the first time since 1993.

The reason why I described Romania as "chose not to participate" is due to that it's the norm for previous years where a country choose to not participate after doing so the previous year. Wording such as "withdraw" only applies when a country changes its participation plans at a late stage, i.e. after the EBU announces the list of participants. Pdhadam (talk) 13:44, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I think that proposed wording is absolutely fine; I've added it to the article, but swapped 'while' for 'and'. I agree that we should be careful about using words such as 'withdraw' where they might give the wrong impression of events. A.D.Hope (talk) 13:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Censorship of Portuguese acting

Controversies of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest insert Censorship of Portuguese performance on social networks due to Palestinian symbols on nails. "RTP’s President, Nicolau Santos said today that the broadcaster awaits "thorough" answers about the delay in posting Iolanda's performance during the #Eurovision final." Broadcaster RTP will present a formal protest to the EBU in case foul play is detected by the delayed upload of iolanda’s performance Danopt (talk) 19:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 May 2024 (2)

Requesting pronoun for Nemo be corrected in section ‎Non-binary pride flag ban, from:

The singer, who identifies as non-binary, admitted to breaking the rules by smuggling one in in protest, which he displayed in the Green Room.

To:

The singer, who identifies as non-binary, admitted to breaking the rules by smuggling one in in protest, which they displayed in the Green Room.

GarethPW (talk) 20:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done ji11720 (talk) 20:33, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Addition of countries that called for Gaza ceasefire

Addition of Switzerland among countries that called for ceasefire in Gaza as is listed among the nations that have done so in source 359 used in the paragraph.

Ahead of the contest, in March 2024, an open letter was released by various participants. While not mentioning Israel's participation in the contest, the entrants for Ireland, Norway, Portugal, San Marino,

[Switzerland, ] <===

Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Lithuania, and Finland called for "an immediate and lasting ceasefire" in Gaza, as well as the return of war hostages.[341][359] YhtomitosGeometryDash (talk) 01:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done 「HypeBoy」^TALK 10:48, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

References

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 May 2024

The section regarding allegations of harassment by the Israeli delegation towards the Irish, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Spanish and Swiss delegations and journalists is missing large swaths of necessary information, especially surrounding the removal of a stylist working with the Israeli delegation and the complaints sent by the Spanish journalists working there.

Additionally, there is no information regarding the controversy regarding the EBU's decision to not use footage from the final performance of Portugal's song in official materials and during portions of the broadcast, and the Portuguese artist's nails, which were decorated with pro-Palestinian imagery.

Whitneyahn (talk) 02:25, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

In interview

"The president of the Board of Directors of RTP specified that the Portuguese delegation “reacted immediately when they saw that the video had not entered as the others were entering, immediately after the end of the performance, and the indication that was given through a exchanging emails is that there was a technical problem"

"It was during this exchange of emails that the person responding to our delegation said 'but your competitor has pro-Palestinian motives painted on her nails'. On our part we asked the question 'what does that have to do with this? ' (…) and what happened is that immediately afterwards the video came in", he explained, noting that the delegation continues to be in contact with the organizer and is "waiting to know the most complete explanations".

When asked about whether he was considering filing a formal protest, the person in charge stressed that it is necessary to have consolidated "the indications of what happened and whether there was actually a technical problem or whether it was someone in the 'regie' who purposely delayed the entry of the video up in the air". 161.230.195.13 (talk) 13:41, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

It is more than evident that there was censorship on the part of the EBU, due to Symbols of Palestine, so much so that they only aired it after the end of the votes. It's strange that they allege technical problems in this performance. Danopt (talk) 13:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

References

Detailed results

The detailed results of the final can be copied from my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex1/sandbox Alex1 (talk) 11:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! — IмSтevan ^talk 19:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

"Abuse directed at Israel" section

The term "abuse" is a little bit extreme, don't you think? It is not much of an "abuse" but rather a negative response to the Israeli participation to the contest. 103.168.38.38 (talk) 11:38, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 May 2024 (2)

Hello, There is some misinformation in the jury changes section in the Eurovision 2024 article. Kaarija did indeed provide an reason and he wrote "I have decided not to participate as the spokesperson for the Finnish Jury in tonight's Eurovision finale. Giving out the points tonight does not feel right." in both finnish and english in his social media instagram story. Tankeynotsuss (talk) 12:27, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

"Does not feel right" feels too vague to qualify as a reason, Alessandra and Nikkie provided more concrete reasons for their withdrawal. Pdhadam (talk) 13:35, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tankeynotsuss: Could you provide a link to this social media post so it can be verified? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:58, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Already sourced it — IмSтevan ^talk 17:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, closing this request as  Already done. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Gilmore Girls DVD

It has been confirmed from one of the writers of ESC that the Season 3 DVD of Gilmore Girls has been posted to the Swiss delegation after winning https://twitter.com/EdwardafSillen/status/1790047773519208773 Eurofreak2000 (talk) 19:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Given that Edward af Sillen is a comedy writer, and the DVD "prize" was a joke, I would take that tweet with a pinch of salt. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 20:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Traumatic experiences

I Think we should add a part of multiple artist coming out and saying the entire experience. For example Ireland about the backstage mood and abuse from both israeli media and the EBU. Also latvian singer said in a tweet: "Going after that country, with the crowd being so intense, was one of the worst things I had to go through, I really did the best that I could in this situation...traumatic experience, wish it all ended after the first semi" Bhjio (talk) 20:50, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Also Ukrainian artist in an interview about the backstage:

https://x.com/ESCdiscord/status/1790086938621341977

Norway too:

https://x.com/euroviNOR/status/1790052515880317430

link to Latvian singers tweet:

https://x.com/SilvestrasBelte/status/1789453808239530370 Bhjio (talk) 21:02, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

WP:TWITTER covers what we can use tweets for as sources. Do you have a different source that can be used? --Super Goku V (talk) 02:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

This is not a place to do a laundry list of people personal feelings and opinions. The Irish complaints about conduct are included. The ‘mood’ and ‘intensity’ is just speculation and not encyclopaedic.

additionally tweets are very bad sources and should be avoided. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 23:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

reactions during israel interview

Maybe add a section during israel's interview after semi final 2 i believe. the Greek singer pretented to fall asleep and the Dutch singer with the flag over their head Bhjio (talk) 21:20, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

No need to add this cruft and minutiae. Wikipedia is not a repository for every action by every person. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 23:53, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 May 2024

Update table to reflect that Latvia awarded 12 points to Estonia in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. 98.59.156.31 (talk) 00:17, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Taavi (talk!) 16:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Add info

Please add that Joost Klein was disqualified for breaking a swiss camera in the finals. Narcar98 (talk) 07:35, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

The damage to the camera seems not to have contributed to the disqualification. --Super Goku V (talk) 10:22, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Article should mention Moroccanoil sponsorship

The article doesn't mention that the primary sponsor of Eurovision is Moroccanoil, which is an Israeli cosmetics company based in Tel Aviv. This should be considered pertinent considering the controversy surrounding Israel's inclusion in the contest.

Sources:

https://eurovision.moroccanoil.com/

https://eurovision.tv/story/moroccanoil-becomes-presenting-partner-of-eurovision-2020

https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/09/eurovision-said-israel-2024-song-contest-20799836/ Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 13:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Not the place for complaining about sponsors from specific countries. This is not a place to air grievances, dislikes, general upset. The article should not contain anything like the above request. Israel are not the focus of this article and this is not a ‘controversy’. This is why having a section or a separate article on ‘controversies’ leads to the want to include everything that everyone considers to be by their own metric ‘controversial’.

This suggestion while in good faith is 100% inappropriate for Wikipedia and an example of the dangers of such sections or separate pages about ‘controversies’. Wikipedia is not a place to single out and push a narrative of ‘Israel anything is controversial’ or anything similar for that matter on any other country which enters the contest.

TL:DR Wikipedia is not a soapbox. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 14:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I understand where you are coming from - I'm not trying to complain or whip up a frenzy or soapbox, but I can understand that interpretation from my suggestion. Just pointing out that publications (like Metro link above) have suggested that this could cause a conflict of interest when there was mounting pressure to disqualify Israel's entrant.

Ignoring Moroccanoil - is documenting sponsorships in general OK for inclusion in the article? It is a large contributor to how Eurovision is funded, and sponsorships are shown repeatedly throughout broadcast. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 15:14, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Metro is a deprecated source and must not be used. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 15:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Unless there is a very specific reason such as sponsorship for an anti gay org or similar. Otherwise it’s really not appropriate. The bar is extremely high. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 15:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I didn't realise Metro was considered a bad source, sorry about that. Seeing as the Metro is a deprecated source then I'll retract this suggestion for listing Moroccanoil as a potential conflict of interest, as I'm unable to find a better source for that claim, so I 100% agree a COI suggestion shouldn't be in the article.

As a side note however I'm not sure why documenting sponsors would be considered inappropriate in general. I can understand objections the original suggestion about a possible confict of interest - but documenting something noncontroversial such as "EasyJet was billed as the 'Official Airline' of Eurovision 2024" (source: https://eurovision.tv/about - bottom of page under 'partners') plainly without editorialising is hardly inappropriate, it's just recording a published fact about the event, written in NPOV. Is there a WP policy/discussion about this? Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 16:27, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

It’s excessive detail and cruft. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and minutiae like who sponsored what year and so on is just not encyclopaedic content. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:51, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Austrian performance glitch

During the Grand Final performance of We Will Rave by Kaleen for Austria, there was a brief glitch where the performance froze on camera, is this worth a mention in incidents and controversies? 92.14.48.137 (talk) 15:18, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Would require a published source documenting this happening - otherwise shouldn't be included. Even with a source it's unlikely to be relevant enough, unless it was a major outage. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 15:26, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Detailed results

The detailed results tables should also note where Netherlands would've finished, and other countries' placements should be kept in the order in which they appear on Eurovision.tv. For example here, Ukraine was listed as finishing 10th in the Serbian jury, when it was actually 11th, but was altered on the article to fill up the spot left by Netherlands — IмSтevan ^talk 17:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

That information is already being added to the individual country articles for this year (see Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024#Detailed voting results as an example). I believe mentioning the number of jury points the Netherlands would have received if they had competed would be relevant, and this is already included in the split poins table, however since they didn't compete and the points awarded did not account for the Netherlands, I don't believe we should be altering the detailed voting tables to add in a row for the Netherlands with the hypothetical points they would have received. I think doing so would be confusing to a normal reader. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 09:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Good — IмSтevan ^talk 13:02, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

A biased POV about Israel throughout the article

Particularly this one is striking: "there was targeted online hate directed towards the Israeli entrant, Eden Golan, throughout the contest."

No. The hate was not directed towards the singer. There was a discontent regarding the inclusion of Israel in the contest due to the well-known reasons. The source of this alleged hate is... a descrpition of an interview Martin Österdahl gave. This sentence should be rephrased or removed completely. Ceriumlanthanum (talk) 14:10, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable non-depreciated source to back up what you are saying as the current sentence is properly sourced. Otherwise it is the realms of original research. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:46, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

What Mr Österdahl claims doesn't prove anything. It is just his opinion. This is why I raised concern about neutrality of this particular sentence. It's clearly biased, and, in addition, it is not supported by a reliable source.

If Österdahl's words are used as reference to the "hate towards the entrant", we might as well cite Jehoshua Kaufman's opinion, i.e., "Golan was coming to very hateful surroundings" (vía [13]).

This still doesn't mean there was hate directed at the singer. There are countless publications about why the protests were being held and why, in the first place, (social) media outrage was sparked. Ceriumlanthanum (talk) 20:42, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps using in-line attribution ("Österdahl said...") is a good compromise here? Kingsif (talk) 22:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Israel campaign for votes

From this, this or that, we see that Israeli government officials admit to have "campaigned" for votes in favorable audiences. Is that worth noting ? 2A01:CB14:8525:5900:DB2B:DFAF:8EEC:3041 (talk) 15:49, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it is. Ceriumlanthanum (talk) 16:55, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Under no circumstances is this anything more than speculation and cruft. So no it cannot go in as this is the problem with wanting to include everything against the country which is the centre of attention at the moment. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:37, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Additionally are the sources even reliable? And do they even say what is claimed? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 20:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Ynet is usually rather reliable from what I know. RTVSLO is the national slovenian broadcaster but they seem to be citing ynet as well as the TImes of Israel. Yoyo360 (talk) 20:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Based on Google Translate, they are citing both ynet and the Times of Israel, but I am not finding in The Times' Eurovision articles where the quote came from. --Super Goku V (talk) 00:58, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

So first you accuse of "speculation and cruft", and then you wonder whether the source is actually reliable.

These news are concerning, thus deserve a special coverage in the article. Ceriumlanthanum (talk) 20:51, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Please do not comment on the contributor and always assume good faith. I see you created your account today to comment here but you must always assume good faith and being a new user is not free pass. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 23:56, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Picture, I don't see much of a problem. If the issue was with the specific words used, then you might need to be clearer. (Additionally, we do have an essay regarding Newbies.)

In any case, the sourcing seems to be a problem, though I am looking into what Yoyo360 has said. --Super Goku V (talk) 00:17, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Super Goku V It would seem that, in the rtvslo article, all quotes from Saranga are taken from Ynet. In the Times of Israel, found this quote : "The truth is that there was obviously an organized, dedicated effort by Israel supporters to give their votes to Golan in the face of intense threats and hatred, and it clearly drew votes from many who don’t otherwise tune into the Eurovision each year" in this article but that's more of an opinion statement than something factual. But Ynet quotes do exist... Yoyo360 (talk) 12:06, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Picture, in the nicest way possible, you are stretching the limits of good faith - I already noted that you have a tendency to comment in a way that tries to minimise heavy criticism of Israel. A friendly reminder that NPOV works both ways, and your somewhat argumentative replies to every individual comment (not just stating your piece and letting others comment in kind) that either supports including information critical of Israel, or opposes including information kind to Israel (as in #A biased POV about Israel throughout the article), could very soon be seen as WP:BLUDGEONING. Your contributions to discussion are appreciated, but let's keep it open.

FWIW, up to "2022", I wholeheartedly agree with your (standalone) comment currently at the bottom of this section. Kingsif (talk) 22:35, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I would say so — IмSтevan ^talk 17:48, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Is that a !vote for inclusion or exclusion? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 19:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

This should definitely be included. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 21:31, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

What is the relevance of this information? and how does it rise to the level of inclusion? Does it break any rules or is it just disliked and frowned upon? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 23:55, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

It might be worth noting, but the sources are not the best. If there are any sources that are generally reliable, then we could consider adding it. --Super Goku V (talk) 23:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

This all seems to be that it was not from the Israeli delegation the self but from people who tuned in specifically to support Israel and got others to do so. Which is not worth including. It is potentially no different to previous years people have been fired up by outside events to tune in. A recent example being Ukraine in 2022. So I think inclusion is POV to push that Israel somehow acted nefariously which is unsupported, from what I have seen, There is no evidence that I have seen which says rules were broken. This feels a lot like people looking to fill column inches and another story of the big bad Israel does that nicely. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 15:47, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Include - It's relevant, it's well sourced (Ynet), and the source is pretty direct - "The support Golan received from the European audience was preceded by a campaign by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government publicity office for Eurovision fans, in which the Israeli representative addressed them in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Czech, Latvian, Estonian, Albanian, Georgian and English - and asked them to vote for her. The campaign states that "in view of the wave of hatred and Muslim demonstrations in Malmö, a counter-reaction of the silent majority is taking place."" (via google translate). A government ministry addressing people in different languages instructing people to vote based on political aims is relevant. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 09:55, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Gonna need better sourcing as described above. Also this would if sourceable better, better be included on the Israel subpage here. It feels very much like singling out one country where other countries are well known to have done this. also there has not been any suggestion rules have been broken. Have any rules been broken? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 15:54, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Picture - I am aware of your opinions because this is the seventh comment you have posted in this section. Please let people voice their own opinions without repeating your own. You are bludgeoning. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 15:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

The number of comments by one user is irrelevant please focus on the context. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Ynet is a reliable source and they cited someone from the government, and the whole thing has been recited by another reliable broadcaster (RTVSLO). I ca also add Bilbao Hiria and El Díario who released articles earlier today. So what now? Yoyo360 (talk) 16:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Have any Eurovision rules been broken? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Rules broken or not, that's irrelevant. The israeli government admitted to campaigning for political purposes and reliable sources have been found. Yoyo360 (talk) 16:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes rules broken does matter or it’s not notable for this article as inclusion is pov pushing. This a Eurovision article not an analysis and inclusion of everything Israel did at Eurovision. This is not a regurgitation and inclusion of news reports people like. There must be some real reason for inclusion, such as the actions broke Eurovision rules.

So I ask again, have any rules been broken? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:37, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, that's why I also thought that a mentionig this is relevant in the article of this year's ESC specifically. Amidst a war, a government of a participating country confirms that they campaigned for vote collection, when it is known that a large amount of public votes in the show can be interpreted as public support (e.g. see the situation with Ukraine 2022). Piccco (talk) 16:40, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Include per comments made above; indeed, there seem to be several reliable sources discussing this incident, so a mention seems warranted. Piccco (talk) 16:25, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

This is not a news site and Israel are not this articles focus. Simply including something in print does not warrant inclusion per se. The information must meet wikipedias inclusion criteria. As o can see this does not break Eurovision and its inclusion could easily be seen as POV pushing to try and somehow make the votes Israel got lesser or tainted and wikivoice must not do that. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:40, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

No one said that this should become the main focus of the article! I (and I think everyone else) simply thought that this is worth including in a brief sentence. Piccco (talk) 16:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

There is an entire section on what you have complained about me removing. Do we need "the inclusion of Israel" paragraph on the top page? and an example of the outside view of this article by another user [14]. I suggest not making assumptions, and broad claims before you are abreast of them all. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

To your point "simply thought that this is worth including in a brief sentence" - Yes, but why is it relevant to this article? Beyond simply being nice to have, it has to have encyclopedic content and not just be a news story some users like. So I ask a third time do the claimed actions of Israel break any Eurovision rules? PicturePerfect666 (talk) 17:05, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Sort controversies in alphabetical or chronological?

Just spotted that the order of the controversies was changed to alphabetical instead of chronological as in previous years. In my view the chronological order is the better approach as it helps inform the various contexts that lead to each incident - alphabetical would leave things unclear for new readers. Would love if whoever changed the order to alphabetical gives their reasoning. Pdhadam (talk) 02:26, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I'd say in this context, chronological sorting makes more sense, especially as the misconduct allegations mostly came out after Joost's DQ. Yoyo360 (talk) 11:51, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Chronological and by importance for sure. I would've had Italy's televoting, then Dutch dq, then misconduct, then portugal, then booing and then flag policy — IмSтevan ^talk 15:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Actually maybe by importance is the better way to do, putting Israel and the Dutch on the top, Italy on the bottom — IмSтevan ^talk 15:08, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree in theory, but "Importance" could be a tricky and subjective thing to judge here and could lead to disagreements. Chronology is a lot easier to order Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 15:35, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree that chronological makes more sense. I had a look into the edit logs and have created a topic about the user who made this change, see below. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 15:07, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Why chronological...that is just arbitrary. Alphabetical makes more sense as it is a regular way of sorting things. Chronological makes it a commentary, and a news report not an encyclopaedia, this is not a timeline of events. Also what "context" mandates or makes more sense in regards to not posting? Also, 'Importance" must not be used as that is POV pushing. This is an encyclopaedia, not a news article or a timeline of events. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 15:59, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

PicturePerfect666

It's becoming obvious that one editor in this article is consistently making edits to downplay and distort any criticism of Israel that appears in this article. Each edit individually can be seen through a lens of good-faith, but when taken together it creates a very obvious picture of having particular editorial aims for this article.

Examples from main article:

• x - Moving large sections about the Israel inclusion controversy into a separate lower traffic article without discussing it in talk page
• x - Significant detail removal in descriptions of Israeli inclusion protests
• x - Moving the "Israeli participation" controversy much further down the page to "alphabetise"
• Repeatedly removing an image of a protest in Barcelona against Israel's inclusion because "we all know what a protest looks like" (as per the edit summary) x. Also justifying removing this image again using the justification "no other section has images and this section doesn't need one either" x (despite other sections having images), immediately followed by deleting the existing other images in other sections less than a minute later x1 x2
• x - Removing a one-sentence reference to the controversy surrounding Israel's inclusion from the lead, despite being part of an active talkpage discussion about it, knowing that multiple editors were supporting it remaining (see "Do we need "the inclusion of Israel" paragraph on the top page?" section above).

These are just some examples I found while looking through the change log.

This talk page also has a lot of edits from this user, with them bludgeoning many conversation topics about anything critical of Israel - this was suggested earlier by @Kingsif. The topic directly above, "Israel campaign for votes" is an example of this.

I'm not sure what the following steps to take here are but I feel like this discussion should be had. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 15:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Leave out this is just a laundry list of complaints. This is not appropriate for Wikipedia, as it is a comment exclusively on the contributor and not the content. It also comes across as you feel you have the right to exclude an editor, for not 'falling in line'. Which comes across as WP:Ownership. The above you are complaining about is just regular editing, if you dislike regular editing practices maybe Wikipedia is not for you. Please see WP:BRD, you also have to follow WP:Assume Good Faith which the above is clearly not doing.

This is an article edited by many many users have contributed and this is a collaborative effort by many I strongly suggest you re-think what you are saying as many editors have complained about "Isreal being the focus" and done such edits to combat this. Other editors have slimmed down, removed, re-organised, and changed what you are accusing me of being the sole person of doing. I would suggest you take a break from editing and come back having let you colour of the situation pass.

My strong suggestion is you withdraw this as it completely inappropriate in many ways.PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:40, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Picture:

Re: No personal attacks - I have said nothing personal about you, I know nothing about you, I am complaining about the consistent theme of the edits you are making to the content of the article, each of which were sourced with a diff link.

Re: WP:Ownership - I make no claim to own this article, I have never even made an edit to this article.The contributions I've made so far are the Morroccanoil topic in the talk page, and a couple of brief replies to some talk sections. Because this is extended protected, I literally cannot edit this article, let alone think I own it. I have no power here, I am simply pointing out that I believe you are abusing yours.

Re: Good Faith - that article says "Avoid accusing other editors of bad faith without clear evidence in the form of diffs". I have included several diffs in this topic to outline my points.

Re: "Other editors have slimmed down, removed, re-organised, and changed what you are accusing me of being the sole person of doing" - I know that other editors are making changes, I am not accusing you of that. As I said in my original post, each individual change can be viewed through a lens of good faith, this is because your edits are creating a pattern.

I understand your objections but I will not be withdrawing this topic. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 16:33, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

You have gone out to state effectively I comment too much, and how dare I keep doing that. You dislike the pushback I give you and the changes I have made, which are not unique to me but to many other users as well. You have ascribed an underlying agenda to my edits and comments, which is an assumption of bad faith and a personal attack. Do you want me to really spell out how inappropriate the above comments by you are? Users in talk pages of articles must never be the focus of discussion. That is for user talk pages, not article talk pages. What you have done by opening this laundry list complaint is what I have said and I stand by it. Please also be aware of WP:boomerang. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 16:50, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I am not saying you "comment too much", I am saying you are WP:BLUDGEONing conversation topics, such as the "Israel campaign for votes" topic above.

I assumed good faith until I came across evidence of what I believe is bad faith, which I have presented plainly. Again, I have made no personal attacks, I am only talking about the edits you have made. I posted this in this talk page rather than your talk page, because I saw that you blanked well intentioned critical messages left there, more than once, and thought it would be better to post it here instead, as this is the article I have concerns about.

I feel like this will go in circles. Any other Wikipedians who would like to weigh in on this, please let me know. If this truly is out-of-line I will delete it, but I would prefer some opinions from third parties first. Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 18:12, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Ok I am not taking part in this any more as you seem to be hell-bent on engaging in negativity, personalisation, and everything else I have mentioned here.

Additionally I am moving this from here to my talk page as it is a more appropriate venue, and asking "Any other Wikipedians who would like to weigh in on this, please let me know" is potentially canvassing. You have an issue with me say it in the appropriate place. Here is not. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 18:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Please stop removing this talk section. This is not your decision to make Bugghost🎤:🐛👻 18:57, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I must say I share Buggshot's view. Their arguments are sensible to me. Yoyo360 (talk) 18:43, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Shame they are meritless feet stamping, and belly-aching just complaining about a person engaging in normal Wikipedia discussion and editing activities. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 18:47, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the talk page, not one comment regarding inclusion of Israel related controversies was left without their input, in addition to their edits on the article. It puts their motive into question — IмSтevan ^talk 18:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

In short this whole laundry list is bullshit crying to try and stop push back.

No one in this complaining (and all complaint are without genuine foundation) comes here with clean hands as they are engaged in exactly what I have pointed out and if you don't like the rules and way Wikipedia works go somewhere else. You are not obligated to be here and everyone here is so voluntarily. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 18:35, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

 Comment: PicturePerfect666 Next attempt at removing this section might be considered edit warring — IмSтevan ^talk 19:10, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Baseless nonsense. Id give it up as you have lost all perspective of what Wikipeida is about. It feels all about go after the user engaging in normal editing and discussion practices. Just go on commenting on the contributor and not the contribution and go on casting aspersions on other users motives and then deleting them to hide the attack. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 19:19, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I am not contributing to this here, any comments here will be moved to my talk page and will only be replied to there.

Link to the appropriate forum.

PicturePerfect666 (talk) 19:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

If you do not wish to partake in this conversation on this page you are free to exclude yourself from the conversation — IмSтevan ^talk 19:34, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

BBC article

Should the israeli reaction given here be added for POV neutrality? Yoyo360 (talk) 15:13, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Done — IмSтevan ^talk 16:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Intro paragraph of incidents

@PicturePerfect666 has removed the intro paragraph of incidents stating every edition is controversial. The nuance here is that this one is "particularly" controversial (some even called it the most controversial). The whole thing was fully sourced. Should it be added back? Yoyo360 (talk) 18:47, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

This is normal editing practice and is more in line with other article sections of this nature.

Also, no need to personalise it by going "User X removed this". it shows a level of unnecessary personalisation. Cool off and step back from the contributor commenting.

"some even called it the most controversial" This phrase has been discussed above ad nauseum and dismissed as recentism and not held up under scrutiny.

Also "fully sourced" is not a carte blanche for inclusion. This is an encyclopaedia not a list of everything reported in the news.

This is beginning to feel like complaints about every change made which a small number of voluble users dislike.

PicturePerfect666 (talk) 19:00, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Well sorry for not agreeing with this change and wanting to bring it here. Yoyo360 (talk) 19:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Then lets discuss it. Why is there some random intro which is not usual in other sections of this nature. Also why are these comments being included what is the encyclopedic value?

The contest, as described in previous discussions on this page has been debunked as 'the most controversial ever'.

Additionally sources have to show noteworthiness and the fact there are sources doesn't automatically warrant inclusion. PicturePerfect666 (talk) 19:23, 17 May 2024 (UTC)