Talk:Eurovision Song Contest 2009

images

don't we have images of the acts this year? there are only pictures of the russian, spanish and ucranian acts :S and the contest was almost one month ago. Will we have the classifications map like last year? i would like to do it, but my computer doesn't open the commons maps (the ones that we use in eurovision articles, and the countries articles, etc) cheers João P. M. Lima (talk) 16:01, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Scoreboards

Please could you check the scoreboards for semi-final 1 and the Final. They all show the names of the countries apart from the UK which for some reason is stipulated as a RED BLOCK. As I'm UK resident myself; I find this quite insulting; and I'm sure other people from the UK viewing the page would feel the same. (Pr3st0n (talk) 01:20, 10 June 2009 (UTC))

I have no idea what you are talking about. Everything looks to be in order to me. Maybe it's a browser issue? Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 01:32, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

The breakdown of scores on the scoreboard. Both columns for the UK are a red Block, with no writing on them whatsoever. (Pr3st0n (talk) 03:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC))

Just checked and its the file Image:ESCUnitedKingdomJ.svg which shows as a RED BLOCK like this () only with no text. (Pr3st0n (talk) 03:46, 10 June 2009 (UTC))

Well it looks like all the others to me. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 11:49, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok not sure why it shows a Red Block at my side then. It doesn't do it on any of the others only the UK one. Would anyone know if this is a common problem for Virgin Media users? Only asking, as I've recently switched ISP. Stephen; I'll take a screen shot and and email it to you, so that you can see that it does show a Red Block, and that I ain't hallucinating. (Pr3st0n (talk) 15:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC))

It looks OK to me, too (Glasgow, bethere.co.uk, for what it's worth). Pr3st0n, it occurs to me that it may be a cached image - try doing a "hard refresh" of your browser (depends on the browser you use, but I think it's "Control" + "F5" on Firefox). That'll force your browser to download the image again, bypassing any cached files it has - hopefully that'll fix the problem. If not, I'm going to suggest you take your mushrooms back to the supermarket and complain ;-) Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 15:20, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Czech Republic's "Nul Points"

Would it be an idea to put the Czech Republic and its voting line in Red to indicate its "nul points"? Adamml13 (talk) 16:56, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Having no points is nothing special, and besides red does not go well with blue links. -- [[ axg ⁞⁞ talk ]] 22:42, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Commentators and spokespersons

Please note that I have started a discussion on this content issue once again at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#What to do with commentators and spokespersons. Camaron · Christopher · talk 19:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Looks like that may have been archived. Note that List_of_Commentators_for_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009 was nominated for deletion and the result was a merge with this article. -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 17:02, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Jury votes for the Final now available

The Jury votes for the Final are now available at [1]. Not quite sure how we want to handle this. -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 16:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

The full results are now out on this page from the EBU. The full results should probably be included in the article though this is the first time this system is been used so I am not sure how to implement it, another table perhaps? Camaron · Christopher · talk 15:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Azeris who voted for Armenia are questioned by the police

More sources if needed

• Azerbaijanis face Eurovision probe
• EBU launches Azerbaijan investigation
• Azeri out of tune with Eurovision vote for Armenia
• Azeri witchhunt over Eurovision votes

--Lida Vorig (talk) 22:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Found one more

• The Rachel Maddow Show(video)

--Lida Vorig (talk) 22:58, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Dealing with criticism and controversy

Please go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#Dealing with criticism and controversy for some discussion about this issue. Camaron · Christopher · talk 09:22, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The addition of this tag looks like drive-by tagging to me, an attempt to POV edit an entire article through unjustly casting dispertions on a section of it. You have given no justification here for the inclusion of the tag. If you are simply objecting to the use of the word "controversies" then suggest alternative wording (such as "Controversial incidents" perhaps). Meowy 14:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)