Talk:Four countries back out of Eurovision 2026 amid ongoing boycott

Review of revision 4954658 [Not Ready]

Revision 4954658 of this article has been reviewed by Michael.C.Wright (talk · contribs) and found not ready at 15:19, December 9, 2025 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Not ready: New York Times is behind a WN:Paywall. NPOV: Not ready: A few statements need better attribution. Article could be better balanced. See below. Style: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Comments by reviewer: With a few minor fixes, this article should be ready for review. Please take a look at WN:NPOV (policy) and WN:Neutrality (essay) to clarify our responsibility to write from a neutral point of view. Also note that The New York Times is behind a WN:Paywall and can’t be used as a source, so any facts supported only by that article will need to be removed or replaced with citations to freely accessible reporting. Sentence specific issues are highlighted below. Please consider addressing them and resolving the identified problems: The four withdrawals generated major turmoil ― Issue: Needs attribution. The broadcaster for Slovenia reported ― Issue: Attribution could be strengthened with a name. The controversy encapsulated complaints stretching for years. ― Issue: Needs attribution. Complaints grew after Israel started its military campaign in Gaza ― Issue: Needs attribution. Due to Israel’s broadcaster being part of the EBU, the country is eligible to compete ― Issue: Implied causality without attribution Some countries, namely Austria, the host of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026, Germany, France, Britain, Portugal, and Sweden, supported the inclusion of Israel in the 2026 edition of the contest. ― Issue: Needs attribution. and the high death count in Gaza. ― Issue: Multiple sources say the broadcasters cited the humanitarian crisis or humanitarian impact of the war. This is stronger and broader than “death count.” For my review standards and conduct, see: my review standards and conduct. Unless I place {{Under review}} on an article, I claim no exclusive rights to review or re-review an article. All reviewers are welcome to step in and collaborate to get the article ready for publication. Questions about the above? Ask. If possible, please address the above issues then resubmit the article for another review (by replacing {{tasks}} in the article with {{review}}). This talk page will be updated with subsequent reviews.

Revision 4954658 of this article has been reviewed by Michael.C.Wright (talk · contribs) and found not ready at 15:19, December 9, 2025 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Not ready: New York Times is behind a WN:Paywall. NPOV: Not ready: A few statements need better attribution. Article could be better balanced. See below. Style: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Comments by reviewer: With a few minor fixes, this article should be ready for review. Please take a look at WN:NPOV (policy) and WN:Neutrality (essay) to clarify our responsibility to write from a neutral point of view. Also note that The New York Times is behind a WN:Paywall and can’t be used as a source, so any facts supported only by that article will need to be removed or replaced with citations to freely accessible reporting. Sentence specific issues are highlighted below. Please consider addressing them and resolving the identified problems: The four withdrawals generated major turmoil ― Issue: Needs attribution. The broadcaster for Slovenia reported ― Issue: Attribution could be strengthened with a name. The controversy encapsulated complaints stretching for years. ― Issue: Needs attribution. Complaints grew after Israel started its military campaign in Gaza ― Issue: Needs attribution. Due to Israel’s broadcaster being part of the EBU, the country is eligible to compete ― Issue: Implied causality without attribution Some countries, namely Austria, the host of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026, Germany, France, Britain, Portugal, and Sweden, supported the inclusion of Israel in the 2026 edition of the contest. ― Issue: Needs attribution. and the high death count in Gaza. ― Issue: Multiple sources say the broadcasters cited the humanitarian crisis or humanitarian impact of the war. This is stronger and broader than “death count.” For my review standards and conduct, see: my review standards and conduct. Unless I place {{Under review}} on an article, I claim no exclusive rights to review or re-review an article. All reviewers are welcome to step in and collaborate to get the article ready for publication. Questions about the above? Ask. If possible, please address the above issues then resubmit the article for another review (by replacing {{tasks}} in the article with {{review}}). This talk page will be updated with subsequent reviews.

-- Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:19, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright: Even though I am not subscribed to The New York Times, it is not under a paywall. I have fixed the rest of the issues and will resubmit. TheNuggeteer (talk) 04:34, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @TheNuggeteer New York Times is considered as paywalled because after I visit a few pages it asks to sign in and subscribe. It has to be removed from sources, along with any information from it, unless a replacement source is available for that information. Gryllida 07:51, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

NYT now removed. @Gryllida, @TheNuggeteer BigKrow (talk) 11:47, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Please remove information from New York Times also, @BigKrow. There is at least two sentences, probably more, that relied on that source. Gryllida 18:53, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Merz quote

The article currently includes the following sentence:

Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, said that "I think it's a scandal that this [the removal of Israel from Eurovision] is even being discussed," adding that "I can't see us returning as long as Israel is involved."

This doesn't make any sense. As the first part of the quote indicates, Merz supports including Israel in Eurovision. The second part of the quote claims that he would not want Germany to participate if Israel is involved. Please re-check the sources as this sentence contradicts itself. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:49, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Review of revision 4955280 [Passed]

Revision 4955280 of this article has been reviewed by Gryllida (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 19:45, December 10, 2025 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: 1) (No action required, F.Y.I. only.) Sorry, I removed a lot as it was not in the listed sources. I think it may have been from nytimes, or from elsewhere. When removing nytimes by request from a reviewer please ensure that any content sourced from it is also removed; not doing this puts unnecessary burden on a reviewer to delete unsourced information. No further action is required for this item, but it needs to be considered for future edits. 2) (Action recommended) Please check my edit and re-add the removed content urgently with providing of additional non-paywalled source, within up to 24 hours after publication. 3) (No action required, F.Y.I. only.) Please do not paraphrase quotes. This is disgusting and unethical. "Culture unites, but not at any price" is correct; "Culture unites, but not at any costs" is not. Reviewer having to correct this puts unnecessary burden on the reviewer. No further action is required for this item, but it needs to be considered for future edits. 4) (Action recommended) The headline could make use of some additional clarity, and may be changed within next 24 hours. Thanks. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

Revision 4955280 of this article has been reviewed by Gryllida (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 19:45, December 10, 2025 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: 1) (No action required, F.Y.I. only.) Sorry, I removed a lot as it was not in the listed sources. I think it may have been from nytimes, or from elsewhere. When removing nytimes by request from a reviewer please ensure that any content sourced from it is also removed; not doing this puts unnecessary burden on a reviewer to delete unsourced information. No further action is required for this item, but it needs to be considered for future edits. 2) (Action recommended) Please check my edit and re-add the removed content urgently with providing of additional non-paywalled source, within up to 24 hours after publication. 3) (No action required, F.Y.I. only.) Please do not paraphrase quotes. This is disgusting and unethical. "Culture unites, but not at any price" is correct; "Culture unites, but not at any costs" is not. Reviewer having to correct this puts unnecessary burden on the reviewer. No further action is required for this item, but it needs to be considered for future edits. 4) (Action recommended) The headline could make use of some additional clarity, and may be changed within next 24 hours. Thanks. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

-- Gryllida 19:45, 10 December 2025 (UTC)