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After SR staged the 1975 contest in Stockholm, left-wing groups argued that Sweden should not spend money to win and host Eurovision again. This led to mass demonstrations against commercial music and the organisation of an anti-commercial Alternativfestivalen. Therefore, Sweden decided not to send a
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The article was promoted in 2007 and since then has significantly updated. After giving a quick read, I have noticed some of the materials unsourced and therefore I believe it would be communities best interest to have a peer review and decide if the article is worth delisting. Thanks,
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There are certain elements of this type of writing that sounds a bit off to my ears. Also, I don't think "anti-commercial" is idiomatic English. Better with 'non-profit', 'anti-consumerist', or something like
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Also, the article relies rather heavily on a 13 year-old source, "Inbjudan till Melodifestivalen 2007", which for obvious reasons can't cover statements like
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That's just a handful of comments from me – I haven't spent that much time reading the article, so I might revisit the page on a later stage, if you wish.
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I'm also worried that the article hews to close to Swedish syntax rules, rather than English grammar. For instance let's have a look at this para:
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To be eligible, songwriters and performers must be at least sixteen years of age on the day of the first Eurovision semi-final
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the 2012 contest marked the first time foreign songwriters could submit entries
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Medverkande artist måste ha fyllt 16 år före den 10:e maj 2007.
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You need to ensure that the article doesn't contain
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