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December 2011

Why have you reinstated Poland as withdrawn from Eurovision Song Contest 2012? Please double-check the article talk pages before going ahead and removing content, as you'll find there is discussions about Poland. Also, the Oikotimes article is very vague, and contradictory, hence why it has been removed as a reliable source. TVP website doesn't show anything about a withdrawal from the contest. The "alleged" facebook site doesn't even state any confirmation of a withdrawal. Please revert your edit accordingly, until more substantial sources can be found to confirm a withdrawal. Thank you - Wesley Mouse (talk) 01:21, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Eurovision Song Contest 2012, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. The publication by Oikotimes that you quoted is unreliable, as it doesn't include sourcing within itself. Polish broadcaster TVP haven't published ANY announcement on their official website to state a withdrawal, nor have the EBU backed-up any comments. So until further details are published by the EBU, then the details about Poland withdrawing should be ignored. Wesley Mouse (talk) 12:28, 19 December 2011 (UTC) Wesley Mouse (talk) 12:28, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Poland withdrawal saga at Eurovision Song Contest 2012

I would like to take the opportunity, if I may, to assist in what could be causing the mass-confusion regarding Poland's "alleged" withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, in Baku. Polish broadcast network Telewizja Polska (TVP) has many television channels as part of its network - TVP1; TVP2; TVP Sport; TVP Kultura; TVP Historia (to name but a few). It appears that since Poland's début, the Eurovision Song Contest has always been screened on TVP1. However, this appears to be changing from 2012, as TVP1 are changing their genre of broadcasting to a more serious one, including films, factual dramas (similar genres to those of the UK channel BBC2). As a result TVP as a "network" are looking into switching the broadcast of Eurovision to another of their channels (TVP2 or TVP Kultura) - so in reality Poland may not be withdrawing from the contest. I can see how people are getting confused, when they see statements from TVP1 stating they are "not broadcasting Eurovision 2012" - people assume that it means Poland has withdrawn - but alas this may not be the case. It is similar to Junior Eurovision in the United Kingdom; at first ITV1 broadcast JESC 2003, then between 2004/2005 the broadcast rights changed to ITV2, still part of the ITV Network, just a switch in channel.

So as you can possibly work out from this analysis, it is easy for people to get confused by an alleged "facebook publication" by TVP1 announcing a withdrawal. And now that the confusion is turning into widespread chaos, other Eurovision-based websites as stoking up an already heated-up fire of confusion by reporting a definite withdrawal, when no official announcement by TVP or the EBU has been giving to date. I would suggest that until such details are published officially by TVP or the EBU, that we avoid jumping on the bandwagon, and leave Poland as "possible withdrawal". Wesley Mouse (talk) 13:38, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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SS PT

First of all : Hi. I don't think I'm rude, I'm just sick of some people (like you, let's be honnest) who always vandal pages. You don't own Secret Story 3 (Portugal). For the "nomination system", I don't live in Portugal, but I watch SS Portugal, so I understand what's going on, and the "nominated" color, has to stay the blue whatever the reason. That's why there are notes : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Story_3_%28Portugal%29#endnote_19 .

I'm sorry if I seemed rude, that wasn't my intention. --SecretStoryStyle (talk) 03:25, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

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