Talk:¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Spanish game show)

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A fact from ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Spanish game show) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the only winner of Spain's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? used his "Phone a Friend" lifeline on the final question to tell his wife that he was going to win?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:30, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the only winner of Spain's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? used his Phone a Friend lifeline on the final question, to tell his wife he was going to win?

? Source: Telecinco [1] : Title is "Usó el comodín de la llamada para decirle a su mujer que había ganado en 50x15" "He used the phonecall lifeline to tell his wife that he had won on 50x15 [then name of the show]". Video from original copyright holder is on page. The fact he was the only winner comes from [2] here: "Enrique Chicote fue el único concursante español en ganar el gran premio de ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?". "Enrique Chicote was the only Spanish contestant to win the jackpot on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

Reviewed: 1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Comment: Not sure if a 2010 unsourced article turned into a redirect and written with sources in 2021 counts as new or expanded, but same difference.

5x expanded by Unknown Temptation (talk). Self-nominated at 19:48, 22 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

How about saying "the only top prize winner"? Joofjoof (talk) 07:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's certainly valid, but I don't think it's necessary. Yes, most contestants on that show win some money, but if I went down to the pub right now and said "the guy who won on Who wants to be a Millionaire", I assure you 99% of people at least would think I was talking about someone who won the whole show. Unknown Temptation (talk) 09:46, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Fair enough. I was mainly surprised at how few winners there have been in any version of the show (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Top prize winners). Joofjoof (talk) 01:00, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would count this article as new. It is also long enough. I assume good faith on the Spanish references. A QPQ has been completed. The article's title was changed so I fixed it in the hook. This is ready. SL93 (talk) 04:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tone[edit]

The tone of this article is somewhat less than encyclopedic. Numerous slang and insider terms are used in place of more formal terms. The article should be rewritten so as not to seem like it came from a show-biz trade publication. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 21:53, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Piledhigheranddeeper, I welcome your input as I created this page. Can you give me some examples of non-encyclopedic tone and insider jargon? I would like to disclose that I have never worked for any media company ever in my life, I just wanted to create an article on one of my favourite shows in a language that I speak, to close down this website's bias on English-language themes. Unknown Temptation (talk) 13:31, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the desire to diversify Wikipedia's English-centric nature. I've made some changes that show what I mean. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 16:46, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]