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Improving Highlights Section

I think we should improve the Highlight section by making the events seperated, not like an essay, beacuse that confuses a lot. --BigOz22 (talk) 23:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ratings table

The ratings table guidelines seem to be confusing a lot of people so I'll simplify how it works here:

Overnight ratings must be placed in parentheses; they are not to be averaged and put in weekly, running, or series average boxes even if parenthetically written
Only figures from BARB can be used and averaged without parentheses as these are considered official and are statistically the most accurate
Percentages are from overnight figures as BARB does not release this information; percentages do not change with C4+1 viewing (someone can correct me on this if I'm wrong though)

Geoking66_talk 20:39, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sound good to me that is how I thought it worked. But that is all I am going to say since every time I make an edit I get yelled at through edit summaries on this article (I don't mean you Geoking66). ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 07:07, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add, not having a border at the bottom of the table is not very attractive. I'd add it myself but I'm new to this and don't know how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by W99 (talk • contribs) 02:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stephanie's Eviction %

Channel 4 is saying that Stephanie's eviction percentage is 48%[1] while BBC is saying it is 43%[2]. We need to find out which is real the Channel 4 % or the BBC % and stick with it. We don't need conflicting percentages. ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 07:02, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I only changed it to 43 because there was no ref for 48, but now we are in a pickle. Does the CH4 count as a primary source and the BBC count as a third party? Which is WP:RS? Darrenhusted (talk) 08:47, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Use both, and source them both. John Hayes^talk 10:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Channel 4 is considered official, so I'd suggest using 48%. I had sourced it in the weekly summary when I put it in but it seems to have been deleted. Geoking66_talk 19:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question regarding references.

I know this article is about Big Brother 2008 (UK) but since it is one of the more active Big Brother articles I am asking this question regarding references, please do yell at me or point out this article is for the ninth British edition.

CBS has confirmed that Big Brother 10 (U.S.) will have 13 housemates this season via a advertisement on their network. The advertisement has been posted on YouTube and as of right now is the only "official" source since it is a copy of the advertisement. I know in most cases that YouTube videos are not acceptable but since this is an advertisement from CBS just on YouTube can it be used as a reference until the official CBS issues an official press release? I am unsure about this and would like some input. ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 06:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would say ideally we shouldn't use it, but if there is no alternative? It's probably just about ok for the moment. You can always mention in the article: "CBS announced the housemates in a video on youtube..."

You could cite the advert that appeared on TV but leaving out the YouTube link. Tra (Talk) 16:40, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Week 2's eviction.

Should we delete the RED colour, since in both BB5 (When Emma was ejected, Week 3's eviction was postponed, the box was coloured WHITE/PLAIN. and BB8, when Emily was ejected, the eviction has been cancelled, it has been coloured WHITE/PLAIN aswell, what should we do now? --BigOz22 (talk) 22:21, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Continue to follow past seasons/series format. Everything must be standardized. An example, Big Brother 9 (U.S.) had a fake eviction and in that season's voting history used the same color in the Big Brother 2007 (UK) nominations table for when Charley was fake evicted. It is always good to check past seasons/series and good to check the Australian version and the American version to see if similar twists were used and what color. ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 04:40, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Overall Nominations Table

Can we put the People that has been evicted in red so we can't get confused by who the housemates can vote forAdamml13 (talk) 14:26, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That table is not for that, it is simply a tally of the votes as the series progresses. Darrenhusted (talk) 15:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see previous series for how the table will look one the series is over. The tables are really just a record of nominations or in the case of the American version votes to evict. ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 20:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing the Time Table

Unfortunately, I am aware of the fact, that the Friday Live Show time is wrong, the show doens't start at 8:30 PM, it starts at 9:00 PM till 10:00 PM, with a half hour break, however, I am not sure how long does the second show lasts. --BigOz22 (talk) 15:00, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It lasts for half an hour, until 11:00PM -- 92.235.22.154 (talk) 16:02, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]