Talk:Big Brother (British TV series) series 9

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)

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). ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 07:07, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

• 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)

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. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 06:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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)

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)

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. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 04:40, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

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)

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)

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. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 20:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Jennifer has received 3 nominations not 1 please change

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)

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

Spitting incident

Someone needs to completely edit the summary, there is very little info, and it seems to be weighted in Dennis' favour. "It was later reported that Dennis and Mohamed became involved in the dispute and that, according to Mohamed, Dennis had spit on him". It's very obvious to everyone he spat in his face, and Rebecca and Kathreya certainly don't need mentioning. also, the housemates weren't interrogated by the police/solicitors, that only happened with Dennis after he'd been taken out. Feudonym (talk) 01:57, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Day 26 nominations

It appears that Jen and Rex are up for eviction (seen 14:00 BST) although nothing it said on the Channel 4 website...do we have an insider on here or is it just speculation? --Sauber F1 fan since 1997 (talk) 13:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

It could be speculation. I am tempted to remove it as there is no source. Darrenhusted (talk) 13:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I would remove it. Even if it is an inside source it has not been officially announced and won't be until later today. I reckon it's just speculation.--82.36.177.31 (talk) 15:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC)