Talk:Big Brother 18 (American season)

Glenn Eviction day
Do we know what day Glenn was actually evicted because I thought the two-night premiere was filmed in one go rather than two separate sections? --MSalmon (talk) 09:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Although unclear, I would say Glenn was evicted on Day 2 because Julie Chen said one houseguest would be evicted before the end of the two-night premiere.--OfficerAPC (talk) 05:09, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Inconclusive; there have been two-night premieres the last two season, and the start of Episode 3 last year noted that it was still Day 1. - Katanin (talk) 12:46, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I do believe Nicole had a diary room segment referencing "the past 24 hours" prior to Glenn's eviction. Of course, she could've been rounding up, but it does imply the HGs had spent more than 1 day in the house by the point. I still don't think this is particularly conclusive, however. I know Glenn did a few interviews with the press following his departure, though I haven't read them. Perhaps one of them would shed light on the matter? --LeoChris (talk) 23:52, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

I realize some on Wikipedia refuse to acknowledge certain sources but the live feeds have confirmed more than once Glenn was evicted on Day 2. One night Tiff and Michelle were studying dates and they said the first night had three comps and that Glenn was out of the game on Day 2. If you watch the second episode you'll see that it was very bright out. In other words it was the next day. They went into the house late in the afternoon of June 15 and Glenn was gone on June 16. 162.244.80.229 (talk) 22:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

First eviction note
I think that it would be clearer to note the first eviction as those that won a challenge and were safe with Glen noted as losing the challenge that caused his elimination. The no voting note doesn't make as much sense. 65.214.67.173 (talk) 17:29, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * BB17, BB16, BB14, BB12, BB11, and BB9 all use a form of the usage on this article. BB17 uses "Not eligible" for Week 2 to show those who were prevented from voting due to the Last Laugh twist.  BB16 uses "No voting" for Week 11 to show the cancelled eviction due to the activation of the Big Brother Rewind twist.  BB14 uses "Not eligible" for Week 1 due to the HoH twist on Day 1, "Coach" for Week 1 and Week 2 for those who were Coaches on those weeks and were not full HouseGuests, and "No voting/Accepted offer/Declined offer" when appropriate for Week 3 due to the America's Vote twist and the following Coach's vote twist.  BB12 uses "Nominations void" for Week 6 due to the Diamond Power of Veto twist from the preceding Pandora's Box twist.  BB11 uses "Nominations void" for Week 5 due to the Coup d'État twist and "No voting" for Week 6 to show the cancelled eviction due to an expelled HouseGuest.  BB9 uses "Not eligible" for Week 1 due to the Power Couple twist.  I will note that I excluded the various "Non-HouseGuest" twists due to extending for multiple weeks in a row.  Regardless, Note 2 and the eviction details explain enough of what occurred in my opinion.  --204.106.251.214 (talk) 04:49, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Charts
I would like to see somebody add to the charts who is save every week. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vickyjo19 (talk • contribs) 12:39, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That is Note 3. "During the weeks when a HouseGuest of a team won Head of Household, the other HouseGuests from that team were also immune from eviction, but still eligible to vote on eviction night."  That note shows the color of those who were safe due to being with the HoH.  So far, Tiffany and Corey have it for Week 1 due to Nicole's HoH and Bridgette, Frank, and Michelle have it for Week 2 due to Paulie's HoH.  --204.106.251.214 (talk) 20:46, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Summary vs Episodes
Something I have not noticed until now is that this season uses a Summary for the events, while Season 17 uses an episode section. Was there something wrong with the episode format that switched it back to a summary or was the episode format just something that was ok enough for last year? --Super Goku V (talk) 02:38, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Last season, I made it a personal project to establish an episode section to address some of the issues I have with the typical summaries each year, notably unwieldy paragraphs and little explanation beyond mechanical description (e.g. The HoH competition is this. Houseguest X won. On Day whatever, X nominated Y and Z for eviction, etc.) with no explanation for why so-and-so was targeted or who the alliances are and what they're doing. I didn't step up to it this year, so the summary section proceeded as before. - Katanin (talk) 20:33, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Originally all Big Brother season articles recapped the events in the house with a summary table that looks similar to Big Brother 12 (UK). In 2009 both Big Brother 11 (U.S.) and Big Brother 10 (UK) were nominated for Good Article status but in order to obtain the Good Article status the original table was converted into a prose summary format. Katanin tried something different with the American edition for BB17 which was an episode table format which is a lot cleaner than the previous summary approach. My thoughts are we need to find a summary format that is good for the articles that would be easy to apply either on a format basis (Episode list for the American/Canadian versions and summary prose for international versions) or find a format that would suite the season articles as a whole (ie. summary prose for all or weekly summary table). The format that is agreed upon by the community should be one where the article could pass as a Good Article as well. ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪  10:41, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Controversy and criticism section
Hello, I was just wondering what information we should keep on the controversy and criticism section. All the information is already listed on the main article Controversy and criticism of Big Brother (U.S.), so we have to create a smaller "summary" per WP:CORRECTSPLIT. Hawkeye75 (talk) 21:05, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Veto
Please do not add the after veto nominations until after the veto ceremony., which hasn't taken place yet. He could still use the veto on someone. Thank you. Chase (talk) 21:00, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Final H.O.H. Competition
I have added the above table for the final HOH to detour people from putting it on the voting history table, like someone tries to do every year. This will only serve its purpose until the HOH is revealed. Thank you. Chase (talk) 02:57, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Why did you both remove this? You gave zero reasoning. Chase (talk) 04:48, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * In the previous seasons, there was no table for the Final Head of Household competition. This could easily have been accomplished with an note only visible in edit mode.--OfficerAPC 03:48, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * , I am aware, however, every year someone tries to put it in the voting table in the HOH section like Part 1 Paul, Part 2 Nicole. etc. I was trying to create a compromise with those people. Or like just happened, someone trying to put it in the infobox. Chase (talk) 04:56, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Day 2
The Freakazoids (Nicole, Corey, Tiffany, and Glenn) weren't "nominated" on Day 2 as previously indicated in the table so I made some edits to indicate the Houseguests were "safe." Note that the teams competed in Hit the Road competitions, the winners of each were safe or immune from eviction. The Freakazoids competed up till the last one, which was individual and eventually had Glenn evicted.