Talk:Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 8

Series 8 or Series 1?
I was just wondering if this is Series 1 or Series 8 (according to C5 website it is Series 1)? --MSalmon (talk) 13:54, 16 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Technically it's Series 1 by Channel 5, otherwise I think it's Series 8 of UK Big Brother ever done by any channel.84.92.16.13 (talk) 11:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Mr tim111
Would "Mr tim111" stop deleting good material from this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.253.253 (talk) 18:14, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a place of rumors. Also there is no point of doing duplicates and all. Mr tim111 (talk) 18:48, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It's rumours. This is the UK edition, not USA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.69.140 (talk) 07:38, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Show and article looking good
The article is shaping up well with the template as it stands, also for the main edition. Avoid deleting factual information, add facts as they are known as the show unfolds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.253.253 (talk) 21:39, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the article has improved since the show went on air (which I avoided watching). The only problem I have is that is contains a few loaded terms which could be improved to bring about a more NPOV. ItsZippy (talk) 21:58, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Factual information is only useful if it's backed up with citations from reliable sources. 188.29.173.163 (talk) 00:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Summary too wordy and complicated
The summary does NOT need "Big Brother said this", etc., "they met in the yard". Keep it short, stupid. The overcomplex tabulated format is not needed. Just a few brief lines per day. In general, there is no need to keep typine, "Big Brother told, BB asked". It's taken that it's BB giving the orders unless otherwise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.69.140 (talk) 07:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I have changed the summary from a table format to a written format as the table format will be refused good article status. Please do not change this back. 12bigbrother12 (talk) 12:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. But didn't like the table much, make sure content is not deleted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.69.140 (talk) 12:47, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The regular series of the show has the summary in written text not a table --MSalmon (talk) 12:50, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * OK but see the summaries are short and see facts are not vandalised such as the Kerry task. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.69.140 (talk) 13:03, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Again, the summary does not need a wordy repetion of names, Big Brother, etc. and must be accurate. What's happened to the day 2 information about Kerry failing the task and Jedward and the bubble bath.  'she later failed' is wrong, she failed it on day 2.  Get the facts right.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.69.140 (talk) 13:07, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It needs to be re-written --MSalmon (talk) 13:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism to summary of events by bigbrother12
Would bigbrother12 and other stop messing up the events table and adding incorrect information? The daily summaries do not need to be wordy and must be accurate. Kerry failed the diva task on day 2, not launch night. There is also no need to keep saying the Big Brother House, big brother said this, it's taken that this is meant. Keep it short (and ACCURATE, stupid! No good altering the format if the facts are wrong.

Vandalism alert!
Material and sections are being removed and moved around at will by a band of users. This is seris 1 and has its own pattern. Add facts with references but do not keep chopping it about without posting here. It was going fine till now, leave it alone! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.69.140 (talk) 18:58, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Puffing up Amy and Bobby
The entry on Bobby and Amy does not require a lot of puffed up info on very minor celebrities. Amy is not a star and this is not the place for a cv. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.68.53 (talk) 13:26, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * All housemates in this series have their own articles, where more biographical info on each can be added. Jim Michael (talk) 17:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Tasks
The brief summary of tasks allows for an at a glance state of play. The details of the tasks can then been seen in the summary. Do not remove. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.68.53 (talk) 14:21, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

"MSalmon"
Could the above stop reverting good faith edits without consulting first? Discuss here first.

Marco Pierre White to enter house
White is to enter the house on 27 August to set a task. Just so you know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.68.53 (talk) 23:31, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Already knew, old news.

Biographical
Stop puffing up entries for contestants with "media personality", fanzine stuff and first names. One or two lines is enough. The main details are on their own pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.68.53 (talk) 19:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Pamela's Twist
Should her choices be put up in the nominations table (as done in for examle BB9 Germany)? Or should it just a note, I think it should be like it's done in BB9. --BigOz22 (talk) 21:54, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Technically she was evicted when she made the choices and the table should be for nominating people to evcict not save. I think it should be in the notes. --MSalmon (talk) 21:56, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It should be on the table, as with Big Brother U.S. when the evictees vote for the winner.12bigbrother12 (talk) 23:13, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes but that is different as there is no public vote --MSalmon (talk) 09:25, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Ratings links don't work
Many of the links of the ratings table are dead links and need attention. Also, it would be better for a reliable source than Inside Big Brother which is not an official site. Would be better to wait for confirmed ratins, also to add a column Day 1, etc. in BB convention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.98.14 (talk) 20:04, 5 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Digital Spy tweet the ratings for each show with a link, these would be more accurate than inside big brother (their twitter name is @DigitalSpy) Fatty2k10 (talk) 21:01, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed some of the sources but when the official ratings from BARB have been released then the sources can be removed --MSalmon (talk) 21:12, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Vandal: 94.9.9.204
The above keeps reverting edits on housemates's details. Vandal alert! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.98.14 (talk) 18:54, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Information on each housemate
Do we really need all that information on the the Housemates section, all it needs is a little bit about them and the day they left the house or what place they finished (see previoous CBB articles). That is all. --MSalmon (talk) 18:59, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This can be trimmed once the show is over. I think it is informative to add this data as it shows how they have changes since coming into the house and interacted with the others.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.98.14 (talk) 11:49, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

winner
should the winner ledgend etc not be yellow/gold since that was the colour for the winning tab? Chatterbox2000 (talk) 22:01, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No, all BB articles have yellow in the nom table for the final --MSalmon (talk) 22:04, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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