Talk:Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 27

somebody make a meme
plez QuebecRKWL (talk) 22:20, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Night 2 scores
Should the night 2 scores be added in the average table? Wouldn't it technically be considered a dance off? During season 8's dance-offs they were given new scores but those were not added in any of the tables. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.98.204.17 (talk) 15:32, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd include them, since they're on a 30-point scale. Samer (talk) 02:24, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Is someone editing this from the future?
Someone has gone and added elimination dates and rankings for episodes which haven't aired yet. Seems strange unless there are some time-travelling wikipedians editing this page. If so, please tell me what numbers to play in the next Powerball. Ridingincar (talk) 05:45, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

wuh QuebecRKWL (talk) 00:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

MAKE THE CHART FOR WK 2, NIGHT 2
JUST DO ITTT QuebecRKWL (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about, it is already there? MSalmon (talk) 15:25, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Adding controversy... Notice a pattern?
There seems to be something in common between DWTS 27 and American Idol 10 that must be in this article....

"The first five contestants eliminated were all female contestants, and like American Idol 10 this early elimination of females led to criticism of bias against women.

The voting also provoked considerable criticism after one of these five females, Tinashe, a presumed front-runner, was surprisingly eliminated."

Aeverine Frathleen Nieves (talk) 18:51, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Section is already there and should not be changed unless there is something otherwise per Wikipedia rules and regulations. Aeverine Frathleen Nieves (talk) 19:24, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Considering that the majority of viewers and voters are women it's not surprising at all, especially when the criteria for voting (for those at home) is anything we want it to be. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:35, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Not an admin on Wikipedia (though I have a wiki platform on my web site), but overruled. I'm letting an admin decide and put it up to a vote... And it will be there no matter what (maybe on this talk page). Sounds much more believable, and if you don't want to believe it follow (Link to Tweet) and/or  on Twitter.  Aeverine Frathleen Nieves (talk) 21:51, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Then convince others here that it warrants a major controversy of bias against women. It's ridiculously trivial as is. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Agree that the sourcing for this seems very flimsy. This is the longest run, yes, but one version of the addition pointed out the four men in a row two years ago, and Tinashe is far from the first surprise like that: Heather Morris in season 24 was a similar surprise only a week later. I don't pretend to understand the voters on the show, whose failure to support these women is why they left, but some very popular pros disappeared with them (Tinashe was handicapped by having a new pro, Brandon, who had no base of voters). BlueMoonset (talk) 22:13, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Poster for the info box
It hasn't been easy to find a season 27 promotional poster for this article's info box. Does anyone know where to find one? And1987 (talk) 04:02, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Typo in highest-/lowest-scoring dances table
The table has a mistake, showing Bobby as having the lowest-scoring freestyle. All 4 finalists received a 30 for their freestyles, so there is no low-scoring freestyle. Bobby's first dance of the night (the encore cha-cha-cha) was the one that received a 24. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.205.202.73 (talk) 21:13, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Finale contestant placement (yes, there was a fourth place)
While the finale of season 27 simply announced the winners (Bobby and Sharna) before they ran out of time at the end of the show, per Entertainment Tonight (source 2 in the article), the producers gave the press the actual placement of the three finalists who did not win: Milo and Whitney in second, Evanna and Keo in third, and Alexis and Alan in fourth. I've seen this order mentioned in other reliable press sources as well, as coming from the official show sources—they apparently went into the show's press room and told the reporters there.

If we are going to mention places, then we have to mention all of them: there may not have been an official fourth place in the past, because the contestant had been formally eliminated in the finals or even at the beginning of the finale, but this time there was.

One question is whether we should give a special color for fourth place, or just leave it an ordinary color, while gold remains for the winner, silver for second place, and bronze for third (much like most sporting competitions, including the Olympics). Someone has selected violet: do we want that, a lighter color that's easier to see black print against, or just stay white in the scoring table and pink in the list of contestants?

There has been a bit of an edit war over fourth place, and it really needs to end, so I'm hoping we can come to consensus here. And while we're at it, a consensus for a fourth-place color would be nice. Is there any kind of standard for fourth place finishers in other Wikipedia articles? BlueMoonset (talk) 03:15, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Accessibility issues with Scoring charts table
The table in § Scoring charts has several significant issues with regards to web accessibility and its use of color. In particular: While both of the previous are somewhat minor, as the reader can inspect the table information themselves to determine placings or lowest/highest scores, they can only do that if they're able to read the information in the table. And that's also a problem, as the table runs afoul of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines contrast standards, which MOS:COLOR also requires compliance with. Elements not in conformance include: Please consider revising the table design to meet accessibility standards. MOS:DTT can be a helpful resource in this regard. -- FeRDNYC (talk) 01:39, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * The use of red and green numbers to indicate the lowest scores for a week violates the accessibility principle
 * The use of colored backgrounds to indicate placing also violates that principle.
 * green text on lightgreen, which has a contrast ratio of only 3.63, far below the required 4.5.
 * green text on #A19391, contrast ratio 1.74.
 * green text on tan, contrast ratio 2.60.
 * green text on silver, contrast ratio 2.82.
 * green and red text on gold, contrast ratio 3.66 and 2.85 respectively.
 * green and red text on orange, contrast ratio 2.60 and 2.02 respectively.