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 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 08:08, 18 July 2009.

List of Big Brother (U.S.) HouseGuests

 * Nominator(s): Another Believer  ( Talk ) 04:34, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I have improved it based on a peer review and believe it meets criteria. I used List of Survivor contestants and List of American Idol finalists as examples. Thanks so much! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 04:34, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment Big Brother 1 (U.S.) says that Cassandra Waldon is a communications director, not an ambassador. Reywas92 Talk 18:26, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. This FOX article confirms that. List has been updated. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:25, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments from
 * General
 * Dabs and external links check out fine.
 * Lead
 * The lead needs to be expanded a bit IMO to explain possibly the judging/selection process of the contestants and what the show usually prefers (as in type of people).
 * This needs to be done.-- T ru  c o   503 16:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I added "Big Brother contestants are chosen by the show's producers following an application process that includes a videotape submission, semi-final interviews at select cities, and a final interview in Los Angeles." Let me know if more detail is required, or if any re-wording needs to be done.
 * That's fine. =]-- T ru  c o   503 02:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Neil Garcia of Season 9 voluntarily left the house on Day 9 due to an "urgent personal matter";[2] this marked the first time a HouseGuest of the American version of Big Brother left the show voluntarily. --Remove the link to Big Brother (U.S.) per WP:OVERLINK.
 * Done.
 * The lead does a good job explaining what has occurred with some of the contestants returning, but it doesn't really sum up the list well. I.e. most professions, most common age, etc. (summarizing the stats)
 * As opposed to calculating an average age, I went ahead and made note of the youngest and oldest contestants.
 * That's fine.-- T ru  c o   503 16:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This list only includes contestants entering the competition with a chance of winning; it excludes visitors. The list is ordered by season and finish placement. -- 1)I would remove the last sentence because the list can be sorted so its not really technically "ordered" 2) By stating it as with a chance of winning is POV, reword.
 * 1) Done. 2) Not sure how to re-word. Trying to differentiate actual contestants (HouseGuests) from people that enter the house as visitors (former contestants hosting a game, etc.)
 * Well I would reword it somehow because by stating that this list only includes contestants entering the competition with a chance of winning is a point-of-view of the writer.-- T ru  c o   503 16:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed sentence for now. Personally, I feel it states the obvious anyway, I just kept it because it was leftover from previous edits.
 * That's cool.-- T ru  c o   503 02:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * List
 * The status column should sort accordingly to the day they were sent home, not alphabetically.
 * How is this corrected? With the same sort featured used for the Finish column? If so, what should I do for the Runner-up and Winner, both of which make it to the show's finale?
 * Use the sort template. Order the winner first and the runner ups second, and the expelled others in order. So it would look like  and just change the number for each other instance in descending order.--  T ru  c o   503 16:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Done. Is that what you meant? The only thing is, when you hit the sort button, it sorts based on finish placement and not the actual day the player left the house. Were you wanting it sorted by finish placement or length of game play? Should I put ? Just making sure I have done what you want to see.
 * You got it =]-- T ru  c o   503 02:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Images
 * Remove the period from all the image captions, they are incomplete sentences
 * Done.
 * References
 * Per cite web and MOS:NUM, spell out the dates in the publication dates of the refs.-- T ru  c o   503 01:20, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. The access dates too, for consistency? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 02:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, that too.-- T ru  c o   503 16:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:09, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks so much for the suggestions. Does that take care of everything? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 03:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved/clarified; list satisfies WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   503 23:39, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:28, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm a huge Big Brother US fan, so you better make me proud. ;D. Here are my comments:
 * Will do! (I hope). -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 00:32, 5 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I know Big Brother once used to give a million dollars to the winner instead of 500k.
 * Really? I don't remember that. The main Big Brother article does not mention a million dollar prize at any point, though I can do some research to verify this. Would you happen to have a source? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 00:32, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Laugh out loud. I since it's probably not true...since I only watched BB8, 9, and 10, I'm not familiar with the older ones...--  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  01:26, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

--  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  04:38, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Unsort professions, since I don't think they need to be sorted, and eviction dates are not sorted properly.
 * I do not believe the profession column can be unsorted, since the entire table is a 'sortable' wikitable. As for the eviction dates, they are actually sorted by final placement rather than alphabetically. This is not my preference, but I was following the suggestion made by Truco (I believe). Should there be more discussion about the sorting of the evicition column? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 00:32, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll unsort the profession column myself. --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  01:26, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:10, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Update: The eviction dates now sort based on length of time spent in the house, rather than based on final position. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:16, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support Finally, a Big Brother featured list! --  SRE.K.A.L. &#124; L.A.K.ERS ]]  01:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support thanks for addressing my comments. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:06, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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