Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother/Structure of series or season articles

A note: Articles for a series of Big Brother should not be created until there are enough independent reliable sources or there are promos on television. This, and only this, should be taken as a sign that Big Brother will be happening, and is good enough a reason to create an article. Anything else, unless it can be confirmed by the network itself or network executives, is not enough reason to create a series' article, and is most likely speculation. Another reason not to create an article so early is that there will most likely be no information in it. Lack of information, or information that's already in other articles, is pointless. Any articles about a Big Brother series that has not been confirmed should be nominated for deletion via WP:AFD. If there are only a few pieces of information about a series and it is still not enough or it is still simply too soon to create a standalone article information can be added to the main country article.

Infobox

• Articles that are about a Big Brother season should include {{Infobox reality competition season}}. This template takes the already existing {{Infobox television season}} and combines it with a nested section specifically for reality television seasons. It allows a place where quick, important information about the season can be read. See this discussion about the implementation of this new infobox and the retirement and replacement of the old infoboxes.

All usage instructions are on individual template pages.

Naming articles

See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television) § Season articles

Articles about individual Big Brother seasons/series should be disambiguated as Big Brother (country series/season number) or Big Brother number (country season):

• Big Brother America use Big Brother number (U.S. season)
• Big Brother UK use Big Brother (British series number).
• Celebrity Big Brother UK use Celebrity Big Brother (British series number).
• Big Brother Australia use Big Brother (Australian season number).
• Pinoy Big Brother (Big Brother Philippines) articles use Pinoy Big Brother (season number) (for regular seasons) and Pinoy Big Brother: (Edition)(season number) (for special editions), e.g. Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2.

Formatting of Big Brother-sensitive words

• The word Day, when referring to a specific day by its number, should always be capitalised.
• Any Day numbers or eviction figures should be written in numeric form.
• On Big Brother Australia and Big Brother UK articles, the word House, when referring to a Big Brother House, should always be capitalised.

For Big Brother Australia articles

• Any references to the three-point twist should be written as Three Point Twist, and should be italicised at all times. Whenever it's seen to be appropriate, it should also link to Big Brother Australia#Nominations.
• The word Intruder should always be written as a proper noun, and should be written as Intruder(s) or Intruder housemate(s). It should link to Big Brother Australia#Intruders whenever deemed appropriate.
• The word Insider should be written as a proper noun, and should be written as Insider(s) or Insider housemate(s).
• UpLate should be spelt like this, as a single word with the U and the L capitalised. It should always be italicised, and should almost always link to Big Brother Australia#UpLate.
• Any references to Network Ten should be written as Network Ten; not Channel 10, The Ten Network, or Ten.

For Big Brother U.S. articles

• Head of Household, when written in abbreviated form, should be written as HoH, and be italicized when not used in a normal sentence.
• Power of Veto, when written in abbreviated form, should be written as PoV.
• HouseGuest

For Big Brother Africa articles

• Head of House, when written in abbreviated form, should be written as HOH, and be italicized when not used in a normal sentence.

For Pinoy Big Brother articles

• Two-in-One Housemate, when written in abbreviated form, should be written as 2-in-1, and written as 2-in-1 (letter) in the HM infobox where the letter indicates the pair considered (see Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2 for an example).
• Head of Household, when written in abbreviated form, should be written as HOH, and be italicized when not used in a normal sentence. By extension, Team of Household should follow the same rules but instead it is TOH.
• BBN (or public nomination), should be written as BBN, and be italicized when not used in a normal sentence.

Section headings

First and foremost each series article should follow the given advice for separate sections given at MOS:TV. Outside of that they should include the sections below on an as needed basis.

Housemates or Houseguests

Each series article should have a level two section named Housemates or Houseguests, and every housemate that did, or was meant to, participate in the game, should be listed afterwards. Depending on the series this information may be better presented with level 3 headings as done here or as a table as done Celebrity Big Brother 2 (American season)#Houseguests Whenever the official cast reveal date is announced, one of the following notes should be included in the section and remain there until the cast is officially revealed.

<!--According to the [insert reliable source], the official names of the housemates will be revealed on [insert date]. Any source that claims to have this information beforehand may just be speculation and should therefore NOT be added to the article. This note must remain until the official cast reveal on the scheduled date.-->

<!--According to the [insert reliable source], the official names of the houseguests will be revealed on [insert date]. Any source that claims to have this information beforehand may just be speculation and should therefore NOT be added to the article. This note must remain until the official cast reveal on the scheduled date.-->

Information to include in the section or table includes:

• Full name
• Any nicknames or aliases
• Date of birth and/or the person's age
• Where they're from. Sections in Big Brother Australia and Big Brother America articles should not use abbreviated state codes, but should instead use full state names. Where they're from should be written as [[Suburb]], [[State]]; or when necessary, [[Suburb, State|Suburb]], [[State]].
• The day they entered the house
• How and when they left
• Any birthdays the housemate had while in the House, including the real date, how old the housemate was on the day, the party theme, and any major events that occurred as a result of the birthday.
• Any major events that occurred in the house; that were due to, or involved, the said housemate.

Any information relating to housemates that hasn't or doesn't change because of their presence in the Big Brother House should be written in present tense.

Weekly summary and highlights

Weekly summary and highlights sections should be written in past tense. They should be short; not a detailed description of every event that occurred during the season. It is recommended that a Weekly summary section be split into one-week sections using level 3 or level 4 headings, with regular housemate evictions the last thing in each section. In general, this information be presented in table format using {{Episode table}} and {{Episode list}}. The information can also be presented in prose format as done here or in a differently formatted table as done here. There is no agreement upon what should be included in a Chronology section, but the following seems to be acceptable:

• Who is up for eviction, before and after any twists, and what that twist is.
• Who is evicted or who enters the game; the day number; real date; and the percentage of votes, or merged votes, that they received; or how/what allowed them to reenter.
• Tasks, but not too much information. How much of the budget is wagered on the task, what the task involved, any major events that occurred as a result of the task, and whether or not the housemates passed or failed the task is enough information.
• Birthdays: The person whose birthday it is, real date, how old they were on that birthday, the party theme, and any major events that occurred as a result of the birthday is enough information.
• Strikes and warnings.
• Competitions: A brief description of what the competition was and who its winners and/or winners were as well as what they received as a result of the competition.

For Big Brother Australia articles

• The theme of any Friday Night Live events, who won, who they took to the Rewards Room, which box they chose, and what was in each of the boxes.
• For nominations: the eviction line-up before the Three Point Twist is used, who the Three Point Twist is used on, and the final eviction line-up.

For Big Brother U.S. articles

• The term HouseGuests is used instead of the term Housemates.
• Who gets the Power of Veto.
• Who wins Head of Household.

For Pinoy Big Brother articles

• The table for weekly tasks shall include number, day given, description, and result in a table.
• The following colors shall likewise be used for the result:

"Pending": #C0C0C0

"Passed": #99FF66

"Failed": #FF6666

• In a two-house setup, the articles must use the colors that distinguish the two houses used in the broadcast.

Housemates summary table

A small table can be made that needs only have two rows, and if implemented effectively, can provide information easily. These tables should be put on the article in their own level two section, and should look something like this:

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	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8 Day 57	Week 8 Day 59	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12 Day 83	Week 12 Day 85	Final Day 86
Up For Eviction	Aphrodite, Igor, Terri	Elle, Igor, Terri	Ashalea, Krystal, Paul, Terri	Elle, Paul, Terri	Bree, Catherine Merlin, Terri	Ashalea, Bree, Terri, Wesley	Ashalea, Bree, Kane, Wesley	Monica, Violeta	All HMs	All HMs	Catherine, Paul, Ryan	Bree, Paul, Ryan, Trevor	Bree, Paul, Trevor	Bree, Trevor
Evicted	Aphrodite	Igor	Krystal	Elle	Merlin	Terri	Kane	Violeta	Wesley*	Monica, Ashlalea	Catherine	Ryan	Paul	Bree

^Note 1 : Bree was evicted on Day 63 (Week 9), and re-entered the house the next day after votes were deemed incorrectly calculated. Wesley, the housemate that should have originally been evicted, was evicted on the following Thursday.

Nominations table and Voting history table

Nominations tables and Voting history tables, should be included as part of the main article page These tables should be adapted to the country and series that they will be used for. Housemates should be listed in order of leaving, with the first housemate to leave at the bottom of the table. For current series, the housemates that are still in the House should be listed above the evicted housemates in alphabetical order.

Each cell of the table should contain the names of the people nominated by each housemate each week. This should be in the order that they nominated them or, if this is unavailable, in alphabetical order. At the bottom of the table, a row is added for the housemates who are up for eviction and for the housemates who were evicted that week. If housemates ever leave the show for other reasons, a row can be added to list their names. Some of the cells used should be shaded in colour - these colours can be obtained from looking at the examples listed below and from other tables.

An example of such a table:

Color key:

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Head of Household

  Nominated for eviction

  Immune from eviction

  Not eligible to vote

  Quit

  Evicted

  Re-entered the game

Voting history (season 19)

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9	Week 10		Week 11		Week 12
	Day 1	Day 7		Eviction	Battleback				Day 52	Day 58			Day 73	Day 79	Day 80	Day 85	Day 92	Finale
Head of Household	(None)	Cody	Paul	Alex	(None)	Jessica	Paul	Josh	Alex	Jason	Christmas	Jason	Christmas	Alex	Josh	Paul	Josh	(None)
Temptation winner	Kevin	Paul	Christmas	Jessica		(None)	Mark	Cody	Mark	(None)	Mark	(Not taken)		(None)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Cameron Christmas Jillian	Alex Jillian Megan	Alex Josh Ramses	Dominique Jessica		Josh Ramses	Cody Jason Jessica	Elena Jessica Mark	Elena Jason Matt	Elena Mark	Jason Matt	Matt Raven	Alex Jason	Kevin Raven	Alex Kevin	Josh Kevin	Christmas Paul
Veto winner	(None)	Alex	Paul	Jason		Jessica	Paul	Mark	Matt	Mark	Jason	Jason	Paul	Josh	Paul	Paul	(None)
Nominations (post-veto)		Christmas Jillian Paul	Alex Cody Ramses	Dominique Jessica		Josh Ramses	Cody Jessica	Elena Jessica Raven	Cody Elena Matt	Elena Matt	Mark Matt	Matt Raven	Jason Kevin	Kevin Raven	Alex Kevin	Josh Kevin
Josh	Christmas	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Nominated	No vote	Head of Household	Cody	Elena	Mark	Matt	Jason	Kevin	Alex	Nominated	Christmas	Winner
Paul	Not eligible	Jillian	Head of Household	Dominique	Alex	Ramses	Head of Household	Jessica	Cody	Elena	Mark	Matt	Kevin	Raven	Kevin	Head of Household	Nominated	Runner-up
Christmas	Nominated	Nominated	Ramses	Dominique	Paul	Ramses	No vote	Jessica	Cody	Elena	Head of Household	Matt	Jason	Raven	Alex	Kevin	Evicted (Day 92)	Paul
Kevin	Cameron	Jillian	Ramses	Dominique	Paul	Ramses		Jessica	Cody	Elena	Mark	Matt	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 86)	Paul
Alex	Cameron	Christmas	Nominated	Head of Household	Paul	Ramses		Jessica	Head of Household	Elena	Matt	Matt	Kevin	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 84)		Josh
Raven	Cameron	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Ramses		Nominated	Cody	Elena	Mark	Nominated	Jason	Nominated	Evicted (Day 79)			Paul
Jason	Christmas	Christmas	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Ramses		Jessica	Cody	Head of Household	Matt	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 79)				Josh
Matt	Jillian	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Ramses		Jessica	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 72)					Paul
Mark	Jillian	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Josh	No vote	Jessica	Cody	Matt	Nominated	Evicted (Day 65)						Josh
Elena	Cameron	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Josh	No vote	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 58)							Josh
Cody	Jillian	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 23)		Josh	Nominated	Raven	Nominated	Re-evicted (Day 58)								Josh
Jessica	Cameron	Christmas	Ramses	Nominated	Paul	Head of Household	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 51)
Ramses	Cameron	Christmas	Nominated	Dominique	Paul	Nominated	Evicted (Day 37)
Dominique	Cameron	Jillian	Cody	Nominated	Evicted (Day 30)
Jillian	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 16)
Megan	Cameron	Quit (Day 8)
Cameron	Nominated	Evicted (Day 1)
Evicted	Cameron 8 of 13 votes to evict	Jillian 8 of 12 votes to evict	Cody 7 of 10 votes to evict	Dominique 10 of 10 votes to evict	Paul 11 of 12 votes to compete	Ramses 7 of 10 votes to evict	Eviction cancelled	Jessica 7 of 8 votes to evict	Cody 7 of 7 votes to evict	Elena 6 of 7 votes to evict	Mark 4 of 6 votes to evict	Matt 6 of 6 votes to evict	Jason 3 of 5 votes to evict	Raven 2 of 3 votes to evict	Alex 2 of 3 votes to evict	Kevin Christmas' choice to evict	Christmas Josh's choice to evict	Josh 5 votes to win
					Cody Won re-entry into game													Paul 4 votes to win

Notes

The table below shows examples of additional cells that may be needed

Example	Meaning	Background colour	Notes
If a housemate is in the House at the time of nominations, the cell should describe who they nominated or why they did not nominate.
Ian, Tango	When a housemate nominates another housemate through the standard nominations process.	(default colour)	The people should be listed in the order that they nominated them or, if this is unavailable, in alphabetical order.
Exempt	The housemate cannot nominate or be nominated.	#FBF373
Ian, Tango	The housemate can nominate but cannot be nominated.	#FBF373
Head of Household	This housemate is the Head of Household.	#CCFFCC	For use in the American, Philippines, Brazilian, African, and Canadian versions only. For examples of use see Big Brother 8 (US), Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2, Big Brother Africa 2.
Banned	The housemate cannot nominate as a punishment.	#959FFD	For Big Brother US and Canada articles, this color should be used with text reading "Nominated".
Ian, Tango	The housemate can nominate but was nominated before due to multiple reasons.	#959FFD
Not eligible	The housemate cannot nominate for a miscellaneous reason.	#CCCCCC	This should be used when at least one other housemate can nominate that week.
No nominations	None of the housemates can nominate that week.	#CCCCCC
If a housemate is not in the House at the time of nominations, the cell should describe how they left.
Not in house	The housemate has not yet entered the House at the time of nominations.	#FFFFFF	This should not be used if the housemate was previously in the House but then left (see below). This cell should span across the row for all of the weeks that it applies.
Quit (Day n)	The housemate left the House voluntarily.	#FFCCFF	This cell should span across the row from when they walked across to the end of the row or, if they returned to the House, the week of return.
Ejected (Day n)	The housemate was removed from the House for any reasons.	#FFE08B	This cell should span across the row from when they were ejected across to the end of the row or, if they returned to the House, the week of return.
Evicted (Day n)	The housemate has left the House as a result of a public vote or other standard procedure that results in the removal of a housemate.	#FA8072	This cell should span across the row from when they were evicted across to the end of the row or, if they returned to the House, the week of return.
Re-evicted (Day n)	The housemate has left the House as a result of a public vote or other standard procedure that results in the removal of a housemate, for the second time.	#FA8072	This cell should span across the row from when they were evicted across to the end of the row or, if they returned to the House, the week of return.
Some more complex nominations twists use separate colours to describe what happens. These may vary between articles.

Arranging housemates in order

Once the names of housemates are announced, both tables above may be added, but they must list the housemates in alphabetical order by first name. Throughout a season, the first table will remain as it is, while the order in the second will change based on when each housemate is banished, evicted, walked, or expelled/ejected. Should multiple housemates leave the house on the same day, time will be used to determine the chronological order. In rare instances where several housemates leave almost simultaneously, their first names will be arranged alphabetically unless there exists an official order (i.e. juror numbers) from production.

Image usage

Images from websites, especially random ones, should not be used. They will most likely be removed from an article and will be tagged as orphaned fair use images or deleted immediately. Users that repeatedly upload nonfree images that can not be used under fair use risk being blocked from editing Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Example requests for permission to see how you may ask a copyright holder to release their image (s) under a free license, which is usable on Wikipedia. While a TV network would never release such a photo (don't even try), a private person with a candid photo of a contestant (outside the show), may opt to.

Criticism or controversies

Any criticism or controversies should be in its own section, and every claim needs to be backed up with references from a reputable source.

Categories

• Big Brother Australia articles, and other articles relating to it, should be put in Category:Big Brother (Australian TV series).
• Big Brother America articles, and other articles relating to it, should be put in Category:Big Brother (American TV series).
• Big Brother UK articles, and other articles relating to it, should be put in Category:Big Brother (UK).
• Pinoy Big Brother articles, and other articles relating to it, should be put in Category:Pinoy Big Brother.

Stub tag

Stubs should have a {{tv-prog-stub}} template at the bottom of the article.