Talk:Big Brother (British TV series) series 7
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Title Sequence
There are hidden messages in the new title sequence. Can anyone slow down the sequence to see what it says? There may be clues in there! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mcrosby78 (talk • contribs) .
- One step ahead of you! I have already checked the title sequence, and the "words" which seem to appear are all jumbled with the actual sequence, making a lot of the ineligble. I'm not even sure if a lot of them are actual words, they seem very random. The red "test card" is all part of it too. It just says: "This is the title sequence for Big Brother", and then some stuff about "by taking part in Big Brother you agree to abide by the rules, the rules may change at any time", as well as "NOT FOR TRANSMISSION" (?) and, curiously, "(C) Channel 4 MCMIII" ... 1903?? The titles are just random as far as I can tell, and are just meant to get people like you and me talking about them... ;) Tomcage9 22:18, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- I think the words 'You are being observed' appear in the text, but not necessairily in that order. -TonyW 23:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- The word "Temptation" appears to be there too. Essexmutant 00:08, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- I slowed down the title sequence to last night's Big Brother's Big Mouth - there are four sets of scrambled words and the only complete words you see are YOU, ARE, BEING and OBSERVED in that order and one in each set - all the other words you see are incomplete. There are words in and out of the breaks too, but I forget what they are now and would have to go home to see them again. (Lee Stanley 18:01, 20 May 2006 (UTC)) -- the words in and out of the breaks are UNLEASH and TEMPTATION. (Lee Stanley 16:24, 22 May 2006 (UTC))
Nikki
Hi. I know that 'Nikki' is actually a mole or fake contestant, placed by the producers into the house. She's an actress. I suppose I'm unable to cite my sources on this, given that there's secrecy involved. I suppose that because of this I can't place this information on the main page, which is frustrating. Is there any Wiki policy on citing sources for information that should be kept secret? Would it be ok to cite this information about Nikki here, on the discussion page, for posterity?
- No, I don't think you can as that info, if indeed true, cannot be verified at present. If and when it becomes apparent what you're saying is right, this would be added to the main article as it would then be in the public ___domain. -TonyW 23:46, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, fair enough. It should come out in about 2 weeks or so, with rumours appearing in a few days at least.
- She does appear very false. Perhaps we could say in the article that her manner is apparently staged and there are rumours that she is an actress? --Belteshezzar 23:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- You should cite a source for it first. -- 9cds(talk) 23:33, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
She's not an actress - she has always been like that - desperately seeking attention... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.158.189 (talk)
- Ooh, someone who knows her IRL! Or a Big Brother executive... Mark272 23:08, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- I hate her! "I AM NOT ENJOYING THIS!" "I WANT MY CLOTHES!" "I WANT BOTTLED WATTER!"... brat! Trampikey 23:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- Personally I find her hilarious! Sweetie Petie 18:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
She HAS to be a mole - no-one can be that bad in real life. If her hissy fit because no bottled water was available is anything to go by, she's a bloody awful actress too. I just watched her moaning about BO on clothes again. If she isn't a mole then I'll be the one to shoot her on expulsion. Promise. Griffin147 20:34, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Images
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Please make sure that any pictures of housemates added to the article are not copyrighted, and are fair use. This means all housemate pictures off the Channel 4 website cannot be used in this article. Any copyrighted images, or those with no copyright or source information will be removed from the page immediately. — FireFox (U T C) 20:01, 18 May '06
- That said, you should be able to do an image capture if you have a PC TV card and use it under GDFL as a TV-screenshot. Essexmutant 18:44, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- This question has already been discussed here and here.
- People will have seen the images in the newspapers last Friday, and will no doubt form their own views as to whether they are fair use. But interesting screenshots are to be preferred.
- Comments?--luke 09:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
New Pages Suggested
I suggest that a page be made for "Sexual Terrorist" and other words which may in the course of this series become a: largely in public ___domain b: quoted in daily newspapers and c: become used by the people in the house Well, i'm not sure what one is, so contributions will have to be made by the myriad of folk who read wikipedia. I'll make one myself at the weekend if there are no serious objections. --User:Darkpowder 09:45, 19 May 2006 (BST)
- A turn of phrase being only notable for being used by someone on BB7 does not merit a Wikipedia article, I'm afraid. Non-neologistic terms in more common usage might fit in Wiktionary, and phrases associated with BB7 contestants if they are heavily quoted might fit in Wikiquote. —Whouk (talk) 09:08, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Merge
I suggest the two pages get merged, whatever good content is in the other page gets put into here. This page follows naming convention for the other serieses, and the same template as the other serieses and the wikiproject. -- 9cds(talk) 01:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
- I could not make sense of what you have writen down. --[eddie] - pure ginger 10:27, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Cite your sources!
Please remember to cite your sources if entering any rumours or controversies in the article. Anything entered without these will be removed on sight. -- 9cds(talk) 11:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi, i just wrote that it's rumoured Lea starred in porn films, i see it was rightly removed because no sources were cited, which is down to me not knowing how to, anyways - http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=378769
- Forum posts are not very reliable sources. RexNL 12:49, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- What about videos showing said movies? Mr_Pope
- This is not the right place for spreading rumours. RexNL 12:52, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- Those pictures look very convincing. I remember a conversation in the house about her saying she had "done maybe 1 movie".
Housemates' ages
The BB website gives Bonnie's age as 19 and Mikey's as 22. The launch show gave Bonnie's as 20 and, IIRC, Mikey's as 23. See also [1]. -- Smjg 15:05, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe the 19 and 22 were their ages at the auditions and they've since had their birthdays.
- Possibly. But why has the website published these ages? Indeed, it's ridiculous if the website was never up to date. Moreover, if web coverage is updated every day as has tended to happen, then this updating ought to include the housemates' ages. Don't they have every housemate's DOB? -- Smjg 19:21, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe the DOBs will be released soon enough.
- Possibly. But why has the website published these ages? Indeed, it's ridiculous if the website was never up to date. Moreover, if web coverage is updated every day as has tended to happen, then this updating ought to include the housemates' ages. Don't they have every housemate's DOB? -- Smjg 19:21, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- On tonight's show, the narrator said Bonnie was 19 Trampikey 20:18, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- If she's 20 now, of course she was 19 before. -- Smjg 12:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
300px Mikey- age 23 Trampikey 22:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Whitespace
Can someone get rid of the whitespace between {{current}} and the main article? I've tried but can't see what's wrong. — FireFox (U T C) 13:30, 20 May '06
- I think it might be related to the current tag, but I'm not sure. -- 9cds(talk) 13:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Mikey
Any proof for claims of drug-related and homosexual activities?
Logo war
To make things clear, the 'black' logo should be used, for these reasons:
- It is better quality image, for technical reasons.
- Both logos are correct. Saying "It's not black" is incorrect.
- No need to fix what isn't broken.
- The black one is more widely used on wikipedia.
- The white one has been uploaded by a known troublemaker trying to get his way.
- The black and gold colours are more widely used - look at the screenshot on this page and the diary room colour scheme for examples.
- The white background is used on the C4 website for purely design reasons, and they have always used white backgrounds.
References.
I was just wondering if it was worth adding a list of references on the bottom of the page? Anyone know a good way to do this? Worth doing? -- 9cds(talk) 14:01, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- Mmmm... it would look better, but would probably be a nightmare to maintain during the show. I'd probably say keep the embedded links during the show, and perhaps do Footnotes in September. The JPS talk to me 14:05, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Merging
What do people think about merging this with the Big Brother 7 nominations table page, as both are closely linked?
i know that these have been kept separate in the past Joss 14:17, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- I say keep them apart - it only makes the page look cluttered - at least, it does when incomplete. -- 9cds(talk) 16:49, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Contestants
Shouldn't it be a separate page?? --Sunfazer |Talk 
20:29, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- Nah, take a look at past series pages, they're all on there. -- 9cds(talk) 21:20, 23 May 2006 (UTC)