Talk:Big Brother 26 (American season)

Moving Forward

Hi All,

As we wait for the lock on the page to be lifted, I understand that the voting history is part of the lock, so I’m working on resolving this in the meantime.

I’ve put together a proposed table that aligns with the voting history tables on other pages, reflecting the game mechanics of past seasons with the appropriate color coding and labeling.

I’d appreciate any feedback or suggestions you might have. Let me know what you think!

Color key:

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Head of Household

  Nominated for eviction

  Immune from eviction

  Won Immunity via competition

  Not eligible to vote

  Evicted

Big Brother 26 voting history

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
			Day 18	Day 21										Day 90	Finale
Head of Household	Angela	Chelsie	Cedric		Angela Quinn	Tucker									(None)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Kenney Kimo Lisa	Angela Kenney Lisa	Angela Kenney Tucker	Kenney Makensy Tucker	Cedric Makensy Tucker	Brooklyn Cam Quinn
Veto winner	Lisa	Kenney	Tucker	Makensy	Tucker	Tucker								(None)
Nominations (post-veto)	Kenney Kimo Matt	Angela Lisa Tucker	Kenney Makensy Tucker	Kenney Quinn Tucker	Cedric Makensy Rubina	Brooklyn Cam Chelsie
Angela	Head of Household	Nominated	No vote	Kenney	Head of Household
Brooklyn	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Nominated
Cam	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Nominated
Chelsie	Not eligible	Head of Household	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Nominated
Joseph	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric
Kimo	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric
Leah	Kenney	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric
Makensy	Kenney	Lisa	Nominated	Kenney	Cedric
Quinn	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Nominated	Deepfake HoH
Rubina	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Nominated
T'kor	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric
Tucker	Matt	Lisa	Nominated	Quinn	Cedric	Head of Household
Cedric	Not eligible	Lisa	Head of Household		Nominated	Evicted (Day 31)
Kenney	Nominated	Angela	Nominated		Evicted (Day 24)
Lisa	Kenney	Nominated	Evicted (Day 17)
Matt	Nominated	Evicted (Day 10)
Evicted	Matt 8 of 11 votes to evict	Lisa 11 of 12 votes to evict	(None)	Kenney 10 of 11 votes to evict	Cedric 6 of 9 votes to evict

ReillyVega (talk) 09:01, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

I do like having the AI arena winner's voting block colored when they win. I'm not sure why there was such a big kerfluffle over it. That being said, I like having the faded orange versus the solid gold, but that's just a personal preference. I also think that the color blocks for Makensy and Quinn's powers should match since they were both won during premiere week. King1559 (talk) 20:22, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the input here. The colour you mention is already in use for Team Immunity across the other seasons, hence the difference here. Another color can be used, it just needs to be consistent. ReillyVega (talk) 18:18, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Do we really need two colors for immunity? There should be just one and then we can have notes explain how the immunity was obtained. 9March2019 (talk) 01:55, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

That’s what I think. It’s pedantic, and the two shades of yellow are entirely too similar. Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:56, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm glad to see the increased input and progress! It seems we have two options moving forward: we can either change the color for 'Won Immunity via Competition' or revert all Immunity to the same color and use different note types to indicate differences. I'm comfortable with either approach. Once we decide, we can update all other pages to ensure consistent color usage. ReillyVega (talk) 07:46, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Since the AI Arena has been such an important fixture this season. Should we add a separate line for the winner on the voting history table? There is a lot of precedent for this, like how the coaches comp effected the voting history table in BB14, the MVP in BB15, the Roadkill comp in BB18, the Temptation in BB19, the PowerApps and Hacker comp in BB20, the safety suite in BB22, the wildcard winner in BB23. (Aricmfergie (talk) 13:48, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree with your point, though we've encountered some resistance from other editors. To address this, we're working on finding a middle ground through the use of color coding, which has also been consistent across the other seasons. Your input on this would be greatly appreciated. ReillyVega (talk) 14:01, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 21 August 2024

The first two notes are really sloppy and should be condensed into one where it doesn't sound like it was written by an elementary school student. Here's my proposed note revisions: Quinn activated the Deepfake HoH, a power he won in the "Upgrade" competition. This allowed him to anonymously take control as the Head of Household for the week, while Angela maintained immunity and the ability to compete in the veto competition. Angela and Quinn were not eligible to vote in the eviction but were allowed to compete in the following Head of House competition due to the disruption of power.

Protected edit request on 22 August 2024

• In the Infobox, please replace the following line of code:
  • num_episodes = 16 with
    • num_episodes = 17
• In the Episode table, for Episode 17, please replace the following two lines of code:
  • Aux1 = with
    • Aux1 = Days 31–35
  • ShortSummary = with
    • ShortSummary = Following the nomination ceremony, Tucker decides that he wants Brooklyn to be evicted. Tucker promises to use the veto on Quinn as long as he doesn't tell others about his plan. Joseph tells Tucker about the Pentagon, furthering Tucker's goal to send her home. Brooklyn and Quinn discuss who they believe the real target for the week is and they teal each other that they both believe the other to be the target. Joseph, Tucker's choice, and Makensy are randomly picked to participate in the Power of Veto compeitition, along with the others. When Brooklyn approaches Tucker about her conversation with Quinn, Tucker considers his next move. In the "Hide-N-Go Veto" competition, the competitors had to hide their "memory card" by placing it in a hidden spot within the house. Once all of the cards were hidden, they then took turns attempting to find someone else's card. Tucker was the only person who's memory card wasn't found, winning competition. Quinn apologized to Tucker for telling Brooklyn that she was the target. On Day 35, Tucker used the Power of Veto on Quinn and named Chelsie as the replacement nominee. In the process, Tucker causes chaos by exposing multiple alliances.
• Add the following code to the end of the Episode table ahead of the last set of closing brackets (without the <nowiki></nowiki> tags; probably easiest if it's copied from the source editor window):
  • {{Episode list/sublist|Big Brother 26 (American season) | EpisodeNumber = 923 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = Episode 26 | Aux1 = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|9|11}} | Aux3 = Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | Aux4 = | Viewers = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = #41D4F4 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Big Brother 26 (American season) | EpisodeNumber = 924 | EpisodeNumber2 = 27 | Title = Episode 27 | Aux1 = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|9|12}} | Aux3 = Thursday 8:00 p.m. | Aux4 = | Viewers = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = #41D4F4 }} {{Episode table/part|week=9|c=#41D4F4}} {{Episode list/sublist|Big Brother 26 (American season) | EpisodeNumber = 925 | EpisodeNumber2 = 28 | Title = Episode 28 | Aux1 = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|9|15}} | Aux3 = Sunday 9:30 p.m. | Aux4 = | Viewers = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = #41D4F4 }}

This is an uncontroversial routine edit. The reason this page was protected was for disputes in the "Voting history" section and not the Episode section or the Infobox. No sources are required for the episode summary per WP:PLOTCITE. The source for the additional episodes is located at the top of that table. I've written all of the plot summaries, incremented most of the episode counts, and added most of the new episodes to the table, none of which have ever been disputed edits. TheDoctorWho (talk) 00:59, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:03, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 23 August 2024

I would like to edit Week 5 eviction votes Pdaig (talk) 01:26, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. If you want me to make any edits you will at the very least have to specify the exact wikitext to change. Or just wait a few days. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:56, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

We want to update the chart to reflect what happened in Week 5 and confirm who is the new Head of Household. Here is what the page should look like: (excuse the notes)

Color key:

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Head of Household

  Nominated for eviction

  Immune from eviction

  Not eligible to vote

  Evicted

Big Brother 26 voting history

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
			Day 18	Day 21										Day 90	Finale
Head of Household	Angela	Chelsie	Cedric		Angela Quinn	Tucker	T'kor								(None)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Kenney Kimo Lisa	Angela Kenney Lisa	Angela Kenney Tucker	Kenney Makensy Tucker	Cedric Makensy Tucker	Brooklyn Cam Quinn
Veto winner	Lisa	Kenney	Tucker	Makensy	Tucker	Tucker								(None)
Nominations (post-veto)	Kenney Kimo Matt	Angela Lisa Tucker	Kenney Makensy Tucker	Kenney Quinn Tucker	Cedric Makensy Rubina	Brooklyn Cam Chelsie
Angela	Head of Household	Nominated	No vote	Kenney	Head of Household	Brooklyn
Cam	Matt	Lisa		Kenney	Rubina	Nominated
Chelsie	Not eligible	Head of Household		Kenney	Rubina	Cam
Joseph	Matt	Lisa		Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn
Kimo	Matt	Lisa		Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn
Leah	Kenney	Lisa		Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn
Makensy	Kenney	Lisa	Nominated	Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn
Quinn	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Nominated	DeepFake HoH	Brooklyn
Rubina	Matt	Lisa		Kenney	Nominated	Brooklyn
T'kor	Matt	Lisa		Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn	Head of Household
Tucker	Matt	Lisa	Nominated	Quinn	Cedric	Head of Household
Brooklyn	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Nominated	Evicted (Day 38)
Cedric	Not eligible	Lisa	Head of Household		Nominated	Evicted (Day 31)
Kenney	Nominated	Angela	Nominated		Evicted (Day 24)
Lisa	Kenney	Nominated	Evicted (Day 17)
Matt	Nominated	Evicted (Day 10)
Evicted	Matt 8 of 11 votes to evict	Lisa 11 of 12 votes to evict	(None)	Kenney 10 of 11 votes to evict	Cedric 6 of 9 votes to evict	Brooklyn 8 of 9 votes to evict

Protected edit request on 23 August 2024 (2)

Hi admins, I do not wish to edit the page but what I really want to say is that will any of the admins kindly edit the page?

Edit 1: Strike Chelsie’s name as she won BB AI arena. Edit 2: Mark Brooklyn as evicted as she was evicted from the big brother house with a 8-1 vote, with Chelsie the only one voting Cam Edit 3: Mark T’Kor as HoH for week 6 QUEKM2009 (talk) 06:08, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Protection has expired. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:51, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 23 August 2024 (3)

Brooklyn was evicted Day 38/Week 5 and Tkor was named the HoH for week 6! 2601:1C2:100:F180:BDFF:AE0B:E784:679A (talk) 08:42, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Protection has expired. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:51, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Week 3 Template

I don’t understand why was the week 3 voting table sorted that way, it looks weird. Why not just mention that Mackenzie won a secondary veto and therefore was immune. Having two columns for only one week is ridiculous in my opinion. 190.150.219.207 (talk) 14:25, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

It's to illustrate that Makensy used her veto after Tucker saved Angela. This was the same format used when Matt Hoffman used his Diamond Power of Veto back in BB12. King1559 (talk) 21:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

The BB12 format still looks weird, I propose why not use the BB23 format instead, when Kyland and Alyssa both won a veto the same week. That will make the template look cleaner and smoother. 190.150.219.207 (talk) 00:47, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 23 August 2024 (4)

I would just like the voting record and the HOH record be updated. I would gladly do it myself, if needed. It's not typically this delayed. 2601:602:8080:4D30:C5C9:A1F2:C6DB:62D3 (talk) 20:55, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

It should look like the table I crafted under the first protected edit request on 23 August 2024, not sure why this was not approved??? King1559 (talk) 21:51, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Protection has expired. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:51, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 23 August 2024 (5)

Hello, me as well as others want to know why the Big Brother 26 voting table does not reflect the current game status? I will be happy to correct the voting table to reflect the current format of the game. However, I don't understand the delay. Chelsie won the Ai arena yesterday her name should be crossed out and open for a name to vote. Brooklyn was evicted on day 38 yesterday, August 22, 2024. She received 8 out of 9 votes. Cam received 1 vote from Chelsie. T'kor is the current head of household for week 6. Is there a reason why this result is not shown on the voting table? May we please update the current table. Once again, I will gladly do so myself to reflect the current status. Welcometothenewmillenium (talk) 22:43, 23 August 2024 (UTC) Welcometothenewmillenium (talk) 22:43, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Protection has expired. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:51, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Dear Administrator, please update

Brooklyn was evicted 8-22-24 and now T'kor is now the HOH. It is now evening on 8-23-24, and neither of these changes are reflected on the wiki page. It's fine to keep this page protected, but it should remain up-to-date as much as possible. Whoever is the "Administrator" needs to be aware when episodes air, and to modify the wiki page when changes are relevant. Thanks. 2603:8000:753F:5070:2DB5:AB69:128A:B15A (talk) 00:36, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Unprofessionalism

Its been over 24 hours and the wikipedia page still hasnt updated last night's eviction, the new head of household & the 3 initial nominees. If you're going to lock the page keep it UPDATED... like this is so dumb 2A02:587:326A:A400:319C:659D:7F5C:C656 (talk) 00:56, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree like please!! I’ve been waiting 190.150.219.207 (talk) 00:58, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

There is nothing unprofessional about pages being updated slowly. Wikipedia is not a venue for breaking news and is a perpetual work in progress. The world will not end if this page is not updated for a day.

From my perspective as an admin monitoring Category:Wikipedia fully-protected edit requests who doesn't even care that much about Big Brother it's really demotivating to see five simultaneous requests on the same page, desperate pleading for attention, etc. And none of the requests are actually easily actionable as four of them don't specify the exact wikitext to change, and the one that does makes numerous unrelated formatting changes rather than just making the minimal edits to the table. Compare with #Protected edit request on 19 August 2024, #Protected edit request on 22 August 2024 above which followed a standard format and we're easy to implement. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:42, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I quickly skimmed through the recent history, and it seems like this article was fully protected due to edit warring. Now that one of the editors engaged in the edit war has been blocked for two weeks, I believe the full protection can be lifted now. Some1 (talk) 01:57, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree. I've been waiting to remove that pointless (A) note since this edit warring began. King1559 (talk) 02:33, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

That editor who was blocked was the problem. Everyone else here has been able to communicate responsibly and respectfully despite differences of opinion. Bgsu98 (Talk) 09:22, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

It is quite evident that these admins are not chronically online fans of the best television show ever! But yes, I'm surprised that we can't be authorized to make the smallest of changes. 134.174.21.155 (talk) 02:26, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I've been using the sandbox to add the necessary changes once we finally have access to the page again. I have the current chart pasted there if you wanna see for yourself. King1559 (talk) 02:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately due to how notorious Wikipedia has gotten over time, all policies and Wiki rules need to be accounted for and done properly. So as much as us Big Brother fans are agitated/annoyed/irritated that two days worth of updates/information hasn't been added to the article; this is how Wikipedia formally works so the Wiki can run smooth/free of issues. It has nothing to do with whether there are admins who are BB fans who can expedite the policy and and rules. I'm not an admin no, but I feel it's best if we just allow the proper rules of the Wiki to commence and hopefully things will be settled and sorted by then. Thank you. :) ☼Phrasia☼ (talk) 08:15, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Where are the updates?

a day later and no update? Unexceptable. 174.93.49.89 (talk) 03:58, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a very popular Wiki/information source, so because of that, disputes and conflict with edits/content need to be settled expeditiously. Due to an edit war discrepancy/situation with several editors (which I wasn't apart of and have no idea about and I'm neutral/not going to get involved with that) the admins decided to lock the article, and according to Wikipedia policy, until a resolution/remedy is made to proceed forward with the article and a consensus is made that things can edit back to normal, the article has to stay locked. Articles that follow current events/news/or in this case an interactive/live game show, aren't exempt or a condition/exception to the rules. It's annoying/upsetting for us BB fans who want the article updated, (we are now at two days of content not being updated) but it's unfortunately for the best when it comes to following proper Wiki procedures and rules. Let's just hope things get sorted out soon, so the article can go back to normal. Thank you. :) ☼Phrasia☼ (talk) 08:29, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I can understand your reasoning on maintaining civil discourse between admins and making sure editors follow Wikipedia guidelines to avoid edit disputes/conflicts. But it's still astonishing for a page to be fully protected from people that just simply want to be updated on a live reality game show. Each day the format of the game changes. It's important to be up to date with the current events for viewers knowledge. Many people use this page as a good reference regarding information relating to the game show. Many of us including myself are unaware of the dispute that happened between the admins. Not that it's important for us to know specific details. We just simply want to be updated on the game. If the dispute is between the admins it should stay between them. The rest of us shouldn't be penalized for the behaviors that we were not involved in. If an admin/editor has been suspended due to a dispute regarding editing a page. That's fine let them deal with the consequences. But for the rest of us I still don't understand why we are not allowed to edit the page to the current format. If this continues on longer someone is going to have to intervene. Welcometothenewmillenium (talk) 13:10, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I requested to have the protection lifted last night [1] but *crickets*. Anyway, the full protection will expire on 00:02, 25 August 2024 (UTC), so editors will have to wait roughly four more hours to be able to edit the article. Still though, fully-protecting the page for a week in response to a minor content dispute seems like an overreaction. Some1 (talk) 20:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Admins need to be active

This is a game show that changes daily. I get that some people need certain authority, and that’s fine. But why can’t the people that actually watch the show and frequent the page be an admin? Not just some higher up who probably doesn’t even watch the show? Daulton7996 (talk) 22:29, 24 August 2024 (UTC)