Talk:The Price Is Right/Archive 4

message: A rumor has stated that in the fall, when barker retires, a rerun of price with barker on the weekends. 67.128.87.106 16:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bob Barker episodes rerun in the fall?

message: Personally, I think we need to hold off on adding more images at this point. We are starting to get a little cluttered, with the text funneling between images in some places. Are we starting to dilute the fair use of these images? (Each one of the image is fair use on its own, but I think the fair-use arguement diminishes with every new photo.) I hope that we can get some strong editing to the article done first, and then we can look at the use of the visuals later. —Twigboy 17:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Would you care to tell that to Cheesehead?  Please?  'Cause apparently, he doesn't care. -TPIRFanSteve 22:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: The current version of The Price is Right should be at The Price is Right. The previous version from the 1950's should be The Price Is Right (1956 game show). Foreign versions need the "game show" tagged on it (The Price Is Right (UK game show), etc), and the "New Price is Right" article should probably be named "The New Price Is Right (1994 game show)".
This is so that the names conform to other game show articles, to keep consistency. --TonicBH 03:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Totally agreed. This is a ridiculous move and ought to be undone straight away. (In fact, if there are no objections in a couple of hours, I'll probably do it myself -- although if anyone does it before that, please remember that "Is" is supposed to be capitalized.) The current daytime show is what 99% of people searching for "The Price Is Right" are going to be looking for, and the article begins with a pretty comprehensive disambig. notice. -TPIRFanSteve 03:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, you know what?  Forget waiting.  According to this person's edit history, this is the only edit he's ever made to a TPIR article.  I think the rest of us would agree that it shouldn't have happened, so I'm just gonna move it back now. -TPIRFanSteve 03:59, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually, I was thinking of standarizing these as well. We should probably use (1956 US game show) and (1994 US game show) to avoid US bias. Oh, and agreed that the version with 6K episodes plus should get the direct un-DAB link, and retain the capital I in Is. —Twigboy 05:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What's in a name?

message: I have pruned out a lot of detail out of this article which is starting to work itself back in through well-intentioned edits. I am not the be-all and end-all, but I wanted to explain rationale in the hopes of garnering a consensus. As such, I am presenting the following suggestions, subject to hammering out by my fellow Wikipedians:
# Names of contestants are irrelevant. Not only are the names without encyclopedic value, they are also unconfirmed spellings. Bowsley? Bowersley? Baughsleigh? (Perhaps she is Irish?) The possible variants, make it subject to interpretation, and therefore dilute the accuracy of the article.
# Explain the essence of trivia. Trivia is, by nature, a small amount of insignificant information. The bullets in the trivia section should strike the average reader as interesting, perhaps mildly amusing. It is not interesting to read a paragraph-long account of what happened. Once a trivia item gets to be three sentences long, it's perhaps time to evaluate what is the core of what is being communicated.
# Airdates. See above regarding a discussion about airdates of a nonhistorical nature (the airdate of the 5,000th episode is perhaps relevant, an error in gameplay on a certain date is not).
# How many times X has happened. This is usually not even factual, as there has been discussion here regarding the fact that Bob Barker makes stats up sometimes. Also, there is apocryphal evidence of an exact showcase bid, but it can't be proven. Also, "on three or four occasions..." represents an unknown fact; therefore, it is not a fact. Plus, it dips into the realm of original research.
# This article is not a linkfarm. I think that a link is earned, and if there is information that can be referenced for the article, then you've earned the link.
That's all for now, although I'm sure I'll be adding some as they come to me. Thoughts? —Twigboy 20:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm in agreement here, and I've reverted most of the changes that were made today.  I don't feel right messing with the links, as I work for Golden-Road.net, so I'll leave that to someone else. -TPIRFanSteve 01:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  When is it too much detail? 

message: I attempted some clean up, writing more general descriptions of some sections and creating main articles for those who want more specific information on them. I hope that I wrote them in a way that someone who has no idea about the show can understand, leaving the detailed descriptions, with things like exact prize amounts, to the main articles. Hopefully together we can all fix this albatross. Buckner 1986 07:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: Yeah, here I go again.
Now I've noticed that there are seperate articles for various sections of the show (such as Contestants' Row, Showcase Showdown (The Price Is Right (US)), etc). If my memory serves correctly, the UK and Australian Price is Right also had these but with slight differences.
How about we adjust most of the articles so that they're more universal and not just specific to the American version? I mean, even adding a small sentence would work. That and so we can make the Showcase Showdown article name be a few characters shorter... --TonicBH 12:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions

message: In one of the links at the bottom, I clicked on it and it took me to a blank page.  Is this happening to everyone or is my computer whacked? 160.7.234.214 16:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing link? 

message: I looked online to find the Wardrobe Malfunction, and got nothing except this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fM4xSIdVDNA (censored). There was an uncensored, but removed from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXThwZbsnqI&search=TPIR
The removed video was stolen from j-shea.com, where it is still available for download. -TPIRFanSteve 01:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yolanda 

message: Do any of you think an infobox for all pricing game articles is a good idea? --D.F. "Jun Kazama Master" Williams 16:22, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not right now -- there isn't concrete data on the premieres and retirements of many of the games, which I would assume is what you'd want for this sort of thing.  Such information may be coming in the near future, though. -TPIRFanSteve 01:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Just wanted to double-check--has it been definitely confirmed that Les Moonves is the reason why GSN does not air reruns of TPiR? SamJ93 19:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reruns (or lack thereof) 

message: I read the article, and it said that 1970s version of Concentration played some music cues that were also played in The Price is Right. Ones I heard were played in Concentration were (what fans called it) "Splendido" (usually used for furniture showcases) and "Starcrossed" (played for some prizes and showcases). Does anyone know which show played these music cues first? Was either TPIR or "Concentration" first to play them? --Gh87 07:39, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TPIR music cues in [[Concentration (game show)|Concentration (1970s)]] 

message: CBS forbade stations from running (Tom Kennedy's version) before 6 p.m
I'm almost positive WTHI in Terre Haute aired it at 5. Lambertman 16:54, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  CBS and Kennedy scheduling issues 

message: Well, the 35th season looks like its coming to an end. According to http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/tickets/revised_airdates.shtml , the last scheduled airdate (currently) is March 2nd. Is this the last episode? I'd imagine they'd do something special for the final Bob Barker episode (and the end of a legacy, arguable), and I need to tape it. But the article on Bob Barker says he'll be retiring June 2007. Does anyone know anything about the last episode? PolarisSLBM 16:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The schedule simply hasn't been updated recently.  Except for one rerun week in March and possibly another in April, new shows will be airing until the middle of June, just like usual. -TPIRFanSteve 03:07, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final Barker Episode? 

message: I think it's more then worth mentioning somewhere about the show's healing powers as explained by Dane Cook. At the very least it should be mentioned somewhere that most people who watch the show are watching it when they stay home because of a small illness. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.85.170.136 (talk) 23:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facts about the show being medicinal 

message: There are currently 14 images, none of which have fair-use rationale for being used in this particular article. This is a major obstacle in the way of promoting this to GA status. Please review all images and remove the ones that don't apply. —Twigboy 18:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair-use images