Talk:Family Feud

message: Please feel free to review the text included here and re-add it w/proper sourcing. The article has been tagged for needing sources for over six months. Doniago (talk) 17:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Because I don't feel that would be constructive. If you do, please feel free to do so; I likely won't contest it, though I can't speak for other editors. In any event, the article has been clearly marked for sourcing issues for well over a year now; there's no excuse for adding further unsourced information. Cheers. Doniago (talk) 17:26, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

text: While I have mainly transitioned over to the NASCAR WikiProject, I agree with Seth on this one and would be willing to help out if assistance is needed. As it stands now the article is nowhere up to the level of the rest of the "Big 4", if you will. That is, the four syndicated game shows in Jeopardy!, Millionaire, and Wheel of Fortune. As a Sixers fan, I can say that GM Sam Hinkie's strategy has been to "blow the team up and start all over", with the hopes of being a championship-winning team a few years down the road. The same idea applies here; I think it would be better to revamp the entire article rather than try taking the current version and merely improve the wording and add citations. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 20:42, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced Text Archive

message: While technically a revival of the All-Star Family Feud Specials, this NBC prime-time summer series, entitled Celebrity Family Feud, premiered on June 24, 2008 as a six-week short series with Al Roker at the helm. This version featured teams composed of a celebrity captain and four friends or relatives, with a $50,000 charity payoff at stake. In addition, this version debuted set changes that were later introduced on the syndicated run for the 2008–09 season.
This six-week miniseries was part of NBC's "All-American Summer", which also included America's Got Talent and MGM's revival of American Gladiators.
The game format was similar to the All-Star Specials. The families played three rounds (single-single-triple-sudden death). The winners of the two games played in another three-round match for the right to play Fast Money.</div>
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In the case of this article, it would be fair enough to blow it up and start over. I have already done so to the lead; however, with the main text of the article, finding sources for it is problematic. I have learned that there are several reliable sources for what is known about this show beyond those provided in the article, but the question is, do those reliable sources in existence that talk about the show cover all that is known about it? It is our responsibility as Wikipedians to find out.
Beyond this, there are still some key questions about the show that need to be answered: How and why was the show created? What was/were Goodson's source(s) of inspiration for the series, and were there any pilot episodes that differed substantially from the Family Feud that is recognized today? Has the show had any further reception, legacy, or pop-culture impact beyond what the sources present in this article state? Information like this needs to be mined from reliable sources if applicable, because it is vital to getting this article to a higher status. --SethAllen623 (talk) 17:57, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: While I have mainly transitioned over to the NASCAR WikiProject, I agree with Seth on this one and would be willing to help out if assistance is needed. As it stands now the article is nowhere up to the level of the rest of the "Big 4", if you will. That is, the four syndicated game shows in Jeopardy!, Millionaire, and Wheel of Fortune. As a Sixers fan, I can say that GM Sam Hinkie's strategy has been to "blow the team up and start all over", with the hopes of being a championship-winning team a few years down the road. The same idea applies here; I think it would be better to revamp the entire article rather than try taking the current version and merely improve the wording and add citations. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 20:42, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Celebrity Family Feud''

message: This is possibly the worst article on Wikipedia! No sources, citiation needed tags everwhere! Now, I sourced this recently and now the citations are gone. --Coingeek (talk) 18:25, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Any chance of going through the article history to find out when (and possibly who) removed the citations? That would obviously be a pretty serious problem. I moved large chunks of unsourced material here, but I wouldn't generally touch anything with a citation. Doniago (talk) 03:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Come on! 

message: When used with the present tense of a verb, “currently” is almost always unnecessary since the present tense tells us what the current condition is of something. We can just let the present tense of the verb do its job without adding a redundant “currently”.
In the case of this article, is there any difference between these pairs of sentences?"
*Family Feud is an American television game show that is presently hosted by Steve Harvey...."
*Family Feud is an American television game show that is hosted by Steve Harvey...."
AmericaDad86 says that ""currently" or "presently" would imply that Harvey has not always hosted the series". Are we sure that the reader will get the implication? It is beeter to be explicit that to imply. The next paragraph says "The show premiered on ABC and was hosted by Richard Dawson from 1976...", which is clear and unambiguous, rather than implying. 
Furthermore, the suggestion that the present tense the present tense could be interpreted as meaning a permanent condition unless modified by “currently” or "presently" is not correct. 
#Barack Obama is currently president of the United States.
#Barack Obama is president of the United States.
#The Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world. 
#The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. 
The second sentence in each pair means the same thing as the first sentence, but it is shorter and simpler. It is called the present tense, not the "permanent tense" for a reason:  these sentences aren’t ambiguous, are they?
*I am sick.
*It is raining.
*He is naked.
No-one would think that those are permanent conditions. The same is true of the sentences above; Barack Obama is not the eternal president of the United States – he is limited by both the US Constitution and his own mortality. 
Is there ever an appropriate time to use “is currently”? There are times when clarification can be useful when contrasting current conditions with past or future conditions. In these cases, “is currently” is correct, but “is now” is better because it is shorter and simpler. 
For example:
*The restaurant will be open tomorrow morning, but it is closed now.
*I was feeling sick this afternoon, but I’m all right now. 
In these cases, the present tense on its own isn’t really enough because the reader has just received contradictory information. Adding “now” provide the emphasis to make the situation clear. Sorry for the long rant, but it bugs me that verbs are not being left to do their jobs in peace without superfluous modifiers. Ground Zero | t 13:51, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Another option would be to break out the current host from the first part of the sentence. "Family Feud is an American television game show." Then go into the hosting data in more detail. Doniago (talk) 17:40, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: What is wrong with “is currently”?

message: Merge Celebrity Family Feud with this article, despite different host, network, and slightly tweaked 60-minute format...... like the All-Star edition from the 70s as well as the Challenge version from the 90s... both of which are mentioned in this same article. Information from the Celebrity article can easily fit into the regular Feud article, so why make a separate article for it? It's just confusing.  MegastarLV  (talk) 21:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: [ moved here from GA review page ]
 My time is limited right now, but I'm going to try to give this some attention in the coming days. Any input or suggestions from either of you would be much appreciated (no sweat if you're busy, of course). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 16:10, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: , the GA review is closed for some time now, so that page should not be modified.  You can discuss further improvements and changes to the article here on the normal article Talk page.  If you want to bring the article up for GA again, that would be a new review that starts from scratch with a new reviewer, although of course that reviewer can look at the previous review to see what was judged lacking at that time.   Wasted Time R (talk) 11:53, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks, my mistake (2.5 years here and I'm still learning new things every day). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 13:59, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

text: Views on leads will vary.  I just looked at the lead for Jeopardy! and I don't like it much.  Too much detail in some places and some major aspects left out, such as the fame and general usage of the theme music, the cultural impact, the Ken Jennings streak and the attention it produced, why it's been so successful.  But you are right, if you point to similar GA articles that have similar levels of detail in the lead, a GA reviewer would be hard-pressed to make a stand on the matter.  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:53, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beginning to give this some attention 

message: The paragraph on reruns airing on Buzzr needs an update, since the network has launched. Are any hosts other than Dawson currently airing on it? 67.197.243.87 (talk) 11:44, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buzzr 

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message: I think adding photos of Louie Anderson and Richard Karn who hosted the series from 1999 to 2002 and 2002 to 2006 should be in the article. MightyArms (talk) 22:32, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures of Louie Anderson and Richard Karn?