Talk:Have I Got News for You (American game show)

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A fact from Have I Got News for You (American game show) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 2024 American remake of Have I Got News for You has a permanent host, something that the original show dispensed with in 2002?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:09, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 2024 American remake of the BBC panel show Have I Got News for You has something the original dispensed with in 2002? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/17/have-i-got-news-for-you-to-launch-in-the-us-in-autumn, plus https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/09/15/have-i-got-news-for-you-american/ for the fact that it aired
- ALT1: ... that the 2024 American remake of the BBC panel show Have I Got News for You took 20 years and four networks to make it to broadcast? Source: as above
- ALT2: ... that a reviewer criticised the panellists on the first episode of the 2024 American remake of the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You for getting the answers right too often? Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/have-i-got-news-for-you/have-i-got-news-for-you-doesnt-have-a-mean-bone-in-its-body
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Created by Gr8gibsoni (talk) and Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 252 past nominations.

Laun chba ller 14:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hi Launchballer, many thanks for expanding this great article. Are you OK to share credit with User:Gr8gibsoni, given that their original creation is within the 7 days so also qualifies? On the hook, I am fine with either of the top two hooks. On the first, the Guardian source seems to have been written before the show aired – are you sure they formally decided to dispense with rotating presenters? And on the second, I couldn’t see the 20 years mentioned in the Guardian article, and I don’t have access to the Telegraph article – would it be possible to bring a quote? Onceinawhile (talk) 06:01, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Guardian refers to the British version dispensing with guest hosts in 2002 and that piece was written in 2024. Regarding the Telegraph, if you're quick, you can just use Ctrl+A --> Ctrl+C to copy the article elsewhere before reading it or you can use archive.ph to archive it. However, upon rereading it, I don't see where it spells out that it was in fact broadcast (he could conceivably have been given a preview copy) so I've added one that does. I have no objection to sharing credit.--Laun chba ller 10:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK thank you Launchballer. Let’s go with ALT0 re guest host / permanent host. Please could you add a sentence into the article to make this crystal clear – to my read, someone clicking through to find out what the hook was referring to will struggle to piece it together at the moment. Ideally the new sentence would be supported by a source which states explictly that the show will have a permanent host (this is implied in every source I have read, but not quite spelled out in most cases). Onceinawhile (talk) 11:48, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Latenighter.com, which I've just added, writes that "Have I Got News For You, CNN’s highly-anticipated new comedy program, has found its host in The Daily Show veteran Roy Wood Jr.", emphasis mine. (It's a shame that UKGameshows.com probably isn't reliable.)--Laun chba ller 12:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go! Onceinawhile (talk) 07:11, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

mdy or dmy dates?

I am confused as to why dmy dates is used when the show is an American one. I know MOS:RETAIN exists, and the show is based on a British show, but wouldn't that mean that other articles based on shows that are not American should use dmy? Like The Voice (based on The Voice of Holland, which is Dutch), Survivor (based on Robinson, which is Swedish), and if you need direct British examples, have House of Cards, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Office, etc. I'd argue that the "national tie" is much closer to American than British. Spinixster (trout me!) 01:01, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page title

Shouldn't this be (American TV show) rather than (American game show)? G. Timothy Walton (talk) 15:24, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. What makes this not a game show?--Laun chba ller 15:37, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]