Introduction
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WikiProject Big Brother is a group of Wikipedians dedicated to expanding and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Big Brother reality show and its national variations. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list.
Objective
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  • Improve, organize, and expand articles relating to the Big Brother series.
  • Standardize and unify all Big Brother articles under a general Manual of Style.
Scope
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The scope of the WikiProject includes:

  • Television series in the Big Brother format, licensed by Endemol
  • Television series and films licensed by Endemol that have significant relation to Big Brother
  • Idol contestants, finalists, winners, judges, and hosts
  • Individuals featured in the program(me)
  • Production companies directly related to the program(me)

Due to the broad nature of Big Brother some articles may also fall under the scope of other WikiProjects.

Things you can do
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
Assessment
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All talk pages of all articles that are in some way related to Big Brother should have the template {{Big Brother project}} inserted at the top. This will create a box at the top of the article, in line with the page name; that basically says that the page is part of this WikiProject and helps with article assessment.

Article Structure
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In order to achieve the goal of standardizing Big Brother articles each article should follow the project's Manual of Style.

See: Structure of Big Brother articles

Task forces
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Due to the broad, extensive nature of Big Brother some editors have created task forces to focus on a specific variation of the Big Brother franchise. These task forces work together to ensure that articles supported by their task force adhere to the policies set out by the project as much as possible while adapting local rules and variations of the format into the articles they support.

Current task forces:

Featured content
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Featured articles/lists:

Good articles/lists:

Statistics
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Participants
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A list of participants can be found at Category:WikiProject Big Brother participants.

Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to Big Brother related articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes they can further identify themselves with the project by listing their name as a participant. This helps spread the word about the project and can help other editors see what types of articles that user is interested in editing.

To add yourself to the project listing add the following to your user page:

[[Category:WikiProject Big Brother participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]

Or, if you wish to use the userbox, add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother/Membership}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.

Templates
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Talk pages for articles related to the project should be have this template added by copying the code below:
{{Big Brother project|class=|importance=}}
See the assessment page for further details.