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"For the first few decades of the programme, there were four regular competitors..." It's only been broadcast since 1967, so the word 'few' seems overly vague. Two would be 'a couple' and four would be its entire run so far, so does this mean three, or 'three-ish'? The-Dixie-Flatline ( talk) 03:58, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
This slightly contradicts the history on the program's own website which states:
Therefore I have amended the article to reflect this. Myredroom 15:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
This does not seem terribly realistic, since I played the same game in 1st Sandiacre Wolf Cubs in the late nineteen forties, which is possibly where Parry Jones had encountered it. Certainly Messiter did not "invent" it, merely adapted it for radio. Charmbrights ( talk) 11:20, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
This programme was originally called "One Minute Please", so should this be added to the history section? ACEO 18:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I can find no trace online of a 'Best of 2016' release ever existing, which is odd. Is this correct? If so the article is currently wrong.
It's not a "Mystery Object" round - it was perfectly obvious what the object was - the point was that the panel had to talk about an object which appeared in the middle of the desk on a revolving turntable, rather than a subject. Fixed. 217.155.138.250 16:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone else will come along and conduct a more formal review soon. My initial observation, and the article's major hurdle to GA status, is the lack of reliable sources. The geocities site, that is frequently cited, is not a RS. At one paragraph, the lead does not adequately cover the article. There are a lot of bullet points, which I'd delistify and turn into prose. Anyway, I'm not going to bother officially putting this on hold -- I have a feeling that another reviewer would quick fail this because of the sources issue. Run a Google search and try to collect better references. The rationale for File:Just a Minute.jpg does not make clear why the image is actually required? I think it's there for pretty picture sake. The JPS talk to me 20:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to know how many times a contestant has been able to speak for the full minute without challenge. Also, a transcript of some of the full minute speeches would be fun to see. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.161.223 ( talk) 09:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Having reviewed this article, I am happy that it meets the GA criteria in respect of neutrality and stability. However, I have concerns regarding:
Accordingly, I am placing the article on hold for a period of seven days to enable the editors to address the issues raised above. I will revisit the article then and pass/fail as appropriate. Feel free to ping me at my talk page if you need clarification or you feel you've made the necessary changes and want me to revisit. Good luck! - Joe King 18:54, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Regarding this paragraph:
"Nicholas Parsons was once a guest host on an April 2005 edition of BBC One's satirical panel game, Have I Got News for You. He surprised Paul Merton's opposing team captain, Ian Hislop, by asking him to talk about "Taking advice from your lawyer" within the Just a Minute rules. At one point, one of the guests, Chris Langham, challenged for deviation, claiming it was the wrong programme."
Surely this is too much detail about a minor joke in one show to justify a whole paragraph. Why this gag out of thousands? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmarkj ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Having listened to JAM for 30 years I have noted a few tactics (some of which are in the article) employed on the show from buttering up Nicholas Parsons, being awarded bonus points for humorous interruptions, lists, buzz in with 1 second to go, move the subject to your expert field, claim an incomprehensible subject is actually the name of an old pet and incorporating previous subjects in later rounds to keep going. Also the cruel tactic (sometimes not the courtesy referred to elsewhere) of the contestants and programme makers by NOT blowing the whistle when the minute is up or NOT interrupting a faltering speaker when they make obvious mistakes who, when they realise, makes further speech within the rules more difficult. Perhaps suitable for a new section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.70.168 ( talk) 15:57, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
One of the regulars (Clement Freud I think)when I used to listen to it many years ago now used to talk very slowly in order to use the time up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.239.37 ( talk) 23:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Mike Harding was apparently a guest on the show at least once (1984-06-02) but I can find no online corroboration of this. Is this correct? Danceswithzerglings ( talk) 22:11, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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Having just listened to this very program, I read the article and noticed that the voice narrative whilst reading was that of Paul Merton who'd been tasked to talk for a minute about the show's Wikipedia article. ...As much as I realise this has no merit with regards to improving the article, I do believe some of you would enjoy a good chuckle. JaeDyWolf ~ Baka-San ( talk) 21:15, 8 September 2011 (UTC) |
Can someone add in section where Aung San Suu Kyi mentions that she used to listen to Just a Minute on the World Service. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.170.163 ( talk) 16:34, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
This article correctly says that Nicholas Parsons is the normal chair, but does not point out that on the fourth of June 2018, Gyles Brandreth chaired the programme. Vorbee ( talk) 17:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Above, it says that the article is of interest to various WikiProjects, and then includes WikiProject Television. Why is this one included here? I thought that "Just A Minute" was just a radio programme. Vorbee ( talk) 17:30, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
I suspect these lists are drawn from Just-A-Minute.info, which has not been updated since Nov 2017. The lists are likely to be incomplete, therefore, and some have probably topped 20 appearances in the interim (Fred McCauley, for example, was on 18 back then, and I think I have heard him recently). If we lack the info, and the dedication, to bring and keep these up to date, should they be scrapped? Kevin McE ( talk) 17:06, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
What is the future of the show? I've seen ideas floated for Gyles Brandreth to take up the position of chairing the programme. Will it continue? Either way I know it won't replace Nicholas Parsons but will more episodes eventually be recorded and broadcast? 314WPlay ( talk) 16:10, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
There don't seem to be any plans for another series at the moment, presumably due to Covid. MFlet1 ( talk) 20:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
No worries, in fact I recently got a BBC email informing me that new episodes are being recorded with a virtual audience. It looks like for the time being they're going to have guest hosts, starting with Paul Merton and Gyles Brandreth. MFlet1 ( talk) 16:33, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Just found an online source with this info and more details - I've added this to the article. MFlet1 ( talk) 17:02, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
The Audiobook releases section currently ends with:
Controversially, citation needed more than half the selected episodes featured Freud despite the revelations about him in the previous year.
Leaving aside the absent citation, this article does not otherwise mention the revelations. If they are worthy of inclusion in this article, I believe they need some further description to be useful, what was revealed? I don't know anything beyond what I read when I checked out the Wikipedia article on Freud, and I don't have a good sense of how to reasonably and fairly describe them in a manner that would be both fair and in proportion to their importance to an article about Just a Minute. Can somebody better acquainted than I either revise this reference or remove it from the article? Cafemusique ( talk) 13:58, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Just a Minute was a Media and drama good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. | ||||||||||
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"For the first few decades of the programme, there were four regular competitors..." It's only been broadcast since 1967, so the word 'few' seems overly vague. Two would be 'a couple' and four would be its entire run so far, so does this mean three, or 'three-ish'? The-Dixie-Flatline ( talk) 03:58, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
This slightly contradicts the history on the program's own website which states:
Therefore I have amended the article to reflect this. Myredroom 15:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
This does not seem terribly realistic, since I played the same game in 1st Sandiacre Wolf Cubs in the late nineteen forties, which is possibly where Parry Jones had encountered it. Certainly Messiter did not "invent" it, merely adapted it for radio. Charmbrights ( talk) 11:20, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
This programme was originally called "One Minute Please", so should this be added to the history section? ACEO 18:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I can find no trace online of a 'Best of 2016' release ever existing, which is odd. Is this correct? If so the article is currently wrong.
It's not a "Mystery Object" round - it was perfectly obvious what the object was - the point was that the panel had to talk about an object which appeared in the middle of the desk on a revolving turntable, rather than a subject. Fixed. 217.155.138.250 16:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone else will come along and conduct a more formal review soon. My initial observation, and the article's major hurdle to GA status, is the lack of reliable sources. The geocities site, that is frequently cited, is not a RS. At one paragraph, the lead does not adequately cover the article. There are a lot of bullet points, which I'd delistify and turn into prose. Anyway, I'm not going to bother officially putting this on hold -- I have a feeling that another reviewer would quick fail this because of the sources issue. Run a Google search and try to collect better references. The rationale for File:Just a Minute.jpg does not make clear why the image is actually required? I think it's there for pretty picture sake. The JPS talk to me 20:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to know how many times a contestant has been able to speak for the full minute without challenge. Also, a transcript of some of the full minute speeches would be fun to see. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.161.223 ( talk) 09:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Having reviewed this article, I am happy that it meets the GA criteria in respect of neutrality and stability. However, I have concerns regarding:
Accordingly, I am placing the article on hold for a period of seven days to enable the editors to address the issues raised above. I will revisit the article then and pass/fail as appropriate. Feel free to ping me at my talk page if you need clarification or you feel you've made the necessary changes and want me to revisit. Good luck! - Joe King 18:54, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Regarding this paragraph:
"Nicholas Parsons was once a guest host on an April 2005 edition of BBC One's satirical panel game, Have I Got News for You. He surprised Paul Merton's opposing team captain, Ian Hislop, by asking him to talk about "Taking advice from your lawyer" within the Just a Minute rules. At one point, one of the guests, Chris Langham, challenged for deviation, claiming it was the wrong programme."
Surely this is too much detail about a minor joke in one show to justify a whole paragraph. Why this gag out of thousands? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmarkj ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Having listened to JAM for 30 years I have noted a few tactics (some of which are in the article) employed on the show from buttering up Nicholas Parsons, being awarded bonus points for humorous interruptions, lists, buzz in with 1 second to go, move the subject to your expert field, claim an incomprehensible subject is actually the name of an old pet and incorporating previous subjects in later rounds to keep going. Also the cruel tactic (sometimes not the courtesy referred to elsewhere) of the contestants and programme makers by NOT blowing the whistle when the minute is up or NOT interrupting a faltering speaker when they make obvious mistakes who, when they realise, makes further speech within the rules more difficult. Perhaps suitable for a new section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.70.168 ( talk) 15:57, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
One of the regulars (Clement Freud I think)when I used to listen to it many years ago now used to talk very slowly in order to use the time up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.239.37 ( talk) 23:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Mike Harding was apparently a guest on the show at least once (1984-06-02) but I can find no online corroboration of this. Is this correct? Danceswithzerglings ( talk) 22:11, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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Having just listened to this very program, I read the article and noticed that the voice narrative whilst reading was that of Paul Merton who'd been tasked to talk for a minute about the show's Wikipedia article. ...As much as I realise this has no merit with regards to improving the article, I do believe some of you would enjoy a good chuckle. JaeDyWolf ~ Baka-San ( talk) 21:15, 8 September 2011 (UTC) |
Can someone add in section where Aung San Suu Kyi mentions that she used to listen to Just a Minute on the World Service. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.170.163 ( talk) 16:34, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
This article correctly says that Nicholas Parsons is the normal chair, but does not point out that on the fourth of June 2018, Gyles Brandreth chaired the programme. Vorbee ( talk) 17:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
Above, it says that the article is of interest to various WikiProjects, and then includes WikiProject Television. Why is this one included here? I thought that "Just A Minute" was just a radio programme. Vorbee ( talk) 17:30, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
I suspect these lists are drawn from Just-A-Minute.info, which has not been updated since Nov 2017. The lists are likely to be incomplete, therefore, and some have probably topped 20 appearances in the interim (Fred McCauley, for example, was on 18 back then, and I think I have heard him recently). If we lack the info, and the dedication, to bring and keep these up to date, should they be scrapped? Kevin McE ( talk) 17:06, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
What is the future of the show? I've seen ideas floated for Gyles Brandreth to take up the position of chairing the programme. Will it continue? Either way I know it won't replace Nicholas Parsons but will more episodes eventually be recorded and broadcast? 314WPlay ( talk) 16:10, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
There don't seem to be any plans for another series at the moment, presumably due to Covid. MFlet1 ( talk) 20:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
No worries, in fact I recently got a BBC email informing me that new episodes are being recorded with a virtual audience. It looks like for the time being they're going to have guest hosts, starting with Paul Merton and Gyles Brandreth. MFlet1 ( talk) 16:33, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Just found an online source with this info and more details - I've added this to the article. MFlet1 ( talk) 17:02, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
The Audiobook releases section currently ends with:
Controversially, citation needed more than half the selected episodes featured Freud despite the revelations about him in the previous year.
Leaving aside the absent citation, this article does not otherwise mention the revelations. If they are worthy of inclusion in this article, I believe they need some further description to be useful, what was revealed? I don't know anything beyond what I read when I checked out the Wikipedia article on Freud, and I don't have a good sense of how to reasonably and fairly describe them in a manner that would be both fair and in proportion to their importance to an article about Just a Minute. Can somebody better acquainted than I either revise this reference or remove it from the article? Cafemusique ( talk) 13:58, 9 November 2022 (UTC)