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A fact from Armchair Detectives appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 January 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
I am puzzled and concerned about the mention of the fact that there is "no app" available for viewers to play along. For the following reasons;
Wikipedia generally doesn't discuss things that a TV programme lacks, as this can be suggestive that they should have it. This is advancing an opinion. Armchair Detectives also lacks a twitter feed along the bottom of the screen. An online forum. A phone-in section. A green-room spin off show on BBC Three. A meet-the-actors YouTube channel. Do we mention all this? No. This is why Wikipedia doesn't itemise things that don't exist.
Although appropriately cited, it's just to a passing mention in a tweet. I don't think Bodycombe was making an official statement, and certainly not suggesting that there might be an app in future.
The viewing public can be 'armchair detectives' on their own without a smartphone app. The show works successfully without any need for one. This is the point Bodycombe was making. He was just emphasising the "anyone can play along" aspect.
1000s of gameshows are broadcast every year without an associated app. No-one feels the need to point out this glaring oversight on their articles. Why should Armchair Detectives be different?
Basically, it reads like a curious, out of place, criticism without any basis. Has anyone even suggested it should have one? --Escape Orbit(Talk) 11:52, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Upon reading your assessment, I concede. Go ahead with that snip. You are more than welcome to help copyedit/tidy up/expand the article to your heart's content too. :)--Coin945 (talk) 03:55, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
