Why is the judging on shows not always consistent?

[danderson400]

For example, on WOF, the contestant guessed "THE ALANTA FALCONS" but Pat Sajak said it was incorrect because the contestant added "the" to his guess, but on Super Password, the contestant Danna Clements accidentally told the word "Magical" to Marcia Wallace after Bill Cullen said Magic, then the form of the word sound played and then he said magician which was not right and then Danna said her clue wonderful to Wallace and Wallace said Magical which was right. Why was the player on WOF ruled wrong, but not Danna?

[Frank]

Probably the rules. You have to be exact on Wheel of Fortune. It's why so many contestants have been ruled wrong for adding AND to the crossword, so much in fact that Pat has made a point to announce not to add anything.

[johnnyo]

I think the most important thing is that the judging is consistent within a particular show. So. as long as the judging is always the same on WOF, it doesn't matter that another show like Super Password has different rules.