Talk:The Amazing Race 1

What Song

At the end when Rob and Brennan are racing to the finish line, what is the song that is played? It sounds like the theme of Russell Crowes Gladiator but i'm not sure

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. See The Amazing Race (disambiguation) which already seems to have a pretty good way to distinguish the series that were broadcast in different countries. I confess that I couldn't follow the reasoning of the proponent, User:ApprenticeFan. He cites Talk:America's Next Top Model (cycle 1)#Requested move but that was only a minor change in the style of the names and it's unclear why it would be a precedent for this proposal. In the first paragraph of WP:TVSEASON there is a special mention of The Amazing Race 8 as a suitable name for a program cycle. EdJohnston (talk) 19:08, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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– Similar move proposal decision to what had it done to Talk:America's Next Top Model (cycle 1)#Requested move per WP:TV-NAME. Seasons 8, 11 and 18 are still keeping their names while retaining their individual names (Family Edition, All-Stars and Unfinished Business). ApprenticeFan work 01:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support I've been meaning to propose this... These are very ambiguous and not the name of the show itself. Appending numbers could be an easier way to type but it implies the show is actually called "The Amazing Race 2". (The "2" could mean anything...) The different Idol series used to be called by the different years but they were moved as well. It's also going to keep the international versions' articles consistent and tidier The Amazing Race 1 (Latin America) -> The Amazing Race (Latin America season 1); The Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 -> The Amazing Race Vietnam (season 2) Kartoffel 07 16:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - It appears that the current title nomenclature for these articles is consistent with usage in reliable sources, like CBS News [1]. Why change? --B2C 00:06, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - These are the official names of the television show, and they are named as such because they are the original version of the show. Changing all these names will make things incredibly complex and, to be honest, quite pointless. Only the French and Latin American versions of the show have conflicting names, but these are secondary, international versions that were modeled after the original American version of the show. As such, these names should remain the way they are. Why should the 22nd season be labelled specifically as being part of the American version when no other version has anywhere close to 22 seasons. Also, the proposer seems to be under the impression that we are arbitrarily adding the numbers to the end of each page. However, the show is ACTUALLY called "The Amazing Race 22", and shows up as such in TV guides. This move is pointless and should not occur. 174.1.50.249 (talk) 06:27, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Since seasons 8, 11 and 18 are officially given Family Edition, All-Stars and Unfinished Business as an individual names. For example, cycles 17-20 of America's Next Top Model uses All-Stars, British Invasion, College Edition and Guys & Girls are official given names and still use "cycle" in some sources. But season 8 is suggesting rename the article move (The Amazing Race 8 to The Amazing Race: Family EditionThe Amazing Race: Family Edition), which is an official name, including some sources such as Google with 46.4 hits. While season 11 consider on renaming The Amazing Race 11 to The Amazing Race: All-Stars, though has 87.4 Ghits as well. The "Unfinished Business" season is a less commonly used in some sources, but only a fewer 207,000 hits. In addition, the only season of The Amazing Race Philippines, one Filipino editor had moved on to follow with season articles for any obvious naming standards in WP:NC-TV. [2], this were did in November 1 and 2, 2012: (Changing article title to conform with Wikipedia standards.), (WP:Naming_conventions_(television)#Season_articles trumps any other capricious reasons; this naming convention should be followed in other TAR-related articles) ApprenticeFan work 05:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that's not at all what you have listed above. You clearly have written out "The Amazing Race 8 → The Amazing Race (U.S. season 8)". Now I'm just confused my your proposal. Are you going to rename ALL of them or just the three with extra names? I'm all for renaming 8, 11 and 18, but not for adding the arbitrary (U.S. season #) to the end. 174.1.50.249 (talk) 20:09, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The official names are not terribly relevant anyway, according to article naming policy, which of course is what all arguments here should be refer to, and which by implication all contibutors should read before discussing RMs. Andrewa (talk) 21:34, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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GA review

Passed. IAWW (talk) 16:07, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This review is transcluded from Talk:The Amazing Race 1/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Bgsu98 (talk · contribs) 11:23, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 20:27, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Hello! I'll review this, partly to thank you @Bgsu98 for reviewing my first FLC, but also because DaniloDaysOfOurLives and I are working very hard right now to review every single GA nomination in the television section. If you have the inclination, it would be amazing if you could join us! IAWW (talk) 20:27, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98 and @Xoruz I think this is now GA ready! Nice work – I really didn't find much wrong with it! IAWW (talk) 16:05, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will pass, and you guys can discuss the remaining non-GA points Xoruz was pinged at on the talk page :) IAWW (talk) 16:06, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) Magenta clockclock

Lead

Looks good :)

Development and filming

This would be changed with Keoghan informing all of the teams of their placements while accompanied by the local greeter in subsequent seasons in order to increase his in involvement in the show and prevent him from appearing like a grim reaper: Punctuate to make it easier to parse IAWW (talk) 12:18, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Bgsu98 (Talk) 12:44, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Contestants

Looks good :)

Future appearances

Looks good :)

Results

Looks good :)

Leg 1 (United States → South Africa → Zambia)

I love how this is laid out. I think you made amazing use of the wiki's features. This sort of thing just wouldn't be the same on a print encyclopedia.

What is a "switchback" IAWW (talk) 14:46, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I added a wikilink. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:21, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Leg 2 (Zambia → South Africa → France)

Looks good :)

Leg 3 (France)

In "locations" shouldn't the third bullet be before the second? For the place order to be correct?

I think it should be listed third, too; I've switched them. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

teams had to locate the statue of a cat sitting next to the Foucault pendulum: I think it should be "a" Foucault pendulum, since there are two of them?

Reworded. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:47, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Leg 4 (France → Tunisia)

Looks good :)

Leg 5 (Tunisia)

"hopelessly" is a bit editorialized

Removed. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:32, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Leg 6 (Tunisia → Italy)

Looks good :)

Leg 7 (Italy → India)

Looks good :)

Leg 8 (India)

Looks good :)

Leg 9 (India → Thailand)

Looks good :)

Leg 10 (Thailand)

Looks good :)

Leg 11 (Thailand → China)

Looks good :)

Leg 12 (China → United States)

Looks good :)

Leg 13 (United States)

Looks good :)

Ratings

was not particularly a ratings success: Vague and informal IAWW (talk) 12:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reworded. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:46, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Critical response

based on 13 reviews: I assume these were critic's reviews? If so, I think it should say that. IAWW (talk) 12:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clarified. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:31, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

which uses a weighted average: Weighted toward what? I also suggest adding a link to "weighted average". IAWW (talk) 12:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink added. Xoruz, do you want to add anything to that section? Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:31, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Distribution

Looks good :)

Sources Magenta clockclock

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) checkY

Reliability (Criterion 2b) checkY

I don't see any issues.

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) Magenta clockclock

[18]: checkY

[24]: checkY

[25]: I don't think "The show did just well enough" is a fully accurate paraphrasing of the source. In the source, there is nothing that directly indicates even that CBS considered the previous season's performance in deciding whether to air another, let alone concluding that it performed "just" well enough.

Reworded. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:31, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[32]: checkY

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) checkY

Earwig finds nothing. Nice almost all the sources are online, it's very unlikely to have missed anything.

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) checkY

It seems very detailed and follows the structure of other GA program articles.

Stable (Criterion 5) checkY

Media checkY

Tags (Criterion 6a) checkY

I see no issues with the tagging

Captions (Criterion 6b) checkY

Made some minor copyedits and everything looks fine

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

I suggest archiving non-dead URLs to prevent link rot in the future.

Some of the icons (like File:Legenda lotnisko.svg) are hard to see on dark mode. Do you know of a way to ensure they have a white background? I don't think they should be changed on Commons though. IAWW (talk) 14:46, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Xoruz, can you look into this? Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:50, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Found planes with a white background File:Flugzeug seite.png File:ISO 7001 PI TF 001.svg. Xoruz (talk) 16:08, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:DASH says either spaced en-dashes or non-spaced em-dashes should be used, so I fixed all these issues.

I think this article could do with incorporating some of the advice at WP:RECEPTION. IAWW (talk) 12:12, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging User:Xoruz. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:48, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Have a busy weekend. Will look later. Xoruz (talk) 20:30, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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