Talk:Are You the One?

The Challenges/Second Chances
Hello, was wondering everyone's opinion on moving all of the contestants that later appeared on the Challenge into one combined section. Also was wondering if Second Chances should have its own page.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiguy09 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 18 April, 2018 (UTC)
 * Second Chances, and I think all of the individual seasons, should have their own pages at this point in my opinion. We just got to find someone willing to split it all out. Season 2 already has it's own page, I think season 1 used to as well but wasn't referenced and deleted. The contestants can be put on the individual seasons pages. WikiVirusC (talk) 12:46, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I agree that AYTO seasons can have their own pages. RW/RR Challenge was originally all on one page until someone split up the seasons. 2600:1700:FDF1:1FC0:85FE:D48F:9620:1AF8 (talk) 04:45, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
 * For a more recent conversation see here. WikiVirusC (talk) 16:59, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Combinatorical Analysis (Season 7)
I saw that a chart of probabilities was added to the season 7 section of the article, as occurred at times with the season 6 section last year. Last year, I tagged the content as needing a citation, and then as original research after a citation to an original-research tool was added, before ultimately deleting it. Because no justification for this type of content was ever provided last year, I have taken the step of deleting this new content, rather than tagging it. Nevertheless, it would still be appropriate for an editor to re-add this content or content of this type, as long as it can be sourced reliably. --DavidK93 (talk) 20:06, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Season 8 Rapid-Fire Edits
Can someone please take a moment and explain what is going on with all these edits? In a span of less than two days, there have been nearly 50 edits, most of which are small, many of which were spaced from each other by just a few minutes, and very few of which have edit summaries. This has made it very difficult for me to figure out who did what to the article, but the main reason I care is that unexplained color coding has been added to the "Progress" chart, and I'm not familiar enough with table formatting to undo that. Based on the tables from previous seasons, this color coding implies that the matched names are known to be perfect matches. Unless it has actually been revealed on the show, or is properly sourced, the table should just use the default cell colors. Can someone please provide a justification for the color coding, or else remove it (apart from confirmed matches Aasha & Brandon, and Basit & Jonathan). --DavidK93 (talk) 17:13, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Hearing no response, I figured out how to do it myself. I removed all color-coding and statements about perfect matches that doesn't reflect the show as aired.  I left only the color-coding for confirmed matches Aasha & Brandon (truth booth) and Basit & Jonathan (onscreen graphic).  Any information about contestants' perfect matches should either reflect the show as aired, or have a source cited.  --DavidK93 (talk) 15:26, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * , I see that you reverted my change in order to add back in unexplained color coding and unsourced statements about perfect matches that differs from the show as aired. I reverted it to restore my change.  If you wish to add back in the color coding, please also add information that explains what the color coding means.  If you wish to add back in the statements, please source them.  --DavidK93 (talk) 16:46, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * , I noticed that you added the color coding back to the chart, with no edit summary, and no explanation in the article for why the contestants are color coded. Can you please elaborate on why you are adding these colors to the cells in this combination?  --DavidK93 (talk) 19:27, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Someone changed all the colors on all the tables, so I changed them back because those colors were way too light for people to see and the colors were fine how they were. The colors on the chart are always there, and then get changed to who's a perfect match or not. This is how this page has always been edited. I don't know why it's a big deal all of a sudden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sturgwis12 (talk • contribs) 15:56, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Sturgwis12, the problem is that you didn't restore the colors that had "always" been on the chart (at least, since it was created on June 27), but rather some colors that had been on the chart for slightly longer than a day, and which had likely been edited due to specific problems with their combinations. It's true that the chart had colors from the beginning; it probably shouldn't have, and I would have suggested changing it had I noticed or thought about it. It's just a particularly longstanding bad practice. Because the colors will ultimately be used to correlate matches, that's all the more reason not to use them prior to sourced identification of the matches, because it implies baseless information (i.e., that the contestants with matched colors are in fact perfect matches). In addition, the arrangement of colors on the chart that you restored is not the arrangement of colors that was present up until August 1. From the time that the contestants' name had been added with colors up until that point, there was a sequence of 8 colors in a specific (but I think arbitrary) order, duplicated over the second half of the alphabetized contestant names. Then Aasha and Brandon were confirmed as a match, so an IP user added their names to each other's rows. Aasha (red) and Brandon (yellow) had different colors from each other, so this was the first point at which the color coding became a problem. Another IP user soon did a reasonable and well-intentioned edit, changing Brandon to Aasha's red color (and putting Brandon's yellow on Justin, who had been red) and changing Jonathan to Basit's orange color (and putting Jonathan's teal on Kari, who had been orange), because Basit and Jonathan were also confirmed a match (albeit not by the show's usual in-game method). So now, two colors (red and orange) signify a perfect match, and six other colors apparently signify nothing. Another IP user then swapped some colors with no reason given. , perhaps seeing the same issues I did, edited the chart to remove all non-perfect-match colors. That editor did also change what colors were used (the lighter colors that you didn't like, and about which I don't have a strong feeling), and introduced a strikethrough system for ruled-out matches (which I removed, though it was re-added). Then, a few days later, you restored the full color scheme (and removed the strikethroughs again, a change with which I agree). This brought back the problems Hfealvku had fixed, where two colors signified perfect matches and six colors signified nothing, even if the edit improved the formatting and readability in other ways. There was then a period of intense, rapid-fire editing on very small scales, that I'm loath to delve into. But at a certain point, this was the content of the "Progress" chart. Some editor(s) (and I know it was not you) had added unsourced claims that four additional couples, all color-matched on the chart, are perfect matches. So that's when I brought it up on this Talk page, and hearing no response ultimately did this edit, which removed all the colors except those used for confirmed perfect matches on the show as aired (but kept your preferred colors for those), removed all unsourced claims about perfect matches, and removed the claim that Basit and Jonathan will sit together in week 10 (it certainly seems that they will, but it is a future event that should not be included until it occurs and can be sourced to the aired program). That edit was reverted by an IP user, but I re-reverted it and continued to try to discuss it here. After an IP user added discussion about the content to the article, I requested semi-protection for the article. But you then reverted my main change to again add the non-meaningful color-coding to all contestant rows and the unsourced claim that Basit and Jonathan will sit together in week 10 (although you did at least not restore the other unsourced claims about perfect matches). --DavidK93 (talk) 18:44, 9 August 2019 (UTC)


 * , the problem is that, although these are the colors that were used on the chart from its creation on June 27, the specific ordering of them that you are preserving was only in place for about a day, and was changed for a valid reason. The original coloring was a pattern repeated over the alphabetized contestant list, but the coloring was then changed after two perfect matches were identified in the sixth episode, so that contestants would share a color with their confirmed matches.  The coloration for non-perfect-match contestants was then removed by an editor other than me, but I believe they shared my reasoning:  once any perfect matches had actually been identified, those matches should be identified with matching colors, and any other colors should be removed to avoid creating the false impression that they also signify perfect matches.  (That editor also changed the existing colors, but my edit uses the original colors where colors are used.)  Indeed, other editors have in fact inserted unsourced claims that other color-matched couples are a perfect match.  Right now, two colors (red and yellow) signify perfect matches, while six other colors signify nothing.  In addition, the chart claims that Basit and Jonathan will sit together in week 10; while it's a reasonable expectation, it is a future event that should only be included after it occurs and can be sourced to the aired program (bearing in mind that the contestants do not have the audience's information about them being a perfect match).  I would like to restore my edits so that only truth-booth confirmed matches are shown sitting together in future weeks, and colors are used only for confirmed perfect matches.  --DavidK93 (talk) 18:44, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Inclusion of Unconfirmed Info
Multiple users have added information to the Progress chart about Jasmine and Nour being a perfect match, along with statements like "In episode 10, the house finds out that Basit and Jonathan are a perfect match, as well as Jasmine and Nour." I don't believe this is correct, as these statements purport to identify the solution to the season's matches. The season's solution and the set of perfect matches are identified by the show's mechanisms. A couple is known to be a perfect match when the Truth Booth identifies them as a perfect match, or when they are sitting together when the house achieves all beams. This season, we had the unique circumstance that we knew Basit and Jonathan to be a perfect match because the show provided an onscreen statement of that. However, I don't believe that cast members stating who is a perfect match during an episode is a valid source for that claim. Stating in the Wikipedia article that Jasmine and Nour are a match amounts to original research--an unsourced claim that a reality show contestant's calculation is correct. If we had a section that provided a summary of the season or its episodes, then it would make sense to include statements that the house came to certain conclusions about matches. But this chart, which is meant to report the cast's actions and the results provided by the show's mechanisms, should not carry that additional information. I have deleted it more than once but it has been restored, so can someone who supports its inclusion please provide a rationale? --DavidK93 (talk) 16:02, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Ages 6 or 8?
The entries for some of the cast in this article specify their age as "6" or "8". If this is true, should that be cited? 2600:1700:FDF1:1FC0:85FE:D48F:9620:1AF8 (talk) 04:47, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

No Tai Verdes Talk??
I found out about this show upon hearing that Tai Verdes (Tyler Colon in Season 6) won it and wanted to see what it was about. I noticed there's nothing even linking to his wiki page or at least stating that he went on to become a successful artist, currently with two gold records to his name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.95.104.10 (talk) 20:05, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Split out
I have split out seasons 1-8 to their own individual pages. Variations of request were asked about years ago here and here. For now I have left second chances as a redirect as right now it is barely sourced, and it was one of instance. I may still split it later since it has been asked before with no objects but for now I will see if I get any feedback. WikiVirusC (talk) 16:59, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

"Season 2 - San Juan, Puerto Rico" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Season 2 - San Juan, Puerto Rico and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 8 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. WikiVirus</b><u style="font-family: Tahoma">C <b style="color:#008000">(talk)</b> 15:00, 8 June 2022 (UTC)