Talk:The Real World: Philadelphia

Neutrality
"As always, race relations were a central issue. However, a new approach was taken this time, as Karamo, a black man, was the most racist person on the show. He was raised to mistrust white people, and must come to terms with the multiracial occupants of his new house. With the help of Shavonda, a "coconut", he began to learn to be more racially tolerant."

My English teacher always taught me to avoid words such as all, most, and none. I think this sentence is POV, as we don't know if he was the most racist. MJ and Landon both displayed racist attitudes at some point in the show. Ryan 17:28, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Is my edit sufficient to remove the NPOV tag, do you think? We can't know who the most racist was, but certainly EDITING led us to believe that Karamo was. Philthecow 20:14, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:RWPhiladelphiaCast.jpg
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Philadelphia Stuff
I just added some references to the building and Philadelphia. This is all appropropriate because of the way the show and its cast related to the city. --evrik (talk) 17:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding material about the house. However, you did not provide a source supporting the material you added about the producers, unions, mayor and governor brokering a deal, as the two sources you inserted into that section do not appear to mention this.  And despite this and other unsourced information, you removed the unreferenced tag at the top of the article.  I restored the tag, and added more section and passage-specific ones detailing the need for sources.  Also, the article on the culture of Philadelphia does not mention The Real World, so I replaced that with the one on Cultural Depictions of Philadelphia, since that article does mention it, and seems a bit more relevant.  Is that a fair compromise?  Thanks again. Nightscream 01:19, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Looks okay to me. The Inquirer had a alot of articles about this at the time. It wouldn't be too hard to references most of this article. --evrik (talk) 17:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Cool. (I assume you mean the Philadelphia Inquirer, right? :-) )Nightscream (talk) 02:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * yes. --evrik (talk) 16:22, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

sexual orientation
I believe a WP:RS is still needed for "his religious parents don't accept his sexual orientation". The source states that "his religious parents don't accept his lifestyle", which does not support this statement. There is a big difference between being gay and living a gay lifestyle. I understand the need to avoid plagiarism, but I do not feel the paraphrased statement is entirely accurate. In addition, if I recall correctly, his parents objected to much more about his lifestyle than simply the fact that he is gay. Thanks. Plastikspork (talk) 02:02, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I didn't know that. Can you elaborate on that last point? Which episode was it, and what were their objections? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC)