Talk:Real life

message: The very earliest mention of "in real life" (in connection to the Internet) that I've seen was in the output of the Unix "finger" command, cited in RFC 1194 (section 4.2 on page 10, 11/1990). "In real life" jokes were common in Unix circles in the early 90s, I wouldn't be surprised if it had spread to the Internet at large from there (since they share common roots). It was probably re-discovered independently of course, but I think the article should mention this possible source.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.218.15.151 (talk) 17:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Origins of the expression "in real life"

message: Did William Shatner *really* invent that phrase?  My mind is boggled.
:The article says he popularised it on SNL, not that he invented it.  Even so, I think it's quite an old phrase really.  If anyone can find any instances of its earlier use, that would be a useful addition to this article. -PaulHammond 13:15, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
I had no idea such a thing existed as "not on the Internet". —User:ACupOfCoffee@ 01:03, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have a hard time believing that there is such a thing as a "real life". ;) --Muna (talk) 02:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Get a life, William Shatner

message: I've had to remind myself, several times, that the pillows in Morrowind cannot be given to my brother-in-law IRL for a Christmas present.  Now THAT'S verisimilitude.  --BlueNight 02:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing the Real and the Virtual 

message: Being new to the land of the wiki, I am still unaccustomed to this... place.
However, it seems as if the existence of the Real Life is unverifiable. This fact, to my knowledge, is in somethingorother to the Wikipethos. Can something be done? Gulanzon (talk) 23:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verifiability capacitation? 

message: This merge was unclear from the beginning, and proposed in October 2006 and as such, not relevant any more. Cenarium Talk 16:13, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging 

message: Per discussions in the June 2008 AFD linked above, I'd like to open discussion here in regard to the suggestion to move this article to Real life (reality) and make Real life a redirect to Real life (disambiguation) (which would, of course, list Real life (reality) among its entries. I don't believe this article justifies the topic as the primary meaning of the phrase, significantly more likely to be searched-for by users than any other topic known as "Real life." Propaniac (talk) 18:14, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've gone ahead and moved it. The whole AFD discussion was kind of a mess, but five days seems long enough to wait for any objection to be raised here. Propaniac (talk) 18:13, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Ya...  I was a bit miffed when I got reverted when I was trying to be BOLD because it was just a clean up and not removal of the article... so the comment about it not being consensus was not thought out.  "Make it happen cappen"!!--Pmedema (talk) 12:59, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the problem was it was done during an AFD discussion where consensus was not yet clear. –xenocidic (talk) 13:07, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested move to [[Real life (reality)]] 

message: I did some preliminary copy-editing on the article, but it could definitely use some help by someone better than I am at re-writing.  Specifically, the abbreviations and some of the terminology mentioned in various places might be non-notable.  Also, the religious connotations section seems very prosaic to me, which I tried to clean up a little bit, but it could definitely use more work. —RobinHood70 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy-editing 

message: I notice this page has recently been moved, but I'm a little concerned about the move, as it no longer has parentheses after it to help disambiguate it from other uses of the term, and perhaps more importantly, there's now a Real life and a Real Life page, which I think is generally considered bad practice on Wikipedia (though I was unable to find a specific mention of it in a quick browse of various policies). —RobinHood70 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Move 

message: (Add?) In opposition to a "fake life" created through one's Denial - Commandur (talk) 01:43, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Psychology 

message: Is there an article about, not the terminology, but the actual concept? E.g., where it would be appropriate to say, "Some students believe that real life/meatspace/whatever is more suitable for meetings because it is easier to read presentation screens behind the teacher and to communicate with the teacher and the rest of the class." Tisane talk/stalk  22:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not the terminology, but the actual concept 

message: First sentence is terrible: 
:generally denotes a broader notion of reality than what would be assumed in the current context (although this may vary depending on its usage).
I replaced it with something like this:
:actual human life, as lived by real people, esp contrasted with the lives of fictional or fantasy characters
Will cite this. Igottheconch (talk) 07:53, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Ugh First sentence is terrible

message: Template:Busy, which is used on hundreds of user pages, links to this article. If this article is put up for deletion, a notice should be placed on that templates talk page, notifying editors of its deletion. Whether the editors who use Template:Busy should be notified is debatable. Igottheconch (talk) 07:58, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Template:Busy

message: I found a strange segment on the "Society" part of this article. It didn't look like anything more than someone playing about with the page so I went and removed it. Going to post what it said just to be sure.
: (obvious vandalism quoted here, removed by Wlgrin; see below)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.147.140.228 (talk) 02:48, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for attempting to repair the vandalised article. Since it was obvious vandalism, and because Wikipedia maintains a full revision history of the page, there was no need to reproduce it on this discussion page (a few search engines index those too), so I have removed the full quotation from your comment above. I have also restored the article to its original (pre-vandalism) state, since the vandal had done more than just adding the crude non-sense which you later deleted. When discovering vandalism, it is beneficial to review all the changes made by the vandal using diff, the comparison tool on the revision history of the page. Finally, I have restored the automatic signature placed for your comment above by SineBot, which you had then deleted. Please, remember to sign and date your posts in discussion pages (not in articles) by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end. Also, keep in mind that, even if it does not appear on the page, your IP address remains visible in the revision history. If you would prefer your IP address not to be recorded and obtain increased privacy (along with other convenient features), you are naturally welcome to create a user account. Wlgrin 04:40, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange looking segment

message: I was pondering usage of rl online based on personal experience and it occurs to me that its precise meaning is not exactly "not on the Internet." For example, suppose I wrote a story about a guy who e-mailed Jimbo Wales and put it on fanfiction.net. Someone could read it and legitimately comment, "I've e-mailed Jimbo Wales in real life!" More generally, it seems like "real life" is used to distinguish actual literal occurrences of an action from actions taken in one of the "virtual worlds" created by the Internet - even if it's just the very simple virtual world of an imaginary face-to-face meeting between two people. I'm not sure how best to capture this distinction, or where to find sources about it, but just thought I'd comment. Dcoetzee 00:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Usage of rl online

message: I think this has more recent history than just the internet, I have seen movies/TV juxtaposed to "in real life" unrelated to the internet. Even now when watching a movie I compare how different and unrealistic it is to "real life." B137 (talk) 16:42, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movies, films, video, TV 

message: This article seems like it would be better as a section or two of "Reality".  Thoughts?   Deus vult (aliquid)!   Crusadestudent (talk) 23:17, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Nah, I don't see that the merge is needed. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:45, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

text: This article is about the term "real life" used to distinguish on the Internet. Not really related at all to reality. Lizard (talk) 07:30, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You might want to check out Reality#Technology, then.  There's already a subsection there, and IMO there isn't enough material to sustain a full, separate article on "real life".   Deus vult (aliquid)!   Crusadestudent (talk) 19:41, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Reality]]?