Talk:Philadelphia

The Articles of Confederation were not adopted in Philadelphia.

This article is incorrect when it claims that the Articles of Confederation were adopted in Philadelphia. At the time of their adoption, Philadelphia was occupied by the British. Because of this, the Articles of Confederation were adopted in the Continental Congress's temporary capital of York, Pennsylvania. Please edit to correct this. Machoooooooooo (talk) 07:28, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2024

I believe it should be added to the cuisine section that Philadelphia is also home to multiple James Beard Most Outstanding Restaurant Awards in Zahav Italic texthttps://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/us/james-beard-winners-2019-trnd/index.html & Friday Saturday Sunday Italic texthttps://www.inquirer.com/food/restaurants/philadelphia-restaurants-james-beard-awards-kalaya-fork-friday-saturday-sunday-20230605.html. The city is more than hoagies and cheesesteaks and that should be noted. Chrismaurer12345 (talk) 18:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 22:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Merging city offices

At WP:Articles for deletion/Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, a participant proposed merging Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management to Philadelphia#Public safety. Another participant and I opposed the merge, citing WP:WEIGHT (shortcut to WP:Neutral point of view#Due and undue weight, policy). As far as I can tell, Philadelphia Police Department and Philadelphia Fire Department – linked in {{Main}} templates – are much larger than the OEM. The Government link in {{Philadelphia}} links to Philadelphia#Law and government, and I don't see a more appropriate article.

Philadelphia Managing Director's Office was deleted by WP:Proposed deletion. "The managing director is the City’s chief operating officer (COO) and a principal member of the mayor’s cabinet." Mayor of Philadelphia focuses on history, and Philadelphia City Hall is about the building.

Article	Deleted by	Potential merge targets	Website
Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management	WP:G12 speedy deletion	Philadelphia#Public safety	https://www.phila.gov/departments/oem/
Philadelphia Managing Director's Office	WP:Proposed deletion	Mayor of Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Hall	https://www.phila.gov/departments/managing-directors-office/

Is there any interest in covering these city offices here or in another article? Flatscan (talk) 04:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Updating City agency name in Arts section

The City's office of arts and culture is no longer named "Office of Arts and Culture" nor its more recent name "Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy". In 2024 the official name became "Creative Philadelphia" . The office refers to itself as the office of arts and culture as a descriptor. Suggested revision: "The program, which has funded more than 200 pieces of public art, is administered by Creative Philadelphia, the City of Philadelphia's office of arts and culture (the city's art agency).” SonOfMargin (talk) 14:37, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2025

Change "The program, which has funded more than 200 pieces of public art, is administered by the Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture, the city's art agency." to "The program, which has funded more than 200 pieces of public art, is administered by the Creative Philadelphia, the city's office of arts and culture." SonOfMargin (talk) 19:56, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

 Done _♥^✿ TheMDC4 chat :3 ^✿_♥ 20:33, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

sea temperature

i would consider removing the sea temperatures graph underneath the climate chart. there is no seacoast in Philadelphia and the site we're linking to is an aggregator that is more interested in ad clicks than in accuracy. their temperatures are a bit off from ours too, though not alarmingly so. —Soap— 20:13, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

"PHL, PA" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect PHL, PA has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 March 31 § PHL, PA until a consensus is reached. A1Cafel (talk) 11:05, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Row offices

Noting my intent to create a subsection titled "Row offices" under Philadelphia#Politics in the near future. If anyone else beats me to it that would be great! Nnev66 (talk) 16:09, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hello! Does anyone here have access to the Philadelphia Inquirer archives? I'm looking for a September 17, 1999 article about soccer player Carli Lloyd published in the Philadelphia Daily News, which I believe is owned by the Inquirer. Thanks in advance. OrdinaryOtter (talk) 06:46, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Philadelphia

Is this page protected forever or not? ~2026-10938-26 (talk) 19:32, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 July 2026

Please update the "Climate" section by replacing the sentence:

"The highest recorded temperature was 106 °F (41 °C) on August 7, 1918. Temperatures at or above 100 °F (38 °C) are not common, with the last occurrence of such a temperature being July 21, 2019.[110]"

with:

"The highest recorded temperature was 106 °F (41 °C) on August 7, 1918. Temperatures at or above 100 °F (38 °C) can occur some years. The most recent occurrences were 101 °F (38.3 °C) on June 24, 2025, followed by three consecutive days at or above 100 °F (38 °C) on July 2–4, 2026, with highs of 100 °F (38 °C), 100 °F (38 °C), and 103 °F (39.4 °C), respectively." Weather Rain (talk) 22:17, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done I didn't use your exact wording (your temps for July 2–4 were a little off, and I don't see the need to include the 2025 date), but otherwise this is updated, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

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