Talk:Somers, Wisconsin

message: what's your objection to splitting up the village and the town? They've been legally distinct entities ever since the village incorporated in 2015, so they should have separate articles. There's a little more background on my talk page as to why these should be split up. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:33, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: My main objection is that IP copied large pieces of text without attribution, which constitutes copyright violation. My second objection is that they have done it in such a way that the articles have a large overlap in text, there are several paragraphs which were identical in two articles. I tried to explain this to IP, but they were more interested in starting personal attacks.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:46, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

text: The Administrative divisions of Wisconsin article has information about local government in Wisconsin. Hopefully, this will help. Thank you-RFD (talk) 11:06, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, that makes more sense. The new town article probably should be pretty different, given that the bulk of the original town is now part of the village; I figured that the article would end up that way eventually, but I missed that the IP didn't attribute anything to the original article. Since it sounds like you don't have any objections to the split itself (and correct me if I'm wrong), I'll start a town article from scratch so these two areas aren't lumped into the same article. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 15:58, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

text:  Thank you everyone for your help-RFD (talk) 16:40, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I started Somers (town), Wisconsin, changed this article to be about the village, merged the now-unnecessary Somers (community), Wisconsin article into the village, and updated a few other things; let me know if I missed anything. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 16:36, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting up the village and the town 

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===Lede===
Somers is a town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,597 at the 2010 census. In 2015, the village of Somers was incorporated from the northern part of the town.
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Somers is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
===History===
The community was originally named Pike Grove on April 15, 1843 by an act of the Wisconsin territorial legislature, and became Somers in 1851. One story tells of a wealthy Englishman by that name whom the residents were hoping to entice into financing a rail line from Pike Grove to Chicago. Another transient nickname for Somers at about that time was Aurora, where for a time a post office operated with that name from the Willis Tavern.Kenosha placenames
Following a referendum in April 2015, most of the Town of Somers was split off and incorporated as the village of Somers.Somers Village and Town. Profile of Village and Town. Only segments of the town now remain, with most surrounded by the city of Kenosha.Somers Town and Village Boundaries.
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Somers was originally part of the Town of Somers. In April 2015 voters approved a referendum that incorporated the northern part of the town as a village.Somers Village and Town. Profile of Village and Town.
===Geography===
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.5 square miles (79.1 km²), of which, 30.5 square miles (79.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town had a total area of 30.5 square miles (79.1 km²), of which, 30.5 square miles (79.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.
Berryville is a residential and business community near the intersection of Kenosha County Highway A (7th Street) and Highway 32 (Sheridan Road). The community was named for the proliferation of strawberry farms in the area. The Berryville School was a community fixture into the 1980s, when it was demolished for new housing. Adjacent to the school to the south was the Mid-City Outdoor Theatre (1948-1984), one of Wisconsin's first drive-in theatres.Kenosha Placenames
===Government===
The Town of Somers is overseen by a three-person Board of Supervisors, with one acting as the chair. The board appoints a town administrator.Somers Village and Town. Board of Supervisors - Town.
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The village is overseen by a seven-member Board of Trustees.Somers Village and Town. Board of Trustees - Village.
===Education===
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* Shoreland Lutheran High School is a private Christian high school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
* The University of Wisconsin–Parkside is located in the village.
===Notable people===
*William H. Flett, Wisconsin legislator'Wisconsin Blue Book 1911,' Biographical Sketch of William H. Flett, pg. 648
*Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam
*Drue Leyton, actress, writer, member of the French Resistance'Drue Leyton; Actress, Member of the French Resistance,' Los Angeles Times, February 11, 1997 
*Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin legislator'Wisconsin Blue Book 1923,' Biographical Sketch of Conrad Shearer, pg. 625
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This has never been a copyright issue.  32.218.152.21 (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Setting the record straight 

message: *William H. Flett, Wisconsin legislator'Wisconsin Blue Book 1911,' Biographical Sketch of William H. Flett, pg. 648
*Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam
*Drue Leyton, actress, writer, member of the French Resistance'Drue Leyton; Actress, Member of the French Resistance,' Los Angeles Times, February 11, 1997 
*Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin legislator'Wisconsin Blue Book 1923,' Biographical Sketch of Conrad Shearer, pg. 625
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This has never been a copyright issue.  32.218.152.21 (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable people

message: Should the information for the communities of Central Park and Kellogg's Corners be added to this page and have those pages deleted and merged into this page? Like the Berryville section of this article has information about the community of Berryville and I was thinking maybe we could rename this section to Neighborhoods or Communities and include the information from those areas into that section. NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 06:25, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neighborhoods 

message: Should the articles for Central Park and Kellogg's Corners be merged with this article and have those communities be in the same section as Berryville? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 10:15, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging