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In over 20 years of experience at all levels of New Jersey government and student of New Jersey Governmental History I have never heard the term "Boroughitis". I suggest that the term was coined by a current politician who has a problem with the Borough form of government. If the contributor cannot offer a source for the term it should be eliminated from Wiki.-- Lbguy2000 02:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
(Commenting here to avoid clogging the FAC with a side-track) How unique to NJ was this phenomenon? Looking at this from a European perspective (10,479 English Civil Parishes, 36,589 French Communes, 8100 Italian Comuni etc), this just looks like the normal way to run local government. Was this a setup inherited from colonial days which the other 12 colonies jettisoned, or was it created independently in NJ? ‑ iridescent 11:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
In New York, take a look at Nassau County (and to a lesser extent, the neighboring portions of Suffolk County). Its municipal map looks like someone fired a shotgun at it. This was because after the three towns in the county separated from the western portion that became Queens at the beginning of the 20th century, a lot of the land, particularly in the north, was either potato farms or the estates of a lot of Gilded Age rich. At the time it was easier to incorporate a village in the state than it is now: you needed only 50 residents to do it (nowadays it's 500). So a lot of these rich people got their estates together and they had enough household staff to make a village of themselves, with the added benefit (from their perspective) of being able to reorganize their security people into police departments. Daniel Case ( talk) 20:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
I have completed an edit of the entire article of spelling errors, gaps, and poor wording—but I could not complete it without being compelled to insert the following new section:
Imagining what type of reaction I expected from editors with a vested interest in retaining the existing title -- seeing that it had been chosen as a feature article -- I decided to refrain from boldness and to see what others had to say. That is unusual for me.
I have to say that I am impressed by the unexpected discussions above. If we can get the title changed I'll go ahead and post my full edit -- but I will not add to any article that is so inappropriately entitled and into which that title is woven. Frankly, I'm embarrassed by the ignorance advanced by featuring this article and profoundly disappointed that it could have qualified. Finding multiple uses of an absurd neologism doesn't justify its use and I'd leave the 'catchy' titles to the tabloids. Let's seek 'informative' titles for an encyclopedia.
I would propose the following introductory paragraph:
I would suggest the article be entitled, Balkanization of New Jersey townships during 1890s _ _ _ _ 83d40m ( talk) 03:17, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Very interesting article. I wonder if an article can be created that explains how Texas got to 254 counties, specifically focusing on the obscene number of West Texas counties created in 1876. MightyArms ( talk) 13:11, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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In over 20 years of experience at all levels of New Jersey government and student of New Jersey Governmental History I have never heard the term "Boroughitis". I suggest that the term was coined by a current politician who has a problem with the Borough form of government. If the contributor cannot offer a source for the term it should be eliminated from Wiki.-- Lbguy2000 02:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
(Commenting here to avoid clogging the FAC with a side-track) How unique to NJ was this phenomenon? Looking at this from a European perspective (10,479 English Civil Parishes, 36,589 French Communes, 8100 Italian Comuni etc), this just looks like the normal way to run local government. Was this a setup inherited from colonial days which the other 12 colonies jettisoned, or was it created independently in NJ? ‑ iridescent 11:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
In New York, take a look at Nassau County (and to a lesser extent, the neighboring portions of Suffolk County). Its municipal map looks like someone fired a shotgun at it. This was because after the three towns in the county separated from the western portion that became Queens at the beginning of the 20th century, a lot of the land, particularly in the north, was either potato farms or the estates of a lot of Gilded Age rich. At the time it was easier to incorporate a village in the state than it is now: you needed only 50 residents to do it (nowadays it's 500). So a lot of these rich people got their estates together and they had enough household staff to make a village of themselves, with the added benefit (from their perspective) of being able to reorganize their security people into police departments. Daniel Case ( talk) 20:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
I have completed an edit of the entire article of spelling errors, gaps, and poor wording—but I could not complete it without being compelled to insert the following new section:
Imagining what type of reaction I expected from editors with a vested interest in retaining the existing title -- seeing that it had been chosen as a feature article -- I decided to refrain from boldness and to see what others had to say. That is unusual for me.
I have to say that I am impressed by the unexpected discussions above. If we can get the title changed I'll go ahead and post my full edit -- but I will not add to any article that is so inappropriately entitled and into which that title is woven. Frankly, I'm embarrassed by the ignorance advanced by featuring this article and profoundly disappointed that it could have qualified. Finding multiple uses of an absurd neologism doesn't justify its use and I'd leave the 'catchy' titles to the tabloids. Let's seek 'informative' titles for an encyclopedia.
I would propose the following introductory paragraph:
I would suggest the article be entitled, Balkanization of New Jersey townships during 1890s _ _ _ _ 83d40m ( talk) 03:17, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Very interesting article. I wonder if an article can be created that explains how Texas got to 254 counties, specifically focusing on the obscene number of West Texas counties created in 1876. MightyArms ( talk) 13:11, 27 September 2022 (UTC)