Talk:Ripon, Wisconsin

Birthplace of Republican Party
Meeting in a Congregational Church in Ripon on February 28, 1854, some thirty opponents of the Nebraska Act called for the organization of a new political party and suggested that Republican would be the most appropriate name (to link their cause with the Declaration of Independence). -- I have always been told/taught that the meetings took place in the Little White Schoolhouse... not the Congregational Church..... This should probably be changed....

According to Ripon's Chamber of Commerce: "In this schoolhouse, on March 20, 1854, the first mass meeting in the country was held that definitely and positively cut loose from old parties and advocated a new party under the name "Republican." " (http://www.ripon-wi.com/ripon-wi/little_white_schoolhouse.asp)

--Dirgni1986

Jackson, Michigan also publicly bills itself as the official birthplace of the Republican Party.LoyolaDude 02:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

City & Town
Being British, I don't understand American nomenclature of cities and towns, but how can the town be within the city, and the city be within the town? Would it be better to combine the two articles?  D b f i r s   09:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Heh, most Americans probably don't understand it either. The way we organize such things is, to put it nicely, convoluted. I had to think about it for a bit myself. My best guess is the city is the city of ripon itself, and the region around it is the town. Like if the main part of London was called the city of London, and the nearby region was just London. That make sense? (And on an off note, what are the odds of me looking at this article within a few days of this question?)

Inconsistency
Inconsistency of either “communautariarism” or “Ripon, Wisconsin” articles ; the latter, in its “history/ founding” section, establishes “Charles Fourier” as the inspirer of “communitarian socialist philosophy” ; and the former ignores him among a list of 18 “important thinkers” of the “communitarianism” socialist philosophy” Unless the article “political spectrum” should make a distinction between “communautariarism” and “communitarian socialist philosophy” I may be wrong to understand as being the same thing ? 2A01:E0A:28D:52D0:8CA4:EA:1E5D:77D9 (talk) 13:26, 1 January 2020 (UTC)