Talk:Silverdale, Kansas

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 * Sbmeirow (talk) 01:59, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Silverdale Township, Cowley County, Kansas with Silverdale, Kansas
These appear to be in the same place - do we need separate articles for the township (created 2008) and the unincorporated community (created 2005)? Neither of them mentions the existence of the other, though both are listed in the County template. If we do need both, surely each should mention the other? I know nothing about Kansas geography, but take an interest in Silverdales as I live in one in the UK. Pam D  07:55, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * They aren't the same. Some previous editor(s) made mistakes in both articles by choosing the wrong GNIS and it's associated data, which is why they either appeared to be the same or transposed, so I fixed the problem to resolve the issue.  This 1905 map shows the "Silverdale community" in section 5 of the "Silverdale township".  •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 09:20, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Well, it looks to me as if the map shows Silverdale PO, but no more of a "community". But I leave it to Kansas locals. I've tweaked the articles a little, so that they both clarify and link to the other. Pam  D  16:24, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The community of Silverdale is shown in the 2005 map that appears in the infobox of the article. It has to be a community, because the Kansas state highway map doesn't show townships.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Cowley_Co,_Ks,_USA.png  The current 2021 kansas highway map shows the community of Silverdale too.  http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/state-pdf/StateMap.pdf  The "PO" means Post Office on 1800s maps, which is typical for an unincorporated community... a community that is too small to become legally incorporated as a city.  •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 05:05, 15 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Many articles for UK places start off "xxx is a village and civil parish in ...", where both entities exist but it serves the reader better to offer just the one article. I thought that might be the same for this community and township, but perhaps US places are treated differently. Pam  D  05:21, 15 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The naming method for all of these United States articles were decided back in the 2000's. Naming methods and civil layers are unique for each country.  Every country has their own unique historically weird ways of doing things.  •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 06:05, 15 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Withdraw merge proposal: both articles now mention the other entity and are better than they were. Pam  D  07:07, 15 June 2021 (UTC)