Talk:Summit, New Jersey

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Elmo
Somehow I doubt Elmo from Seasame Street is a Summit native... unless anyone has anything to back it up? Liamdaly620 21:51, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Meryl Streep
I don't think she really belongs here. Her main connection to Summit is that she was born in Overlook Hospital ... because it was at the time the closest to where her family lived, and where she really grew up: Bernardsville. AFAIK she never lived in Summit. Daniel Case 18:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * If this is correct, let's remove Meryl Streep as you suggest. I'll read through her WP page and see if there's any mention of Summit; if not, let's cut her.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:58, 21 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I read though her WP page, and it says she's from Bernardsville. Similarly, Ice-T's says he's from Newark. Katharine908 (talk) 11:10, 17 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Katharine908. If you'd like a WP page on Calvary church let me know; I think it's notable.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 02:37, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Summit form of government
Someone keeps insisting that Summit operates under the NJ Faulkner Act, which is incorrect. Each time I change the text, someone changes it back.

The Faulkner Act establishes the strong mayor-council form and the council-manager form. Summit has neither. It actually operates under the traditional city form, which dates back to the state statutes of 1899, with modern amendments.

The sites's description of the powers of the mayor and the council are substantially correct, however.--68.239.214.111 20:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Way too many external links
Wikipedia policy is one or a few external links at the bottom of the page, at most. This article is cluttered with unnecessary links to schools, information sources. There's a real estate firm advertising too which violates WP:SPAM. The list should be shortened to only the most applicable links. Links to schools are unnecessary as well -- a user can use an internal link to a school's Wikipedia page, and find the external link there, not here.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:00, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I've trimmed list of external links to 5 -- this is still too long. But nonprofit associations in Summit or official organizations such as the police should have links, perhaps. But the Visual Arts Center of NJ should have its own Wikipedia page. Ditto Summit Historical Society. And WP is not a proper place for real estate advertising. Someone interested in Summit Public Schools will find an internal link in the "see also"; ditto Overlook hospital. And if they're interested in school grades or sports information, can find links to these things at the bottom of the Summit Public Schools wikipedia page, not here.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Images
This article had far too many images, so much that it was interfering with the display. I have removed images from sections where they did not relate to the topic of the section. For some sections there are multiple images on commons which could be appropriate. --LukeSurlt c 22:23, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Good idea to do image weeding and keep the best ones.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 01:55, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Note I tried to get an acceptable image for a musical group performing at the Summit Aquatic Center yesterday, but all four images that I took were somewhat blurry. So the band named Firepit if you're reading this, my apologies, and let me know if you're performing again in the Summit area, ie write something here and I'll try to re-photograph your band in action; good music btw.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:44, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Education
I don't know why Washington School, my own beloved elementary school, was not included in the list. All the others are. I have corrected this. The list of schools totals to 9, as the article states. BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 21:03, 8 November 2021 (UTC)