Talk:St Helier

History
The last sentence in this section ("Now a much-contested waterside development area around the harbour is in the making", etc., etc.) is about a future development and so it cannot be part of "History".

The linked content is of dubious quality as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.105.139 (talk) 21:48, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I have deleted the sentence along with the external link. Looked very much like spam to me, and was vague, and inaccurate anyhow. Danrok (talk) 02:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Citations and copyright for the History section
I have noticed significant copyright violations from theislandwiki.org of this article. Looking at the Wikipedia article from the time the article on that page was created - - it seems to have been directly copy and pasted from the Wikipedia article, without specifying in the article that the data was originally from Wikipedia. Is there any recourse of action that should be taken?

Furthermore, none of the History section seems to have any citations to reliable sources. Wikipedia doesn't allow original research. Tumericiangovernment (talk) 21:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Cider
Can someone who knows the subject add a mention of St. Helier Cider to this article, and perhaps the Jersey article as well? See Online Music Awards for the connection. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:02, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

There is no connection between that cider and the parish of St. Helier, that I am aware of.Danrok (talk) 02:34, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

St Helier Honorary Police
Just wondering what the reasoning is behind listing names of officers on this page is? Perhaps there should be a separate article for honary police in Jersey? I don't see any point in listing these people, at all, on wikipedia - the parish website in the place for that. Danrok (talk) 02:49, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

There is already some information on Honorary Police here. So, I will delete this section now. Danrok (talk) 02:54, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Please us the Honorary Police article to describe the Honorary Police. Do not add detailed information in Saint Helier, some of it applies to all parishes, not just St Helier. This is why there is a specific article for it. It also helps if editors use a registered account so that others can communicate directly, and save wasting people's time. Danrok (talk) 17:39, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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St Helier is not a capital
The following claim is made in the lead "and is the capital of the Island", however it has no source, and in reality Jersey has no designated capital. The island is simply divided into 12 parishes, that is all. Danrok (talk) 17:53, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * St Helier the town is the capital, not St Helier the parish. The article is, I believe, about the parish, there is no article about the town as such. It could be clearer and there are plenty of places available to obtain a citation from newspapers. It is an interesting thought as the islanders do not refer to it as the "capital" its what outsiders ask, they think every country needs a capital....locals just call it St Helier or "town". User:Ânes-pur-sàng (talk) 18:15, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Could a local please verify whether the pronunciation is correct? It seems surprising that "Saint" would be pronounced with a long E sound, as opposed to being pronounced like the word "saint" in either English or French. Maybe it's correct as is, but it seems unusual. Thanks. RCTodd (talk) 16:01, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

History omission
I note under 20th century there is mention of the 50th anniversary of liberation from Nazi occupation but nothing about the 5 year long occupation itself. St Helier being an administrative centre of the island would surely have made it the seat of influential activity by the occupiers.Cloptonson (talk) 13:53, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Saint or St or St.?
Is this article at the right title? Most of the sources seem to use "St" or "St." rather than "Saint". WP:PLACE tells us " When a widely accepted English name, in a modern context, exists for a place, we should use it.", I suppose the question is which is the most "widely accepted" version. I'm not local or particularly involved in Jersey, though am from the UK, but saw the place name in an article which was on my watch list and wondered. I've also tweaked the hatnote to make it easier for people to find the saint. Pam D  08:13, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

History
Could anyone advise if there was a casino in St Helier in 1960s or 1970s 195.226.136.154 (talk) 12:07, 12 April 2022 (UTC)