Talk:Whiston, Merseyside

Hospital Parking?
Why is there a heading for Hospital Parking? I'm all for endless trivia being added - but is this really an appropriate heading? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.13.56 (talk) 12:24, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Notable People
Martin Kelly (from Newton-le_Willows) & probably a few other people on that list are only on there as they were born in Whiston Hospital as it serves as the main maternity hospital for St Helens & East Liverpool. I myself was born there but definitely don't class myself as from Whiston. Not sure what the solution is as it's not a false statement but it's very misleading as it implies the person was a famous resident of the area, any suggestions? (SmithyLFC 15/4/2011)

Liverpool Urban Area:
1 - The Liverpool Urban Area is not a legislative area (or otherwise). 2 - is not a recognised boundary (legislative or otherwise) 3 - provides no political office, nor representative. 4 - is solely used for the purpose of the ONS.

In contrast: 1 - Merseyside is a legally recognised metropolitan area. 2 - Knowsley / Liverpool / St Helens are recognised unitary authorities within Merseyside.

Use of the "Liverpool Urban Area" in the lede is intentionally misleading as it conflates legal boundaries with "terms of reference". It should be included within any discussion on economy, population, and not to define what a town is or its location (if the assertion was even accurate).

As per the notes on your last revert: To locate Whiston in the ONS one needs to only type in "Whiston" in the search box to have St Helens South & Whiston statistics brought up (for 2010) or Whiston North / South wards (for 2001). If one should type in "Liverpool Urban Area" in comparison, you will find no statistics specifically referring to Whiston. Your argument is a red herring.

The actual Liverpool Urban Area article does not list "Whiston", nor is it mentioned in the data source from which it is derived:

D84100 Liverpool Urban Area	816,216 D84103 Bootle	59,123 D84101 Crosby	51,789 D84107 Haydock 16,955 D84105 Huyton-with-Roby 54,766 D84102 Litherland 22,242 D84104 Liverpool 469,017 D84108 Prescot 39,695 D84106 St. Helens 102,629

Any attempt to assert Whiston is part of this "urban Area" must then fall down on explaining where within these sub-divisions it is meant to fall. Koncorde (talk) 16:36, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ==You Vandalisaion of articles==

Your argument doesn't make sense in you comments you list of what is in Liverpool Urban Area, you list Prescot which contains Whiston.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 17:41, 6 November 2011 (UTC).
 * Where is the citation for Whiston being located in Prescot for ONS purposes? What is the rationale for its inclusion in the lede? How does including it in the opening sentence clarify or add to the article? How does clicking a link to the Liverpool Urban Area that does not mention Whiston explain how it falls within such an area? What does the mention of the LUA succeed in doing, and why is it relevant?Koncorde (talk) 00:21, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

NHS Trust
There seems to be some confusion whether the local trust is partnered with either University of Liverpool or University of Liverpool School of Medicine. There is little to go on apart from University of Liverpool's logo in the top right corner of their homepage. University of Liverpool School of Medicine's wiki mentions close ties with Whiston Hospital. As an outsider I would suggest that having University of Liverpool mentioned as it means that whatever school (Medicine/Psychology/etc) from the university is involved with the trust/hospital is implied as they all come under the umbrella of University of Liverpool. NotMiserable (talk) 09:19, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

The university itself provides the accreditation, not the School of Medicine that falls under its umbrella. I see no fault in mentioning both or only one. Koncorde (talk) 11:00, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

distance from Liverpool
"located eight miles (ten kilometres) east of Liverpool"

However, 8 miles is 12.87 km and 10 km is only 6.2 miles... What the actual distance is, I have no idea. 193.210.194.192 (talk) 19:51, 15 February 2023 (UTC)