Talk:St. Helens, Oregon

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[edit] Monumental document

Sadly, a monumental document detailing the history and dementia of St. Helens was removed recently because some reader couldn't handle the truth..—This unsigned comment was added by 207.224.179.66 (talk • contribs) 19:51, 28 March 2006.

Or more likely, it was removed because it wasn't part of a discussion about changes to the article on St. Helens, Oregon, which is what this talk page should contain. Feel free to update the article itself, keeping in mind the usual policies followed by wikipedians such as Neutral point of view and Verifiability. Thanks, 66.167.253.246 20:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC).

As the original writer of the document being discussed, it was based on my own experiences and particular view of the history and current state of this city. However, I had backed up my views with links to additional articles and websites that supported these ideas and views What I had hoped for was a DISCUSSION with persons such as you, both pro and con, that would have been enlightening and hopefully enjoyable. Erasing my work, without any discussion is at the least very sad. If that is what wikipedia is about, then it is not a forum for free discussion, but just another tightly controlled means to disseminate sanitized and politically correct information. I would welcome your response and further discussion. thanks!

The economic and political history of this town was verified and the data objective. St. Helens has a long history of not moving forward economically. The only substantive industry is the papermill. The area is plagued with clandestine meth labs. Does Wikipedia discourage the airing of such observations?

I believe that the purpose of Wikipedia was foiled upon deletion of this information. Data is data, and the economic situation in this area is desparate. Shame on you Wikipedia!

[edit] Redirect

I'm curious about why St. Helens, Oregon redirects to Saint Helens, Oregon and not the other way around. Doesn't the city call itself "St. Helens"? Katr67 16:32, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I went ahead and changed the redirect at some point. If this was inappropriate, please let me know. Katr67 16:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)