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Error on page. Suggested change. by KirkJTorrance (talk) updated 19:10, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
editThe following paragraph has incorrect statements and is copied from David Torrance's book, "Salmond Against the Odds". The errors in the hardback, were corrected in the paperback edition of the book.
The paragraph in question is:
Salmond attended the local Linlithgow Academy 1966-1972. He studied at Edinburgh College of Commerce 1972-1973, gaining an HNC in Business Studies,[9] and was then accepted by the University of St Andrews, where he studied Economics and Medieval History. During his time at St Andrews, Salmond lived in St Salvator's Hall. He was elected as Vice-President (Education) of the Students' Representative Council in 1977 and was also nominated to join St Andrews Community Council that year.[10] Salmond graduated with a 2:2 Joint Honours MA in Economics and Medieval History in May 1978.[10][11]
I'd suggest the following to correct the inaccuracies:
Salmond attended Linlithgow Academy 1966-1972. He studied at Edinburgh College of Commerce 1972-1973 [8] and was then accepted by the University of St Andrews, from where he graduated with a joint honours MA in Economics and Medieval History in May 1978. During his time at St Andrews, Salmond lived in St Salvator's Hall. He was elected as Vice-President (Education) of the Students’ Representative Council in 1977 and was also nominated to join St Andrews Community Council that year.[9]
Refdump
edit- Campbell, Glenn (13 November 2014). "The transition from Alex Salmond to Nicola Sturgeon". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- Black, Andrew (13 November 2014). "A brief history of Alex Salmond". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- Black, Andrew (13 November 2014). "Who have been Scotland's first ministers?". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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Add a hyperlink to the Wikipedia page for Nicola Sturgeon in the "Succeeded by" section. Rightgimel (talk) 12:30, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Republic and monarchy (suggestion!)
editSalmond used to be a monarchist, [1] but now he's a republican. [2] [3] [4] [5] (The last two sources are unfortunately rather poor and hostile and the other sources aren't very specific.) Should it be in the article or categories? 195.169.52.51 (talk) 10:37, 30 August 2023 (UTC)