Talk:Alex Salmond

Locked before simple spelling errors corrected. RIP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 240F:CA:2CE5:1:D00B:6E69:2A3F:93A5 (talk) 23:41, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

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Occasions not ocassions (4th line)! 146.198.134.155 (talk) 00:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Done - surprised this wasn't spotted earlier. PatGallacher (talk) 00:47, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

In the section on Salmond's untimely demise, STV News is quoted as calling him "one of the biggest figures in modern Scottish politics". STV News is infamous for being one of Salmond's fiercest detractors, and this remark strikes me as a snide jibe at his lifelong struggle with morbid obesity. This quotation should be removed, lest it sully Salmond's legacy. He should be remembered for what he was - a capable but handsy politician who lost a landmark referendum on Scottish independence. Flusapochterasumesch (talk) 00:08, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

That comment does not seem to me to be a jibe about his weight. I don’t see a problem with it. Bondegezou (talk) 09:46, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Agree with Bondegezou. I know nothing of STV's alleged leanings (as a UK broadcaster it should have none) but I can't see this as a statement on anything but his prominence. Short and slim people are also referred to as "biggest figures" in their fields; the members of Oasis, Nirvana and Radiohead are hardly fat. As an aside, I never thought of Salmond as particularly fat for a 21st-century Western man, definitely not "morbidly obese". Unknown Temptation (talk) 19:04, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

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Dear Wikipedia,

Re: Alex Salmond biography:

In books: under Further Reading:

Could you add:

Mitchell, James and Hassan, Gerry (eds) (2016), SNP Leaders, Biteback Publishing, ISBN 978-1785900921.

This has chapters on Alex Salmond's two terms as leaders, his predecessors and successors. 2A00:23C8:1B09:AF01:B46A:5297:BAA0:C743 (talk) 01:01, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

 Done

SMYTI (tk|CNTBTN)

22:50, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

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"In January 2019, he was charged with 14 offences, including attempted rape and sexual assault, but he was awarded compensation of £500,000 by the Scottish Government in August 2019." Insert the word "he" as shown, so the sentence no longer erroneously indicates that a January event happened in August! 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:DD71:523C:3D67:14D2 (talk) 18:39, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Also please remove capital letters on "cullen skink". It's not a brand name "Cullen Skink". 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:DD71:523C:3D67:14D2 (talk) 18:40, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Yue🌙 19:55, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Tuition Fees weren't scrapped by his government, they were scrapped under Lib-Lab. Its true that he frequently claimed to have scrapped these fees, but its muddy enough that it really shouldn't be in the first paragraph. 94.174.48.202 (talk) 08:51, 12 August 2025 (UTC)