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Not sure about some of the dates on the list of books in this article, if anyone has a reliable source they could use checking. Ta. TB 16:14, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A sentence in the article says "After returning to Botswana to teach law [...]" - the choice of "returning" is confusing, as this is the first mention of Botswana in the article. - Kaare 15:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I've added in some missing books to the "Academic Texts" section and fleshed out some details for ones that were already there. I've deleted two from the list: "Changing People: The Law and Ethics of Behavior Modification" (1994) may have been a work in progress at some point but appears never to have been published; I cannot find any confirmation of a book called "Health Resources and the Law" (1994), which appears to have been listed in error. 87.113.6.30 00:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
There is a McCall Smith interview here: http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/a-mccall-smitn-interview.htm which has some IMHO interesting material including on why he does not talk about AIDS in his books. -- BozMo talk 06:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The article states his name as Alexander (R.A.A.) "Sandy" McCall Smith. What does the parenthetical 'R.A.A.' indicate? — Theo (Talk) 11:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Per WP:EL, I have trimmed the list of External Links. Perhaps a couple more could be removed? -- BwB ( talk) 13:56, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
shouldn't this be British? Sweetie candykim ( talk) 15:12, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
There is no Scottish nationality. He is a British subject and citizen. To call him Scottish is like calling George Bush a Texan. 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 01:03, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Although I haven't been able to find any explicit statement of it, "McCall" is not a middle name but part of his surname, as used in several articles, including one quoted on his own home page. This is unusual enough, at least in the US, that I've added a sentence to the lede paragraph, with three references. -- Thnidu ( talk) 22:20, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
This talk page was listed as Start-class in WikiProject Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants. I'd call it vandalism, but it was done by a bot, User:Yobot. I've deleted the banner (and thus also the category membership) and am noting this on User talk:Yobot. -- Thnidu ( talk) 22:35, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
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I have taken the really LONG bibliography from this page and moved it to a dedicated Alexander McCall Smith bibliography page. Please improve it! But also decide what should go here in the "Select bibliography" section. (I also added his recent book of poems.) TuckerResearch ( talk) 20:09, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
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Not sure about some of the dates on the list of books in this article, if anyone has a reliable source they could use checking. Ta. TB 16:14, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A sentence in the article says "After returning to Botswana to teach law [...]" - the choice of "returning" is confusing, as this is the first mention of Botswana in the article. - Kaare 15:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I've added in some missing books to the "Academic Texts" section and fleshed out some details for ones that were already there. I've deleted two from the list: "Changing People: The Law and Ethics of Behavior Modification" (1994) may have been a work in progress at some point but appears never to have been published; I cannot find any confirmation of a book called "Health Resources and the Law" (1994), which appears to have been listed in error. 87.113.6.30 00:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
There is a McCall Smith interview here: http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/a-mccall-smitn-interview.htm which has some IMHO interesting material including on why he does not talk about AIDS in his books. -- BozMo talk 06:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The article states his name as Alexander (R.A.A.) "Sandy" McCall Smith. What does the parenthetical 'R.A.A.' indicate? — Theo (Talk) 11:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Per WP:EL, I have trimmed the list of External Links. Perhaps a couple more could be removed? -- BwB ( talk) 13:56, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
shouldn't this be British? Sweetie candykim ( talk) 15:12, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
There is no Scottish nationality. He is a British subject and citizen. To call him Scottish is like calling George Bush a Texan. 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 01:03, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Although I haven't been able to find any explicit statement of it, "McCall" is not a middle name but part of his surname, as used in several articles, including one quoted on his own home page. This is unusual enough, at least in the US, that I've added a sentence to the lede paragraph, with three references. -- Thnidu ( talk) 22:20, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
This talk page was listed as Start-class in WikiProject Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants. I'd call it vandalism, but it was done by a bot, User:Yobot. I've deleted the banner (and thus also the category membership) and am noting this on User talk:Yobot. -- Thnidu ( talk) 22:35, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
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I have taken the really LONG bibliography from this page and moved it to a dedicated Alexander McCall Smith bibliography page. Please improve it! But also decide what should go here in the "Select bibliography" section. (I also added his recent book of poems.) TuckerResearch ( talk) 20:09, 8 August 2023 (UTC)