Talk:David Gaiman

Date of Birth

Do you not have to substantiate the date of birth, then, of a person's entry in WP? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnalexwood (talk • contribs) 01:30, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

The year that I put up in the lead came from elsewhere in the article, but you are right: it should be cited. I have added a fact tag accordingly. (BTW, you could have added that as well. It would have been at least as easy as it was to ask the question on this page.) Aleta ^Sing 01:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

"Prominent East Grinstead figure mourned". East Grinstead Courier and Observer. www.thisissussex.co.uk. March 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11.

Cirt (talk) 14:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You could have just put it in, you know ;-p - David Gerard (talk) 00:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for adding it. :P Cirt (talk) 01:13, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

It occurs to me that we may have a reference loop on the date of birth - I might contact the East Grinstead Courier and Observer and check their source on the 1933 date ... - David Gerard (talk) 19:16, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The Argus has given his age and I have added that ref Johnalexwood (talk) 09:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Not a claim nor odd

I removed 'claim' and 'odd' from: "One of Gaiman's odder claims to fame was that he came joint last in the inaugural London Marathon, in 1981." because it wasn't a claim - it was reported as fact by the BBC and neither was it odd. Johnalexwood (talk) 09:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Unsubstantiated superlative and sloppy writing

I propose that "In 1986 the company had become a major supplier of vitamins, with 9 employees and an annual turnover of over £263,000" should read "In 1986 the company had 9 employees and an annual turnover of over £263,000" since a) the event did not happen in just one year and b) neither of the statistics quoted support the assertion of "major supplier" - in fact these are quite average numbers for a specialist retailer/manufacturer in the food supplement business.