Talk:David Gibbins

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BetacommandBot (talk) 13:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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David Gibbins page modifications

I've just improved, tightened up and updated the main text of this page in response to the note above it. Some extraneous bio detail has been excised and relevant info added, including references. I would like to add source references for his university degrees but these are not online (the Cambridge University Reporter does not have archive online before 1998 and the Times online which would include his 1983 Bristol degree is subscription only). Other than this I hope the improvements I've made now satisfy the criticism. There is a lot of external verification for him in all the listed external links, not just his own website but publishers, agents etc, so I don't think every detail needs to be footnoted. Thanks! BDDRAJ4 (talk) 13:27, 29 January 2020 (UTC)