Talk:Ben Affleck

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Contents 1 Priorities? 2 cleanup maybe? 3 2006 Senate race 4 Politics 5 Rehab 6 Directing Debut 7 Birth name 8 YouTube links

[edit] Priorities?

It seems like far too much of the page of an actor is devoted to his political dalliances. I think we need both more material about his acting, and less about his politics. In fact, I'm going to work on that right now, I think. User:Dan Moore 15 Oct 2005

[edit] cleanup maybe?

I definately think this article needs to be cleaned up, plus a few more facts added. In my oppinion, the whole article needs to be re-written, or at least majorly cleaned up. Anyone else think so? mysekurity 21:14, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 Senate race

According to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/26/AR2005092601991_pf.html ben Affleck is considering a run for US Senate in Virginia in 2006, against Senator George Allen (R).

I took out the "star" reference in the final passage of his the political activism section. While George Allen is high-profile in his party, he's no "star," (i.e. McCain and Giuliani) and shouldn't be represented as one.

[edit] Politics

Say, do we really need such a monstrously huge section tracking every single thing he said during the 2000 presidential race? Maybe a removal of all those quotes is due for (and they probably need to be sourced, too) JackO'Lantern 03:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rehab

Should consider inserting some information on his stint in rehab for "alcoholism". 22:57 10 Sep 06

[edit] Directing Debut

Data needed on his directorial debut Gone Baby Gone. 22:57 10 Sep 06

[edit] Birth name

This noticed this edit summary: "No proof that he was not given his father's surname, and especially not hypenating the names in the incorrect order. Both Chris and Ben only have one last name: Affleck."

His California Birth Index record says he was born as Affleck-Boldt, not just Affleck. [1] That, and there is no "correct order".--Fallout boy 05:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YouTube links

This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 03:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)