Talk:Brent Spiner

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The previous talk page discussions can be accessed at:

/archive1 31 May 2004 - 28 July 2005

Contents 1 No longer controversial 2 Weasel Words 3 Music Career 4 Typo 5 Marriage(?) 6 MySpace and Youtube Userpages 7 Date of birth?? 8 Good luck... 9 Marital Status

[edit] No longer controversial

I removed the controversial tag, as the controversy appears to be long since passed. --Xyzzyplugh 17:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Weasel Words

This section is where they are: "As such, his marital status is not certain; some sources have cited Loree McBride as his wife, while others maintain that the two are not married." There is no reference at the end of the article. Is there a place to refrence to? And please, whoever keeps editing out the template, please provide an explanation or stop.

IMDB says married, but IMDB can be sometimes wrong... StargateX1 18:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Added www.imdb.com as source. - 12th Feb 2006

I heard somewhere that Brent Spiner was on the soap "One Life to Live" briefly in 1972. Does anyone know if it is true?

Trekkie

[edit] Music Career

No mention of his album Ol' Yellow Eyes? MKV 23:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Typo

Corrected what I assume is a typo: Spiner currently lives in Los Angeles. He maintains a high level of piracy->privacy about his personal life. Vince 10:23, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marriage(?)

So various sources appear to state that he has or hasn't married. I've edited the section to something non-commital at the moment, but can anyone shed any light on this? --Gekedo 20:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, ask the man himself. He will tell ya - that he isn't. If you can't do that, check the credible resources.

Well...since we don't all have the luxery of asking the fellow, the current article should be sufficient, unless you can cite a document quoting Spiner as stating this. --Gekedo 20:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MySpace and Youtube Userpages

Has or can someone prove these are really Brent Spiner's? If not, the MySpace link should be taken off from the article.

• Brent Spiner's YouTube User Profile
• Brent Spiner's MySpace page

Zidel333 22:54, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

given that the myspace link above shows an invalid ID, and that a myspace page is not a very credible source in general, I'm removing it.

Akevin 21:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date of birth??

May sound a bit confusing, and it is. I heard Brent Spiner in an interview from 1991 (while doing Star Trek TNG) saying that he is twenty-seven years old. That would give him a date of birth in the mid-sixties and not late forties.

Or was he just joking (which is also possible)?? Evanghelos 16:05, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good luck...

I'll be stunned if Wikipedia ever gets to put up clear and consistent citations regarding anything even remotely personal about Brent Spiner. The man is singlehandedly running a self misinformation campaign. I would guess he does it on purpose because he thinks it's funny (which it is). Otherwise, given some of the stuff on the internet people have said he's said about himself, he's not exactly sane. 24.180.105.172 06:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marital Status

According to the IMDb profile for Loree McBride, they are married but his profile doesn't state that. I now see that Answers.com has the same information wiki did before I tried to get rid of the weasel words. I suppose weasel words are better than incorrect info so I'll put the old text back. :-( ZouBEini 19:47, 30 June 2007 (UTC)