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IMPORTANT NOTE

This article, and this talk page, is about the life and general biography of Vince Foster.

Theories of Foster's death go into Death of Vince Foster, and discussion of their editing into Talk:Death of Vince Foster.

An archive of this talk page's discussions on his death, before the split was done, is here.

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[edit] Name?

I accidentally created a Vincent Foster article, which overlaps with Vince Foster. I suggest the 2 articles be consolidated into one article with a REDIRECT from the other.

Which form of his name is better for the article, Vincent or Vince? Ed Poor [09:13, 1 May 2002]

I don't think I've ever seen "Vincent" in any newspaper headline I remember. I clearly remember the news anchors calling him "Vince" pretty exclusively. --LDC [09:49, 1 May 2002 Lee Daniel Crocker]

[edit] Bar Exam Results

Is there any way of getting a hold of Vince Foster's bar exam, now that he's dead? Surely the results still exist, unless passing the bar is mostly a matter of getting a pat on the shoulder, and then any evidence to the contrary, or that he was unfit to practice law, is immediately destroyed?

Set up an "Early Life" section stating Foster acheived the highest bar exam results of his class. Because the reference material is so vague, I cannot say for certain whether or not the bar exam results reflected the highest in AR history or just his class so I have elected to go with the latter. The section will be expanded as I add more information on Foster's relationship with his mother, wife and children, as well as his initial meeting with Bill Clinton and later dealings with Hillary Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock. --BadMojoDE 01:07, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

In reference to his bar exam score, the reference is a congressional speech, reading from a newspaper account. While the accuracy of the reading could be questioned (we all make mistakes when reading aloud), but what was recorded is this:

...He graduated first in his class in law school at Fayetteville. He made the highest score on the Arkansas bar exam...

I wonder if the statement means that he made a perfect score (highest score possible). Is this even possible/plausible? --Leatherwing 19:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Bernstein source

This is an excerpt from Carl Bernstein's new book on Hillary, printed in the Sunday Times. This piece deals specifically with Foster.

- Crockspot 17:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to split off much of article

This article is badly out of balance, with little on Foster's life and accomplishments and much on speculation about his death. The latter material should be split into a separate article, Death of Vince Foster, similar to some of the other articles that are found in Category:Deaths by person. Then more can be done on Foster himself, without getting caught up in edit battles among theorists. Wasted Time R 19:14, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Seeing no objections, I have done this. Wasted Time R 11:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Wasted Time. I think that's a great improvement. Along those lines, is it POV to say in the opening lines of the article, "Foster committed suicide in Fort Marcy Park in Virginia" or something of that nature instead of the cryptic line that's there now (his death was ruled a suicide, but...)?149.175.22.189 (talk) 02:43, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation needed

"He was the target of several hostile Wall Street Journal editorials."

A reference to such an accessible primary source should have a citation.

Wasted Time, your idea to split the articles was brilliant. You are a Wiki-visionary, but will you do the grunt work of digging up an old citation? The Wiki community depends on it.

User:Cuong:Cuong 12:49, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Citations added and section expanded somewhat. Wasted Time R 14:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rotten.com references

I've removed 3 references to a rotten.com article. Rotten.com is not a reliable source, and while it may belong in the external links section of articles, it can't be used to source our articles. --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Where is

<death theories elided> Erectile Dysfunctional (talk) 13:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Your theories belong in Death of Vince Foster. This article is about his life. Wasted Time R (talk) 13:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)