Talk:John Collins Covell/Archive 1
Latest comment: 11 years ago by Blueboar in topic Categorization
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Categorization
Concerning the recent removal of Category:American Freemasons (and the revert of that removal). Please read: WP:Categorization of people#General considerations, which states:
- Categorize by those characteristics that make the person notable: Apart from a limited number of categories for standard biographical details (in particular year of birth, year of death and nationality) an article about a person should be categorized only by the reason(s) for the persons notability.
If Covell's membership in the Freemason makes him notable, then the article should be able to go much more into more detail as to why and how he is notable for being a Freemason... and there should be reliable sources to support such detail. One sentence from an obituary that simply states, "He was a Mason of high standing - the Grand Lodge on High will welcome him", is hardly enough to show someone was notable for being a Freemason. Blueboar (talk) 14:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)