Talk:List of Freemasons (A–D)

Latest comment: 5 months ago by Srich32977 in topic Trimming rationale

Formatting note... edit

Apparently, at least one of the entries has a "spaced ndash" template in the dates portion. Some others have just the dash. They both end up the same, but it's obviously not consistent. So, shall we pick one and then just change the other? MSJapan (talk) 23:57, 19 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Well, if you look here: Talk:List of Freemasons#List of Freemasons:Manual of Style I proposed using spaced ndash. Eric Cable  |  Talk  12:42, 21 July 2015 (UTC)Reply
Personally, I don't care... but I would advise asking the good folks at WP:MOS... they get very picky about how to format dates, when to use dashes, and things like that. Blueboar (talk) 13:01, 21 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Trimming rationale edit

In the interests of WP:NOTGENEOLOGY I've trimmed the dates of birth and death to years only. This gives the reader an accurate idea of when a particular Mason lived. If the reader wants more info, they can go to the particular Wikipedia article for the notable Mason. This gives us a cleaner and more consistent listing. Also, non-notable (e.g. no WP names) are removed. This is IAW WP:WTAF. – S. Rich (talk) 17:20, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply