Talk:Carl A. Anderson

Date
The article says h became Supreme Knight in 2000 but the little box at the bottom says he became Supreme Knight in 1998, which is it?

Citation
Article paraphrases this page: http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/news/executives/sk_bio.html Cite it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.111.36.194 (talk) 14:23, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Orders and Honors awarded?
Would someone please add all of the many Orders of Knighthood and Honors awarded to Mr. Carl Anderson? I am aware that he is a Knight of Malta and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Thank you. JustTryintobeJust (talk) 20:47, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Knights of Columbus career detail
This article has lots of detail about Anderson’s titles and awards, but seems short on what he has actually done in his career with the Knights of Columbus. He's been the Supreme Knight for a couple of decades, so I'm going to look around and see what I can find about what are generally regarded to be his accomplishments or leadership initiatives (what did he try to do/what is he doing) as their leader. Catholic things (talk) 21:33, 6 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Circling back on this, I’ve dug into a variety of sources and it seems to me that what Anderson has focused on or innovated on with the Knights during 20 years at the helm are primarily on the charitable side. A couple notable examples: (1) a very big effort to expand overseas and support Middle Eastern Christian refugees and (2) something he calls the “ultrasound initiative” which was a 10-year effort to donate ultrasound machines to crisis pregnancy centers. Catholic things (talk) 20:27, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

"Sir"?
I get that the honorific "sir" has some meanings within the Catholic church hierarchy which is where the title seems to derive from in his case. But is that a commonly-accepted meaning for "sir" such that this article should include it? I've poked around quite a bit to find the rules on WP for that and haven't succeeded so far but I'm going to keep looking. If anyone knows where they are, please drop in a link. Thanks. Novellasyes (talk) 15:21, 3 October 2022 (UTC)


 * An editor was kind enough to direct me to MOS:SIR. It says "Honorary knights and dames are not entitled to 'Sir' or 'Dame', only the post-nominal letters." MOS:SIR also says, "The honorific titles Sir, Dame, Lord and Lady are included in the initial reference..." and that use of the word "Sir" clicks through to: "Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England in 1066 by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices." That article goes on to make it clear that "sir" is a title having to do with the system of knighthood in Great Britain. Carl Anderson has been given some honorary titles through various Catholic organizations such as the Order of St. Sylvester. I'd say that the knighthoods conveyed to a person by the Order of St. Sylvester, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Order of St. Gregory the Great are why we would use those post-nominal letters after his name and in the infobox, but aren't the kind of thing where it would be correct to refer to him as "Sir" as the article currently does. Novellasyes (talk) 17:29, 8 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and removed the "sir" from two places in the article. Happy to talk about this if anyone has a contrary opinion. Novellasyes (talk) 12:55, 13 October 2022 (UTC)