Talk:Elizabeth Van Lew

Recent additions of this article to Category:Crime and Punishment in Richmond, Virginia
This article has been recently added twice to that Category, I reverted the first addition and my edit was itself returned to the new Cat. without any discussion. I disagree with adding this article to this Crime and Punishment Category but let's discuss and come to a consensus. Shearonink (talk) 16:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Sorry. When I saw it wasn't in the category anymore, I figured that I forgot to click save so I went back and tried again. Anyway, espionage is a crime, even if you're spying for the good guys. And it can be called a crime even if a court has not made any determination. For example the Zodiac Killer was a criminal even though he was never caught. And even if you don't believe that espionage against an illegitimate government should count as a crime, then the illegitimate government itself is the crime being referenced. So there was definitely a crime of some sort going on. Remember, we're not making a judicial determination here. We're just indexing an article. We're pointing the reader to the topic and letting them decide. Mooseman2 (talk) 22:58, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ummm, @Mooseman2 I strongly encourage you to look at how categories work for crime before you continue adding to the category. Many of the pages you have added to the category are not defined by being a Crime in Richmond, Virginia. Mason (talk) 00:49, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Explain please. Mooseman2 (talk) 01:40, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * These policies and guidelines are a good place to start: Defining ; Categorization. Mason (talk) 04:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)