Talk:John Collins Covell/Archive 1

Categorization
Concerning the recent removal of Category:American Freemasons (and the revert of that removal). Please read: WP:Categorization of people, which states: 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)
 * 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.