Talk:Loyal Order of Moose

Religious Objections
Why in the world do Lutherans not like the Moose? This needs explaining. 2A00:23C3:E284:900:6976:E4A:B105:6F61 (talk) 22:27, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Wrong Dr. Wilson?
I think the History section is linking to the wrong article regarding the founder. The linked "John Henry Wilson" was a Canadian politician whose entire career appears to have taken place in Canada. He was reelected to Parliament the year before he supposedly started a men's social club in Kentucky. I'm guessing this is a case of mistaken ID? But I happened across this page and don't know enough about this organization to refute. 2601:14A:4500:C970:2D19:A0E5:B3F0:E7B8 (talk) 21:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I found the correct Dr. Wilson and updated the link. 2601:14A:4500:C970:E4F1:9D54:2396:8682 (talk) 13:32, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Comment
I'm looking for a sample survey of lodge members to determine what like, want or need to become a better lodge.
 * I think that Wikipedia is the wrong place. My gut instinct is to tell you to attend a district meeting or association convention, but the best thing would be to talk to members of your own lodge. Seek out the ones with kids, and plan family activities that don't involve the bar. Help your women start a WOTM chapter. To bring this back onto a article improvement track, Moose is considering becomed unified man-woman organization. If and when it happens, the article should be updated to reflect this change. 47.137.181.252 (talk) 05:30, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

suggest a copyedit
I don't have time for a full review, but the incoherent first sentence to this article--"The Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, consisting of the, with nearly 1 million men in roughly 2,400 Lodges, in all 50 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces plus Bermuda; along with its female auxiliary, Women of the Moose with more than 400,000 members in roughly 1,600 Chapters in the same areas and the Loyal Order of Moose in Britain these organizations make up the Moose International."--makes me think it's probably not ready for GA. I'd suggest a thorough copyedit before a formal review starts. Thanks for your efforts on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:00, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Reference for incident date
I added the date July 24, 1913 for the Gustin-Kenny incident and I would like to add the reference "Southern Reporter vol. 80, p. 86" but I can't get the Wikipedia reference feature to work without error. Bhami (talk) 18:49, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Happy to help....I added it in.   If there is any more info  that you can add (author of the article, name of publisher etc.) that would be good.   I think that you attempt was a blend of two different methods. The method that I used was "only level up" from the most basic, where we assign a reference name in order to use it again. I think that your attempt was a blend of that and the simplest form. Sincerely,  North8000  (talk) 03:52, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article
(This is "repeated" here for when the review is no longer transcluded.  Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article.   Nice work!   Sincerely,  North8000  (talk) 20:57, 15 February 2014 (UTC) GA Reviewer

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Notable members
I have added the Template:Refimprove section to the "Notable Moose members" section. Every person except Albert MacDade included is included on the basis of a website run by the Loyal Order of Moose. I am sure the LOoM makes a good-faith attempt to have an accurate list of famous members, but there is little incentive for them to get it right, and historical research is a distraction from their main mission.

While the website may very well be accurate, it edges on WP:ABOUTSELF territory. Because the website seems of questionable reliability, I would like to see additional sources added to the section. Thanks, 96.227.134.54 (talk) 07:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Discrimination
The Moose Organization is open to every person regardless of race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or gender. Moose Organizations do not discriminate against anyone who is of good character. Applicants must have a sponsor. 2600:1702:4870:7CD0:823C:C7BA:746F:6505 (talk) 00:04, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Changes needed here (and possibly relate pages) for change to Unified Moose
Please see https://www.mooseintl.org/one-moose-a-reality/ and related pages. Naraht (talk) 14:31, 11 April 2023 (UTC)