User talk:Coronatum Veritas

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German Freemasonry
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm spending long periods away from the internet at the moment, so I might be slow to respond, but I'm glad somebody with an inside knowledge of Freemasonry in Germany is taking an active interest in curating these articles. My German is appalling, but I do realise that Wikipedia's coverage of German Freemasonry is threadbare, given its historical importance. I've created articles on Freemasonry in Germany, Grand National Mother Lodge, "The Three Globes", American Canadian Grand Lodge, and Women's Grand Lodge of Germany. The last three are stubs, simply to bookmark the spaces. If you have time to cast an eye over these for the howlers I've undoubtedly committed, I'd be grateful. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 00:50, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your input. Your research on the Hamburg lodge is absolutely in keeping with my own feelings on the subject, and I'm grateful for the reference. I get the strong impression that the early German lodges worked in French, down to the time of the Strict Observance, which "appealed to national pride" because they used the German language. Any thoughts? Fiddlersmouth (talk) 10:16, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The edit is just right. I am delighted to have another pair of eyes on this material, which I hope can form the base of a decent coverage of German Freemasonry. My own field is really the Eighteenth century, but for the past year I've been filling in material where there were no readily accessible English sources. Feel free to pitch in wherever you feel there is a gap or an error. The Freemasonry corpus on Wikipedia has until recently been composed of whatever its early editors felt comfortable writing about, and consequently there are holes everywhere. Filling these is taking me well outside my comfort zone, and you have my immense gratitude for checking my work. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 10:43, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Again, thank you for your edits. I shall try to keep an eye on GL-BFG, but I am currently spending days at a time off the internet due to travel and my mother's health. I do catch up whenever I land again, but 5/6 day gaps will probably be common into the New Year. Feeling that I'm not on my own in this little corner of Wikipedia does wonders for my personal sense of well-being. Thank you again. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 12:56, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * By all means e-mail me (e-mail this user on my talk page). I check WP more often, as logging into gmail on somebody else's computer often logs them out (could mean divorce). Fiddlersmouth (talk) 11:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the posting. I'll try to keep an eye on new edits. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 00:36, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks for the warning. I don't get much time to spend on WP at the moment, but glad to hear from you. Hope you are well. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 23:50, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Seasonal Greets!

 * Further to the above, thanks for the good wishes. Have an excellent Christmas and a good New Year. I spend less time on WP at the moment, as my mother's dementia has made her a full time job, but research continues - thanks for the link. Still working on access, but I've just finished Stevenson's "The Origins of Freemasonry - Scotland's century 1590-1710". If he knew the ritual, it would all have made more sense, but a most thought provoking book nonetheless.
 * I wave a brimming glass in your general direction and wish you the best of health. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 01:03, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If you need to pass that article to anyone else in the UK, its archived here. I see it's the brilliant Bro Cooper, who occasionally edits here, and Stevenson. I seriously think I can nail down our modern third degree to England in 1551-1553. I know why it came out of hiding in the 1720s, but I'm baffled by the apparent switch in authentic sources from England to Scotland in the 17th century. I suspect the answer lies in a network of lodges centred on York. Bro Cryer's book on "York Mysteries" is a bit like reading the phone book, but essential if you're into this stuff. I'm rambling, but I find this the most exciting area of masonic research. All the best. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 01:30, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

GL of British Freemasons in Germany
I see you have done some good work on this article (together with Fiddlersmouth). However, in general, it might be wise to avoid lists of Grand Masters in GL articles, for several reasons. One is that if they are non-notable people (unlike the Grand Master of UGLE), there is no easy way to verify new additions - I'm not even sure where they're coming from now. Therefore, future upkeep is difficult.

A related corollary is that non-notable people have a right to privacy on Wikipedia (although I have no idea what policy that's now buried in; I've been looking for it for quite a while), and may not want that information publicised. Therefore, I'm going to take it out for the time being, and see how the flow goes. I'll also be removing the Kellas book, because "available from the author" runs afoul of prohibiting advertising and the policy on self-published sources. MSJapan (talk) 00:11, 4 May 2015 (UTC)