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These Guidelines represent decisions made in the following
Forum Threads:
Society/Organizations/Social/Freemasonry reorg
proposal
Society/Organizations/Social/Freemasonry reorg proposal -- Part
Two
Freemasonry Editor's Coordination Thread
Freemasonry Editor's Coordination Thread - Part 2
Freemasonry Editors' Coordination Thread - Part
3
Freemasonry Editor's Coordination Thread - Part 4
Freemasonry Editor's Coordination Thread - Part 5
...although a general agreement to the details below
was reached in early 2001.
1. Only sites of bodies chartered by the Grand
Jurisdiction concerned may be listed in the category of that Grand
Jurisdiction.
2. Entries under Craft_Masonry will be placed, named
and titled in accordance with these guidelines, or as nearly so as the
editor can manage.
3. The majority of entries under Craft_Masonry
are expected to fit into one of the two templates, below; any which do not
will need to conform as closely as possible (see 6.D.).
4. Type
Conventions:
A. Uniform Items: expected to be present in over 90% of
the entries, these are shown in blue.
B. Variant Items: expected to be
present but different in over 90% of the entries, these are shown in
red, with common
options seperated by pipes and brackets [ | ]. One or more may apply.
C.
Optional Items: expected to be present in less than 90% of the entries,
these are shown in green, with common options seperated by pipes and brackets
[ | ]. One or more
may apply.
D. Clarity Items: included to make these guidelines
easier to use, purple items are not to be included.
5. Templates and Examples
A. Entry for body meeting within the political entity
indicated in the title of the Grand
Jurisdiction.
Template:
Cat: [ Union
| United ] Grand Lodge
of [ Jurisdiction ] [ , Prince Hall
| Affiliated ]
Title: [ Full
Name ] Masonic Lodge No. [ 0 ] -- [ City or Town
]
Description: [ County ].
Meets [
Days and Times | , Restrictions
].
[ Supplementary Information.
]
Example:
Cat: Grand Lodge of West Carolina, Prince
Hall
Title: Hiram Masonic
Lodge No. 12
-- Springfield
Description:
Jones County. Meets 1st Mondays at 8:00 pm. Officers, calendar, contact
information.
B. Entry for body meeting within the political entity
indicated in the title of the Grand Jurisdiction under a Provincial or District Grand
Jusrisdiction; for examples, see: UGL England;
GL Scotland; GL Ireland; as well as GL New York (PGL Syria and Lebanon);
and GL Massachusetts (DGL Panama).
Template:
Cat: [ Union
| United ] Grand Lodge
of [ Jurisdiction ] [ , Prince Hall
| Affiliated ]
Sub-cat: [ Provincial |
District ] Grand Lodge of
[ Jurisdiction
]
Title:
[ Full Name ] Masonic
Lodge No. [ 0 ]
-- [ City or Town ]
Description:
[ Region, Country. -
if different from title of PGL/DGL
]. Meets
[ Days and Times
| , Restrictions ]. [
Supplementary Information. ]
Example:
Cat: United Grand
Lodge of England
Sub-cat: Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire
North Riding
Title: Saint
John Masonic Lodge No.
1234 -- Nossex
Description: Meets
1st Mondays at 8:00 pm, in March, May, September and
November. Officers, calendar, contact
information.
Example:
Cat: United Grand
Lodge of Scotland
Sub-cat: District Grand
Lodge of Oldfoundland
Title: Masonic Lodge
Queen Elizabeth No. 123
-- Newport
Description:
Meets
1st Mondays at 8:00 pm, except July and August. Officers, calendar, contact information.
6. Exceptions:
A. Some Grand Jurisdictions do not number
lodges.
B. Some Grand Jurisdictions use "Lodge" before the lodge
name.
C. The GL of Canada in the Provence of Ontario is the real
name for The GL of Ontario.
D. If a body meets in an area not
indicated in the Jurisdictional cat title (for example, if a French GL
had a lodge meeting in Monaco), indicate the physical meeting location
at the front of the description.
E. Droit Humain should have it's
own guidelines.
7. Notes:
A. Always spell out St. (Saint), Mt. (Mount), Mtn.
(Mountain) and other abbreviations in the titles of the
lodges.
B. These guidelines should be generally applicable to
Related Organizations as well.
C. The consensus was to include
the "type" of masonry [AF&AM | AFM | F&AM | FAAM ] in the
category description, but not in the site descriptions (but it is
allowed in Grand Lodge site descriptions).
Any further suggestions?
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