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Welcome to WikiProject Freemasonry! If you've come to this place and are interested in improving Freemasonry-related knowledge on Wikipedia, simply add your name to the list of participants and jump right in. You might find it helpful to watch this page and the pages listed in the convenient links section below.

The scope of this project is to handle all things related to the fraternity known as Freemasonry, its Grand Lodges, appendant and concordant organizations and related practices. All articles should be written in a neutral and well-documented manner, and placed within the hierarchy starting at Category:Freemasonry.

Biographies of individuals who were or are Freemasons are not within the scope of this project, unless those individuals played an important role in the history and development of the fraternity, such as Albert Pike, William Preston and others of that caliber.

All editors with a genuine interest in Freemasonry are encouraged to join and participate.

Freemasonry articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 2 2 4 GA 1 1 2 7 11 B 1 8 13 21 43 C 6 16 33 63 118 Start 4 20 58 240 322 Stub 1 5 20 276 2 304 List 5 5 14 24 Draft 3 3 Category 226 226 Disambig 3 3 File 18 18 Project 1 2 4 2 2 11 Redirect 3 2 7 46 58 Template 1 13 14 Assessed 14 60 139 633 311 2 1,159 Unassessed 1 2 10 13 Total 14 60 140 635 311 12 1,172 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 4,057 Ω = 5.06

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• GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Freemasonry articles)
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• ??? If a quality rating is not assigned, the article will be placed in Category:Unassessed Freemasonry articles. The class should be assigned according to the grading scheme. Articles that are unassessed or in dispute can be discussed on the project's article assessment page.

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• ??? If an importance rating is not assigned, the article will be placed in Category:Unknown-importance Freemasonry articles. The rating should be assigned according to the grading scheme. As stated above, articles that are unassessed or in dispute can be discussed on the project's article assessment page.

Editors are expected to adhere to all Wikipedia policies when creating articles, and behave in a collegial manner.

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Freemasonry NA‑class This article is part of WikiProject Freemasonry, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Freemasonry articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to join us in our labors, please join the discussion and add your name to the list of participants. The "Top of the Trestleboard" section below can offer some ideas on where to start and what to do.FreemasonryWikipedia:WikiProject FreemasonryTemplate:WikiProject FreemasonryFreemasonry articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. ◆  WikiProject Freemasonry's "Top of the Trestleboard": Improve to Featured Article status Freemasonry Tracing board Isaac Newton University Lodge Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia Operative Masonry Primitive Scottish Rite Add content to stubs… Check recently changed articles for possible improvement, to remove vandalism, etc. Requests [Watch this list] Articles for all United Grand Lodge of England-recognized Grand Lodges (if notable) Participate in articles listed for deletion Need images Scottish Rite York Rite Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta New Article to be created Adonhiramite Rite Portuguese Rite Brazilian Rite Irish Rite Moorish Rite Rite Français Moderne Rétabli	((WikiProject Freemasonry)), for use on article talk pages for articles within the project. See Category:WikiProject Freemasonry articles.
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Collaboration

The project does not currently have a Collaboration of the Week (COTW) article. If you have a suggestion for one, please post a message explaining why at the project's COTW talk page.

Requests for articles

List articles requested to be created in this section and if possible, also create the article yourself so other editors can simply drop by and contribute as they can.

• The Grand Priory of Knights Templar in the United Kingdom
• Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America
• East Hertfordshire Lodge No. 3748
• Order of Athelstan - [1] - an invite-only Masonic order, with provinces in England, Wales, Bolivia Brazil, South East Asia, France, Spain, Greece, and USA.
• Royal Ark Mariners - Appendent body to Mark Masonry in England.
• Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests and its appendant body Order of Holy Wisdom
• Royal Order of Eri
• August Order of Light
• The Lodge of Living Stones No. 4957 - an esoteric Lodge with members around the world, known for many Walter Leslie Wilmshurst and John Sebastian Marlowe Ward papers.
• Brazilian Rite
• Irish Rite
• Moorish Rite
• Rite Français Moderne Rétabli

Projects

This section is for listing major projects.

• Upgrade the Freemasonry page to Featured Article status. Our flagship article needs a bit of polishing and a bit of thought to progress from Good Article to FA status.
• Articles for all Grand Lodges considered regular by the United Grand Lodge of England and major European lodges (if notable).
• The articles Ancient and Primitive Rite and Rite of Memphis-Misraim need to be consolidated into one, describing the rite(s) history and current use. This would be a big project requiring someone to do a lot of research.

Vandalism

Report repeated vandalism of Freemasonry-related pages here so that an admin can deal with the issue.

Featured articles

• None at present

Good articles

• Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford
• Belgrave Ninnis
• Freemasonry
• Freemasonry and women
• Masonic Hall, Taunton

Did You Knows (DYKs)

• None at present

Former featured articles

• Freemasonry

Former good articles

• None

Former Did You Knows (DYKs)

• ...that Indianapolis' Scottish Rite Cathedral is the largest building dedicated to Freemasonry in the United States, and features many measurements in multiples of 33? (from Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January)

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

• Freemasonry articles recent changes
• Freemasons category watchlist