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Clearwater Masonic Lodge →
Grand Army of the Republic Hall – (or if disambiguation is needed:
Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Clearwater). The proposed title better reflects the topic (a building) and avoids confusion... Clearwater Lodge is a local chapter of the Freemasons, not a building. The topic of this article is the building, not the lodge. The Clearwater Masonic lodge (or more accurately "Clearwater Lodge No. 28") is not notable (per:
WP:BRANCH)... much less notable enough to be highlighted in the title. What is notable is the building in which that lodge meets... and what makes this building notable is its historic association with the GAR, not its current association with a local level Masonic lodge.
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13:35, 18 October 2013 (UTC)reply
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VERY slow move warring?
Since the above Move Request... an editor has moved the article back to the "old" title (without discussion). I don't feel strongly either way... but since the current title was discussed and approved at WP:RM, I think any subsequent moves should go through the same formal process.
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21:59, 22 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Requested move 7 August 2015
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Opposed - see the previous RM from 18 October, 2013 for the explanation as to why the article title was moved away from the "official NRHP name". The primary reason was to prevent confusion caused by using the term "Lodge" incorrectly. In a Masonic context, "Lodge" does not refer to a building (although a lot of people get this wrong)... it refers to the group of people that happen to meet in the building - the local chapter of the Freemasons. The buildings that Masonic Lodges meet in used to be called "Masonic Temples". In the modern era they are most commonly called "Masonic Halls" (to avoid the religious connotation of the word "Temple").
As for the NRHP name... see
WP:Official name vs
WP:COMMONNAME... if the COMMONNAME happens to be the "official" name, great... but often it isn't. (by the way... what we entitle this article should not affect how the building is listed on the various NRHP pages... it is absolutely appropriate to use the "official" NRHP name on those pages... linking to this article (whatever title we give it) though either a pipelink or a redirect.)
QUESTION - Not sure why this was relisted... the proposer has withdrawn the original request, and there seems to be agreement on an alternative title. — Preceding
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