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I met Ted in 1974, travelled to Spain with him, and he remembered me 30years later. I have nothing but admiration for Ted who struggled, for over 60yrs, against the stream to build a marxist tendency. Whilst not always the best speaker the content was always good. The ultra-left sectarians, who ignored Ted, were and always will be outside the labour movement and will never learn. Ted has made a huge contribution to Marxist Theory.
Ted Grant did not receive any academic training in political theory/philosophy, let alone earn a post-graduate degree. Is it fair and accurate to label him a "political theorist?" I would argue "political activist" is far more appropriate. 121.129.174.74 ( talk) 15:45, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
one has to have a degree to be a political theorist? That's a bit elitest. Ted Grant wrote political theory full time for decades including books and still has followers in many countries of his theories. that's more than activism. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 05:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Ted Grant was definitely born Isaac Blank. It even says so in his autobio. The Guardian obituary (27-July-06) is incorrect. Trious 21:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Isaac Blank was used so as to not reveal his full name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.82.27 ( talk) 00:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Just because it says Blank in his autobiography- the Guardian is clearly a more authoritative source than someone's autobiography for one. For two, does "blank' even sound like a name? Its well known that marxist activists often use pen names (see Trotsky, Stalin etc) and this is simply part of that tradition. Rob Sewell following in the 'Blank" tradition doesn't prove anything. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 17:31, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
Why did you change it back without writing anything on this discussion page? The Guardian is clearly a more reliable source and blank is clearly not a name. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 05:52, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Because his autobiography is published by his own publishing house. Also, the Guardian refers to the autobiography and says that it is incorrect, so we have a source that's super-ceding in time and also more independent. Also the Guardian is one of the largest and most respected papers, so what it says should be considered more reliable than something from a small marxist press run by Ted Grant's followers. Blank might be a name for some people, but it could also clearly be a clue to a false name. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 14:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
I was sorry to read about the death of Ted Grant in The Socialist 27 July. I first met Ted in 1968 when I was 16. One of his strengths was his ability to patiently explain the fundamental principles of Marxism to young and inexperienced socialists. I didn’t feel patronised. For him the movement and the ideas were all important; he was painstaking and perfectionist in relation to ideas and fond of open debate.
I ended up working with Ted and the others (in a very minor role) with Militant. He was not the easiest of people to work with but the role of Militant in that period is well-documented and we were all caught up in the work and the ideas and consigned personalities to their proper place.
He will always be remembered as someone who kept the ideas of Marxism alive under the most difficult of circumstances in the UK.
But Militant grew. It was very far from being a “one man band” like some of the “piddling little ultra-left sects” which Ted used to laugh at. And in the heat of the Poll Tax campaign and the struggle against Thatcher, new tactics were called for.
When I knew him, he was fond of saying, “Events, events, events will teach the broad masses of the working class more than any pamphlet or manifesto.” And events (the symptoms of the degeneration of New Labour) were to invalidate the position he came to adopt – seeking signs of life in the corpse of the Labour Left. He remained wedded to a tactic which was doomed to failure.
He is rightly honoured as a pioneer. He is not honoured by those who seek to gloss over his mistakes.
I feel this page deals too much with splits-expulsions-regrouping issues and too few with the main ideas of the man. I'm not so sure that people coming here is so interested in such details while nearly nothing is being said about the theoretical contributions of Ted G. to Marxism, like the theory of Proletarian Bonapartism, the dispute with Cliff et alia over "state capitalism" etc. When I'm over with the Italian page I will try and restyle this one if nobody is in disagreement with my proposal. However, some English mother-tongue is needed for turning what I write into proper English. :-) MauroVan 10:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
What follows could be put before the beginning of his biography. It's a very bad translation of the "Political positions" section in the Italian page. It needs a thorough check by an English mother tongue. -- MauroVan 12:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Ted Grant described himself as a Marxist, a Leninist and a Trotskyist. In his ideas, one can recognize a strong emphasis on the following issues:
The section header "Expulsion from Militant" is problematic. I suggest it be headed "The Break with the Militant"
There is no question that the Grantites left the Militant tendency, but there is nothing to suggest that they were expelled.
They say they were, but the leaders of the Militant Tendency say they left, and deny they were expelled.
The Grantites do not report participating in any expulsion proceedings, and none were reported by the Militant Tendency. This is a point of agreement which suggests they were not expelled, and that the assertions in this section should be changed.
Furthermore, the content of this section at least suggests that they were indeed preparing to leave.
I suggest it would be better to repalce "expelled" with "left" throughout this section, and eport that the Grantites claimed they were expelled, because this is clearly true.
Andysoh 23:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't agree with that, SA supporters was not given the right to form a faction. Also we need to keep in mind that the quite big fulltime apparatus went with Taaffe. A fulltime apparatus can push people out just putting their weight and resourches behind it. Especially when keeping it on a local level, which was what happened in Militant.
Btw sorry if my signing fucks up, can't exactly figure out the technique.
Hi,
I think that you are expressing a point of view. You are really saying there was a 'de facto' expulsion, but the majority will reply there was a de facto break by the SA. These are really points of view - two ways to view a situation in which there was no actual expulsion proceedure participated in by either side.
To avoid a POV, a point of view approach, it would be fine for the article to put the points you make as long as it attributes the point of view to the SA. Say for instance, that the SA felt or claim that they were expelled, as long as you also say that the supporters of the majority deny this. But the heading should be "The break with Militant", and other instances of statement of fact amended.
For instance, you say the SA supporters were not given the right to form a faction. Whilst this in itself is still not an expulsion, even so it is not really born out by observing the situation. Take a careful look. The minority's documents were circulated and discussed, and a national conference convened in which both sides presented their case. There were many branch and district and regional meetings which discussed the issue with speakers from both sides. There was an extensive exchange of documents, which began very well, but by the end had degenerated into a slanging match - but which indicates that the two de facto factions had said their all. The minority was, in this sense, in point of concrete fact, acting freely as a fully acknowledged faction all the time.
Both factions met separately, and exchanged documents. The minority did not apply in some formal sense for the "right to form a faction" - unless they "applied" after they had left, and then only for propaganda purposes - because the minority was fully reconised as the minority faction, and treated as such, with full rights. The formal exchange of documents and a national conference debating the two sides is a concrete fact of the existance of two factions. In the course of this, the minority won over as many people from the Militant as it could. So the argument is somewhat misleading and spurious. There is much more that could be said in relation to this argument.
Also,you say a full time apparatus "could" push people out - I'm afraid that's a point of view. It may or may not be true, in this or other instances, but it is still a point of view.
I hope I've clarified this a little.
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Andysoh 21:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Ok thanks for clarifying that, well one of my points was that there was in fact expulsions on a local level. I can see your point however, still it justn't really change how SA supporters were expelled locally, for that we need to dig up old minutes of meetings. 80.167.195.80 21:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Yes, Grant and Woods were not expelled - the article is incorrect. The article makes no reference to any local expulsion of minority supporters, and I am not sure this would be right if it did. Branches did not proceed to expel minority supporters.
Where they were active (and supporters of the Minority tended to be the less active layers) at a local level, after the lengthy and exhausting discussion and debates, which took up every hour of both factions and were hammered away at in every branch and in the pub afterwards, etc, the supporters of the minority stopped attending the branches. They had ceased to attend the branches a significant time before the turn of 1992.
Even if there could be found an exception to this, where a branch had to proceed to implement an expulsion procedure, it would not constitute the expulsion of the minority. In any case, in the Militant, as in any genuinely democratic party, there really is no such thing as expulsion at a local level. You are a member of a national party, and you have a right to a hearing nationally, and to appeal to conference, and the whole party – both factions – was following every last development in every branch where there was a minority.
I hope this helps. Andysoh 23:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I notice one anonymous editor claimed that the Militant EC expelled Grant and Sewell, but did not cite any references. The Militant disputed their claims, and without any material to cite, the expulsion claim is a POV, a point of view. Grant, Woods and Sewell, the Militant said, could have to turn up at any time to challenge the statement that they had left. They had the right to appeal at an NC, Party conference, and also at a conference of the CWI. If they had, then an expulsion proceedure would have begun, with a hearing on the evidence of their collecting finance for a separate organisation, renting premises, and so forth. None of this was required because in reality they had turned their backs on the Militant and split. Andysoh 00:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Maybe it should be mentioned that the debate on the Scottish turn and the internal democracy of Militant had an international importance for CWI. On the International Executive Committee of CWI Taaffe had only majority of 25 to 14 over Grant/Woods. The Taaffe faction in the CWI was called "The Platform for Democratic debate and unity", Grant/Woods "The Internationalist Opposition" (IS circular, London 17.11.91). Grant/Woods/Sewell where sacked & expelled by the majority faction of the EB from Militant the 13 January 1992. They where called in to the center on the 16th at noon and had their expulsions read out to them by Lynn Walsh. They "had placed themselves outside the ranks of the organisation" and had no right to appeal. There was also a "Petition against expulsions" produced right after the expulsions collecting signatures of Militant supporters protesting specifically against the expulsion of Ted Grant who, after all, had 55 years of service to the tendency. All sections of the CWI who supported Grant/Woods/Sewell where expelled (or "placed themselves..." etc) from the CWI, well before the CWI congress in august 1992. I think it is an expulsion when you are forced out, made to leave nonvolunteerly e t c. 81.233.148.143 19:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
You do not seem to realise that well over a thousand where expelled in the same fashion through out the CWI during 1992. If there was a right to appeal, how come not a single one has been up for debate at CWI congresses? Well, i don't care, for me it's history. For you... whatever makes you sleep better... 195.67.48.14 13:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Have to say I think the majority documents really lacks any marxist explanation of the "changed situation" 80.167.85.23 18:49, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
That is your POV and how you would like the history of the tendency to look like. You are are making the case that people how for decades work stubbornly in a minority position in the labour movement suddenly when the have a disagreement with Peter Taaffe just walks away because they can't stand be in a minority. That is an idealistic interpretation of peoples behavior. Very unlike Ted if one look how he behaved in a minority position i RCP or later in the 4th. In that case one could turn it all around and say that since the majority was, as you say, pretty sure that the minority's intention was to split; why not get the benefit of striking first and get some damage control? That makes the expulsions rather logical. And I'm not the least 'bitter' about it - I'm happy I'm not in the same organisation as PT and his people.
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There's a whole website devoted to the life and works of Ted Grant! I don't believe that this page is lacking sources! I would remove the advice and recommend the editors to notify individual sentenced that are considered in need for a source. The website [www.tedgrant.org www.tedgrant.org] is already cited in the article.-- MauroVan ( talk) 12:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I have fixed a section that said "Grant deepened Trotsky's theory on proletarian Bonapartism." Trotsky never used the phrase "proletarian Bonapartism" or had such a theory. Rather, Trotsky's idea is that of the "degenerated workers' state," which was applied exclusively to the Soviet Union under Stalin. Grant first used the phrase "proletarian Bonapartism" in 1951 as a synonym for "Stalinism." (See "Stalinism in the Postwar World.") But Grant's idea eventually came to have a much broader reach. By 1978, it was a designation for any nationalist state with "left" policies, e.g., Benin, Burma, Ethiopia, and Syria. (See "The Colonial Revolution and the Deformed Workers' States.") -- Ecosophia09 ( talk) 07:06, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
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Should the section about WPSA now be removed? If Grant left South Africa in 1934, before its founding, it's not really a relevant fact to his Early History but rather relevant to the article on WPSA? Rambling Rambler ( talk) 00:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
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Any chance someone could add a picture of this alter kocker?
I met Ted in 1974, travelled to Spain with him, and he remembered me 30years later. I have nothing but admiration for Ted who struggled, for over 60yrs, against the stream to build a marxist tendency. Whilst not always the best speaker the content was always good. The ultra-left sectarians, who ignored Ted, were and always will be outside the labour movement and will never learn. Ted has made a huge contribution to Marxist Theory.
Ted Grant did not receive any academic training in political theory/philosophy, let alone earn a post-graduate degree. Is it fair and accurate to label him a "political theorist?" I would argue "political activist" is far more appropriate. 121.129.174.74 ( talk) 15:45, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
one has to have a degree to be a political theorist? That's a bit elitest. Ted Grant wrote political theory full time for decades including books and still has followers in many countries of his theories. that's more than activism. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 05:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Ted Grant was definitely born Isaac Blank. It even says so in his autobio. The Guardian obituary (27-July-06) is incorrect. Trious 21:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Isaac Blank was used so as to not reveal his full name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.82.27 ( talk) 00:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Just because it says Blank in his autobiography- the Guardian is clearly a more authoritative source than someone's autobiography for one. For two, does "blank' even sound like a name? Its well known that marxist activists often use pen names (see Trotsky, Stalin etc) and this is simply part of that tradition. Rob Sewell following in the 'Blank" tradition doesn't prove anything. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 17:31, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
Why did you change it back without writing anything on this discussion page? The Guardian is clearly a more reliable source and blank is clearly not a name. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 05:52, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Because his autobiography is published by his own publishing house. Also, the Guardian refers to the autobiography and says that it is incorrect, so we have a source that's super-ceding in time and also more independent. Also the Guardian is one of the largest and most respected papers, so what it says should be considered more reliable than something from a small marxist press run by Ted Grant's followers. Blank might be a name for some people, but it could also clearly be a clue to a false name. Notenderwiggin ( talk) 14:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
I was sorry to read about the death of Ted Grant in The Socialist 27 July. I first met Ted in 1968 when I was 16. One of his strengths was his ability to patiently explain the fundamental principles of Marxism to young and inexperienced socialists. I didn’t feel patronised. For him the movement and the ideas were all important; he was painstaking and perfectionist in relation to ideas and fond of open debate.
I ended up working with Ted and the others (in a very minor role) with Militant. He was not the easiest of people to work with but the role of Militant in that period is well-documented and we were all caught up in the work and the ideas and consigned personalities to their proper place.
He will always be remembered as someone who kept the ideas of Marxism alive under the most difficult of circumstances in the UK.
But Militant grew. It was very far from being a “one man band” like some of the “piddling little ultra-left sects” which Ted used to laugh at. And in the heat of the Poll Tax campaign and the struggle against Thatcher, new tactics were called for.
When I knew him, he was fond of saying, “Events, events, events will teach the broad masses of the working class more than any pamphlet or manifesto.” And events (the symptoms of the degeneration of New Labour) were to invalidate the position he came to adopt – seeking signs of life in the corpse of the Labour Left. He remained wedded to a tactic which was doomed to failure.
He is rightly honoured as a pioneer. He is not honoured by those who seek to gloss over his mistakes.
I feel this page deals too much with splits-expulsions-regrouping issues and too few with the main ideas of the man. I'm not so sure that people coming here is so interested in such details while nearly nothing is being said about the theoretical contributions of Ted G. to Marxism, like the theory of Proletarian Bonapartism, the dispute with Cliff et alia over "state capitalism" etc. When I'm over with the Italian page I will try and restyle this one if nobody is in disagreement with my proposal. However, some English mother-tongue is needed for turning what I write into proper English. :-) MauroVan 10:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
What follows could be put before the beginning of his biography. It's a very bad translation of the "Political positions" section in the Italian page. It needs a thorough check by an English mother tongue. -- MauroVan 12:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Ted Grant described himself as a Marxist, a Leninist and a Trotskyist. In his ideas, one can recognize a strong emphasis on the following issues:
The section header "Expulsion from Militant" is problematic. I suggest it be headed "The Break with the Militant"
There is no question that the Grantites left the Militant tendency, but there is nothing to suggest that they were expelled.
They say they were, but the leaders of the Militant Tendency say they left, and deny they were expelled.
The Grantites do not report participating in any expulsion proceedings, and none were reported by the Militant Tendency. This is a point of agreement which suggests they were not expelled, and that the assertions in this section should be changed.
Furthermore, the content of this section at least suggests that they were indeed preparing to leave.
I suggest it would be better to repalce "expelled" with "left" throughout this section, and eport that the Grantites claimed they were expelled, because this is clearly true.
Andysoh 23:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't agree with that, SA supporters was not given the right to form a faction. Also we need to keep in mind that the quite big fulltime apparatus went with Taaffe. A fulltime apparatus can push people out just putting their weight and resourches behind it. Especially when keeping it on a local level, which was what happened in Militant.
Btw sorry if my signing fucks up, can't exactly figure out the technique.
Hi,
I think that you are expressing a point of view. You are really saying there was a 'de facto' expulsion, but the majority will reply there was a de facto break by the SA. These are really points of view - two ways to view a situation in which there was no actual expulsion proceedure participated in by either side.
To avoid a POV, a point of view approach, it would be fine for the article to put the points you make as long as it attributes the point of view to the SA. Say for instance, that the SA felt or claim that they were expelled, as long as you also say that the supporters of the majority deny this. But the heading should be "The break with Militant", and other instances of statement of fact amended.
For instance, you say the SA supporters were not given the right to form a faction. Whilst this in itself is still not an expulsion, even so it is not really born out by observing the situation. Take a careful look. The minority's documents were circulated and discussed, and a national conference convened in which both sides presented their case. There were many branch and district and regional meetings which discussed the issue with speakers from both sides. There was an extensive exchange of documents, which began very well, but by the end had degenerated into a slanging match - but which indicates that the two de facto factions had said their all. The minority was, in this sense, in point of concrete fact, acting freely as a fully acknowledged faction all the time.
Both factions met separately, and exchanged documents. The minority did not apply in some formal sense for the "right to form a faction" - unless they "applied" after they had left, and then only for propaganda purposes - because the minority was fully reconised as the minority faction, and treated as such, with full rights. The formal exchange of documents and a national conference debating the two sides is a concrete fact of the existance of two factions. In the course of this, the minority won over as many people from the Militant as it could. So the argument is somewhat misleading and spurious. There is much more that could be said in relation to this argument.
Also,you say a full time apparatus "could" push people out - I'm afraid that's a point of view. It may or may not be true, in this or other instances, but it is still a point of view.
I hope I've clarified this a little.
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Andysoh 21:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Ok thanks for clarifying that, well one of my points was that there was in fact expulsions on a local level. I can see your point however, still it justn't really change how SA supporters were expelled locally, for that we need to dig up old minutes of meetings. 80.167.195.80 21:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Yes, Grant and Woods were not expelled - the article is incorrect. The article makes no reference to any local expulsion of minority supporters, and I am not sure this would be right if it did. Branches did not proceed to expel minority supporters.
Where they were active (and supporters of the Minority tended to be the less active layers) at a local level, after the lengthy and exhausting discussion and debates, which took up every hour of both factions and were hammered away at in every branch and in the pub afterwards, etc, the supporters of the minority stopped attending the branches. They had ceased to attend the branches a significant time before the turn of 1992.
Even if there could be found an exception to this, where a branch had to proceed to implement an expulsion procedure, it would not constitute the expulsion of the minority. In any case, in the Militant, as in any genuinely democratic party, there really is no such thing as expulsion at a local level. You are a member of a national party, and you have a right to a hearing nationally, and to appeal to conference, and the whole party – both factions – was following every last development in every branch where there was a minority.
I hope this helps. Andysoh 23:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I notice one anonymous editor claimed that the Militant EC expelled Grant and Sewell, but did not cite any references. The Militant disputed their claims, and without any material to cite, the expulsion claim is a POV, a point of view. Grant, Woods and Sewell, the Militant said, could have to turn up at any time to challenge the statement that they had left. They had the right to appeal at an NC, Party conference, and also at a conference of the CWI. If they had, then an expulsion proceedure would have begun, with a hearing on the evidence of their collecting finance for a separate organisation, renting premises, and so forth. None of this was required because in reality they had turned their backs on the Militant and split. Andysoh 00:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Maybe it should be mentioned that the debate on the Scottish turn and the internal democracy of Militant had an international importance for CWI. On the International Executive Committee of CWI Taaffe had only majority of 25 to 14 over Grant/Woods. The Taaffe faction in the CWI was called "The Platform for Democratic debate and unity", Grant/Woods "The Internationalist Opposition" (IS circular, London 17.11.91). Grant/Woods/Sewell where sacked & expelled by the majority faction of the EB from Militant the 13 January 1992. They where called in to the center on the 16th at noon and had their expulsions read out to them by Lynn Walsh. They "had placed themselves outside the ranks of the organisation" and had no right to appeal. There was also a "Petition against expulsions" produced right after the expulsions collecting signatures of Militant supporters protesting specifically against the expulsion of Ted Grant who, after all, had 55 years of service to the tendency. All sections of the CWI who supported Grant/Woods/Sewell where expelled (or "placed themselves..." etc) from the CWI, well before the CWI congress in august 1992. I think it is an expulsion when you are forced out, made to leave nonvolunteerly e t c. 81.233.148.143 19:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
You do not seem to realise that well over a thousand where expelled in the same fashion through out the CWI during 1992. If there was a right to appeal, how come not a single one has been up for debate at CWI congresses? Well, i don't care, for me it's history. For you... whatever makes you sleep better... 195.67.48.14 13:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Have to say I think the majority documents really lacks any marxist explanation of the "changed situation" 80.167.85.23 18:49, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
That is your POV and how you would like the history of the tendency to look like. You are are making the case that people how for decades work stubbornly in a minority position in the labour movement suddenly when the have a disagreement with Peter Taaffe just walks away because they can't stand be in a minority. That is an idealistic interpretation of peoples behavior. Very unlike Ted if one look how he behaved in a minority position i RCP or later in the 4th. In that case one could turn it all around and say that since the majority was, as you say, pretty sure that the minority's intention was to split; why not get the benefit of striking first and get some damage control? That makes the expulsions rather logical. And I'm not the least 'bitter' about it - I'm happy I'm not in the same organisation as PT and his people.
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There's a whole website devoted to the life and works of Ted Grant! I don't believe that this page is lacking sources! I would remove the advice and recommend the editors to notify individual sentenced that are considered in need for a source. The website [www.tedgrant.org www.tedgrant.org] is already cited in the article.-- MauroVan ( talk) 12:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I have fixed a section that said "Grant deepened Trotsky's theory on proletarian Bonapartism." Trotsky never used the phrase "proletarian Bonapartism" or had such a theory. Rather, Trotsky's idea is that of the "degenerated workers' state," which was applied exclusively to the Soviet Union under Stalin. Grant first used the phrase "proletarian Bonapartism" in 1951 as a synonym for "Stalinism." (See "Stalinism in the Postwar World.") But Grant's idea eventually came to have a much broader reach. By 1978, it was a designation for any nationalist state with "left" policies, e.g., Benin, Burma, Ethiopia, and Syria. (See "The Colonial Revolution and the Deformed Workers' States.") -- Ecosophia09 ( talk) 07:06, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 16:59, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
Should the section about WPSA now be removed? If Grant left South Africa in 1934, before its founding, it's not really a relevant fact to his Early History but rather relevant to the article on WPSA? Rambling Rambler ( talk) 00:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)