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 Wibble wibble. UGLE for ever. POV. If Freemasonry was a religion I would be on CNN by now, Jumping up and down, in my apron, with an AK47, etc. But it is not... so I am not. Author's status is not verifiable as Masonic, because they do not need to prove that they are 1001st degree Pangendrems, just like I did not. They only add ""ranks"" to impress people. No Mason needs to use any rank above Bro. Even then they are not official unless they can prove that they are official. I explained how the English Lodge sites are vetted by UGLE, hence the ""official"" tag. If private authors want to stitch gold brade on their nightware, and parade about, who am I to stop them? I do not run round the streets in an apron, and I wrote why, at the start of this.  "