Talk:Priory of Sion

message: :1. The word "myth" has two definitions in all reliable dictionaries: 1) "a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events";  and 2) "a widely held but false belief or idea". The interesting thing is that both definitions of the word "myth" apply to the so-called "Priory of Sion mysteries" therefore it is not misleading to use that word.
:2. The second paragraph of the introduction of the Wikipedia article on the Priory of Sion specifically stated that it is the "mythical Priory of Sion" that has been debunked not the real fraternal organisation formed in 1956. In other words, the "mythical Priory of Sion" refers to the fictional history of the Priory of Sion written by Plantard as part of his hoax. However, for the sake of clarity, I've replaced the expression "mythical Priory of Sion" with "mythical history of the Priory of Sion". 
:3. Anyone who doubts that the "Priory of Sion mysteries" have been debunked as a hoax 1) is still under the spell of pseudohistorical books (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, The Messianic Legacy, The Magdalene Legacy, The Templar Revelation, etc.) written by self-proclaimed "independent researchers" who have never published their findings in academic or scholarly journals in order for their validity to be peer-reviewed by historians; 2) has never taken the time to actually read the articles and books written by journalists and scholars who have debunked them; and 3) is still unaware or willfully ignores the fact that even the con artists behind the Priory of Sion hoax, as well as some of the first independent researchers who reported it as true, have confessed that it was a hoax! In other words, the statement that the pre-1956 Priory of Sion is a myth/hoax is not a matter of opinion. It is a settled fact.
:4. Although there may be a handful of groups that continue to claim to be the "real Priory of Sion", none of them have the importance and influence that people attribute to the mythical pre-1956 Priory of Sion nor do any of them prove the existence of the mythical pre-1956 Priory of Sion.
:--Loremaster (talk) 13:19, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Case closed

message: I suggest that all contributors to the Priory of Sion article follow the example of the Gospel of the Ebionites article when it comes to notes, citations and sources from now on. —-Loremaster (talk) 17:41, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article has an unclear citation style 

message: Under the heading "Alleged Grand Masters", the final sentence states "In 2006, American author Eric Mader-Lin made a public declaration claiming to be the current Grand Master of the Priory of Sion." The source cited for this claim is a defunct personal website (necessaryprose.com), a Google search of "Eric Mader-Lin" returns just over 1,000 hits, most of which refer to an author of a novel titled "A Taipei Mutt", and which describe him as "A Longtime Taipei resident..."https://www.isbns.net/author/Eric_Mader-Lin I think it's safe to say that a non-notable individual who was claimed on a defunct, personal website to be the Grand Master of an international organization of great power and wealth, meets neither WP:RS nor WP:N, and should be removed, as I have done. Bricology (talk) 20:35, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alleged "grand master"