Yes, but I am the one who added "Several denied they were spies, and even more were never indicted."

And even that caveat is not sufficient to ameliorate the heading.

-Cberlet

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From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org on behalf of Andrew Gray Sent: Tue 11/8/2005 9:21 PM To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Category:Soviet spies

<<SNIP>>

For [[Category:Soviet spies]], however, the description is: "This category lists people who are said to have spied for the Soviet Union by some sources. Many are not Soviet citizens. Several denied they were spies, and even more were never indicted."

This is somewhat less stringent, certainly. I mean, there's no shortage of claims that [[Harold Wilson]] was a Soviet spy - should he be in that category? God no - and if there'd been accusations of rape he wouldn't be in [[Category:Rapists]]. But under the wording now, you'd be perfectly justified adding him...

The difference between the scope of the categories can be put this way: you wouldn't be able to add Bill Clinton to the Rapists category, but you would be able to add Wilson to the Soviet spies one. Yet the accusations are only accusations for both...

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