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Frommer's Britain For Free uses parts of the lead and beliefs section of this article, apparently copied some time in 2009, without attribution Ultimate Truth, Book 1: Description of Scientologist beliefs is largely plagiarised from this article
@ModernDaySlavery: What problem are you trying to solve by adding "by experts" at the end of the second sentence? Each 'label' is described in more detail in the first section "Definition and classification" and even more discussed in its subsection "Debates over classification". Per MOS:LEAD, the lead is supposed to be a summary of what is in the body of the article. Could you further explain your thinking about why you consider "by experts" an important addition? ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 02:55, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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