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Every substantive claim on this wiki carries one of four labels.
| Label | Markup | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established | {{Claim|established}} |
Broad scholarly consensus; strong primary and archaeological evidence | The Nag Hammadi codices were found near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945. |
| Scholarly debate | {{Claim|debate}} |
Credentialed specialists disagree; name both positions and who holds them | Whether "Gnosticism" is a useful category at all. |
| Tradition / belief | {{Claim|tradition}} |
What a tradition teaches about itself; reported, not endorsed | Hermetists held that Hermes Trismegistus was an ancient Egyptian sage. |
| Speculation | {{Claim|speculation}} |
Fringe, popular or unfalsifiable claims; include the best counter-evidence | Atlantis as a historical civilisation. |
Each badge also adds a hidden category, so editors can review every claim of a given type in one list.