Removal of offshoot label at the top
I have removed the following which was placed at the top of the article in May 2017: "NOTE: This article discusses an offshoot. Offshoots are considered something OTHER than Scientology, as they were not developed by L. Ron Hubbard, and they have never been practiced in any Scientology Church. "
There are 2 points here.
One. Up to the heading "4 Leaving Scientology" the article does discuss and recount important occurrences at the beginning of Dianetics/Scientology. Putting that noticed there at the top could deter folk from looking/reading the beginning. Also at the end of the article under the heading "6.1 Magazine mentions" there are references in Scientology of Dianetics magazines of the time.
Two. The heading "4 Leaving Scientology" clearly marks that what follows is outside of Scientology. It would be true to place a similar notice at that point but is it necessary?
You could place the notice in the section that starts the discussion of what he did after leaving Scientology and starting Dianology.
Correct. I could. However it does not seem necessary to me since the heading clearly says Leaving Scientology. It should be clear to anybody sensitive in those matters that what follows is not Scientology and is outside that sphere. However, going into discussions a bit, his "other practices" were quite successful for a period. Why? Because they were based on Scientology principles. But this is something people can find out if they care to look up the references.