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Peter F. Patel-Schneider (talkcontribs)

"This implies that all items identified as classes are "the class of all classes". " This is not correct. It implies that all items identified as classes are implicitly instances of this class.

Swpb (talkcontribs)

But the item class (Q16889133) does not represent "the class of all classes", it represents any class, including first-level classes. The class baseball player (Q10871364) is a "collection of items defined by common characteristics"; it is not "the class of all classes". Appending "the class of all classes" to the description with a semicolon is the same as saying that that phrase is an apt definition of the item and all its instances, which it is not.