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     3. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten
        children.
 
+It is felt that these lints don't belong in the main Python tools as they
+are very opinionated and do not have a PEP or standard behind them. Due to
+``flake8`` being designed to be extensible, the original creators of these lints
+believed that a plugin was the best route. This has resulted in better development
+velocity for contributors and adaptive deployment for ``flake8`` users.
+
 Installation
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