Abu Daoud: what Wikipedia removed
Abu Daoud was the Palestinian planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre, the 1972 killing of Israeli Olympic athletes. Through October 2023 the opening called him a ‘Palestinian terrorist, teacher and lawyer.’ Today the opening calls him a ‘Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer,’ with terrorist gone from the opening though the word survives 10 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns he was a militant, not that Wikipedia once called the mastermind of the Munich massacre a terrorist outright.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 10. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| massacre | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The opening’s description of him as a Palestinian terrorist, teacher and lawyer is gone, replaced with Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 352112360):
Mohammad Oudeh ( Template:Lang-ar ), commonly known as Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud ( Template:Lang-ar ), is a Palestinian politician and militia commander in Fatah and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah’s armed units, including in Lebanon and Jordan . He planned the 1972 Munich massacre .
2025 (revision 1294381809):
Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer (1937–2010) Mohammad Daoud Oudeh ( Arabic : محمد داود عودة , 1937 – 3 July 2010), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud ( Arabic : أبو داود ), was a Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer known as the planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre . He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah ‘s armed units in Lebanon and Jordan . ^ Bard, Mitchell. “Mastermind behind the Munich Olympics attacks dies”. Archived 28 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine France24. 3 July 2010.
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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