Aharon Katzir: what Wikipedia removed
Aharon Katzir was an Israeli scientist killed in the 1972 terrorist attack on Lod Airport. The 2005 opening said “He was killed in the terrorist attack on Lod Airport in 1972.” Today’s opening describes him only as a pioneer in electrochemistry and says nothing about his death, though the word terror survives twice elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn from the opening that Katzir died in a terrorist attack, or how he died at all.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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”- A rewording of the opening’s description of Katzir’s scientific career.
- The statement that Katzir was killed in the terrorist attack on Lod Airport, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17669093):
Aharon Katzir was a pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers. Born 1914 in Lodz, Poland , he moved to Israel in 1925, where he taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem . He was killed in the terrorist attack on Lod Airport in 1972 Israel has since issued a postage stamp in his memory v t e
2025 (revision 1289019002):
Israeli scientist (1914–1972) Aharon Katzir ( Hebrew : אַהֲרֹן קָצִיר ; born Aharon Katchalsky ; September 15, 1914 – May 30, 1972) was an Israeli scientist who was known as a pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers . ^ “Weizmann Institute of Science Archives” . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link )
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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