Barzani (tribe): what Wikipedia removed
The Barzani tribe, a Kurdish tribal confederation in Iraq. The 2020 opening said during the Kurdish genocide, about 8,000 members of the tribe were massacred. The opening today no longer states that figure, though massacre survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that about 8,000 tribe members were killed during the Kurdish genocide.
The word “genocide” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genocide | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| massacre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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”- The opening’s definitional sentence was reworded to describe it as a tribe and tribal confederation; no atrocity-related fact changed.
- A minor spelling variant of the tribe’s name was corrected; no factual change.
- The sentence claiming the tribe converted to Islam from Yazidism is gone from the opening; a reader no longer sees that claim.
- The sentence stating that about 8,000 members of the tribe were massacred during the Kurdish genocide is gone from the opening; a reader no longer learns that death toll in the opening, though the word massacre survives once elsewhere.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 368707377):
For other uses of the term, see Barzani . The Barzani tribe ( Template:Lang-ku ) is one of the most prominent Kurdish tribes in Kurdistan . The origin of the word Barzani is connected by scholars to the ancient Hurrian god Barzani . The sheikhs of Barzan are descendants of Imadia princes. Their grandfather, Massoud, moved to the village of Nafneka, near Barzan, where he settled and married. His son Sa’id stayed on. His grandson, Taj al-Din, a talented religious scholar, attracted a great number of followers, eventually founded is own tekkeyeh of Barzan. His son, Sheikh Abdul Rahman, inherited the sheikhdom, and passed it on to his son Sheikh Abdullah, who was known for his asceticism and pie…
2025 (revision 1269476055):
Kurdish tribe in Iraq For other uses of the term, see Barzani (disambiguation) . The Barzani tribe ( Kurdish : Eşîra Barzanî ) is a Kurdish tribe and tribal confederation of various neighboring tribes inhabiting Barzan in Kurdistan Region of Iraq . The Barzanis are mostly Naqshbandi and one of the most influential tribes in Kurdistan . ^ “Muzexaneya Barzanî” . Ria Taza (in Kurdish). June 2, 2020 . Retrieved June 25, 2020 . ^ Farkas, E. (2003). Fractured States and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, Ethiopia, and Bosnia in the 1990s . Springer. ISBN 9781403982438 . ^ Abdulla-Ali, Najat (2006). Empire, frontière et tribu: Le Kurdistan et le conflit de frontière turco-persan (1843-1932) (in French). p.…
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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