Dansalan Bato Ali Mosque: what Wikipedia removed
The Dansalan Bato Ali Mosque in Marawi City, Philippines was among the structures seized during the 2017 siege of the city. As of October 6, 2023 the opening said the mosque was among the structures captured by ISIL affiliated Maute group militants. Today the opening is a single sentence naming the mosque’s location, with the 2017 siege and its capture by the Maute group gone entirely, though militants survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that this mosque was seized by an ISIL-affiliated group in an armed siege.
The word “siege” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 5. 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 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| siege | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 1 | 0 |
| hostage | 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 mosque’s capture by ISIL-affiliated Maute group militants during the 2017 siege of Marawi, and its recapture by Philippine forces, was dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”6 October 2023 (revision 1136283409):
The Dansalan Bato Ali Mosque is a mosque in Marawi , Lanao del Sur , Philippines . The original structure was built sometime in the 1950s, which was burned and converted to a cemetery during the Martial law period . The mosque was rebuilt with reconstruction works finished in 1980. During the siege of Marawi in May 2017 , the mosque was among the structures captured by ISIL affiliated Maute group militants. Philippine government forces regained control of the city but several structures including the Bato Mosque was left heavily damaged after the battle. The Bato Mosque was declared structurally unsound and it was deemed that it would be more feasible to demolish the structure and reconstruc…
2025 (revision 1265523348):
Mosque in Lanao del Sur, Philippines The Dansalan Bato Ali Mosque ( Masjid Dansalan Bato Ali ) is a mosque in Marawi City , Lanao del Sur , Philippines .
Related
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