Data Darbar: what Wikipedia removed
Data Darbar is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia, located in Lahore, Pakistan. Through 2015 the opening said there had been rising security fears in recent years after threats by Pakistan’s Taliban militants. Today the opening describes the shrine’s history and its up to one million annual visitors, with the Taliban threat gone from the article entirely. A reader today learns the shrine draws large crowds and does not learn it faced security threats from Pakistan’s Taliban.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 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”- Alternate names and titles for the shrine were dropped from the opening.
- The wording shifted from ‘is said to have lived’ to ‘is believed to have lived,’ without changing the claim.
- The statement that the shrine faced rising security fears after threats from Pakistan’s Taliban was dropped from the opening entirely.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16532245):
Data Durbar is the tomb of Ali Hajweri where hundreds of thousands of people come each year to pay their respects and to say their prayers. It is located in Lahore , Pakistan . The large complex also includes Jamia Hajveria , or Hajveri Mosque. v t e
2025 (revision 1294560575):
Sufi Islamic shrine in Lahore, Pakistan Data Darbar ( Punjabi : داتا دربار , romanized: Dātā Darbār ) is an Islamic shrine located in Lahore , Punjab, Pakistan . It is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia . It was built to house the remains of al-Hujwiri , commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh or more colloquially as Data Sahab , a Sufi saint from Ghazni in present-day Afghanistan, who is believed to have lived on the site in the 11th century CE. The site is considered to be the most sacred place in Lahore, and attracts up to one million visitors to its annual urs festival. ^ Cite error: The named reference linus was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ Halafoff, Anna; Clarke, Matt…
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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