Evelyn Barker: what Wikipedia removed
Evelyn Barker was the British general who commanded forces in Palestine during the Palestine Emergency of 1946 to 1947. Through 2020 and October 2023 the opening said he is remembered for his antisemitism and his controversial order following the King David Hotel bombing. Today the opening instead says he is remembered for surviving assassination attempts during the insurgency, and antisemitism appears nowhere in the opening though it survives twice in the article body. A reader today learns Barker survived attempts on his life, and not that Wikipedia once said he is remembered for his antisemitism.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 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 changes on this article are at the word level rather than whole passages; the table above shows the counts moving.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 353414179):
General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker KCB KBE DSO MC (1894–1983) was a British Army general in World War II , and commander of British forces in the Mandate Palestine from 1946 to 1947. Barker is remembered for his order, following the King David Hotel bombing , that (We) will be punishing the Jews in a way the race dislikes as much as any, by striking at their pockets and showing our contempt of them . ^ Mead, p. 58. ^ Defries, p. 194.
2025 (revision 1296966917):
British Army general (1894–1983) Not to be confused with Michael Barker (British Army officer) . General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker , KCB , KBE , DSO , MC (22 May 1894 – 23 November 1983) was a British Army officer who saw service in both the First World War and the Second World War . During the latter, he commanded the 10th Brigade during the Battle of France in 1940, the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division and the VIII Corps in the Western Europe Campaign from 1944 to 1945. After the war, Barker was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan from 1946 to 1947, during the Palestine Emergency . He is remembered for surviving assassination attempts d…
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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