Hypercacher: what Wikipedia removed
Hypercacher is a Paris kosher supermarket where an Islamist terrorist murdered four Jewish hostages during the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks. Through 2015 the opening said “On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vincennes branch,” and that “Four hostages were murdered by Coulibaly, who then was killed by police.” Today the opening carries only a photo caption reading “after the terrorist attack,” with the perpetrator’s name, the hostage-taking, and the four murders gone; hostage appears 0 times in the opening today and survives 5 times in the body. A reader today learns Hypercacher is a kosher supermarket chain with branches in Paris and Rome, and not that a named Islamist terrorist murdered four Jewish hostages there.
The word “hostage” appeared 4 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. 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 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hostage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| terror | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| islamist | 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 photo caption naming the store’s location, retained but reworded without changing the underlying fact.
- The sentence naming Amedy Coulibaly as an Islamist terrorist who took hostages at gunpoint is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 659375894):
The Hypercacher branch at Porte de Vincennes Hypercacher ( Template:IPA-fr ; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher ; translated as “Super Kosher”) is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy . There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes , rue de Manin , rue de l’Ourcq , La Villette , rue Bayen , rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine , Montreuil , Créteil , Sarcelles , Saint Gratien ), as well as in Nice and Rome . The first branch was opened in March 1992 in Montreuil, and branches have been opened regularly from that date until 2013. The company’s president is Michel Emsalem. On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly held several hostages at gunpoint at the Porte de Vi…
2025 (revision 1242243578):
Kosher supermarket chain The Hypercacher superette at Porte de Vincennes after the terrorist attack on 9 January 2015 The superette in June 2016 Hypercacher ( pronounced [ipɛʁkaʃɛʁ] ; also Hyper Cacher or HyperCacher ; translated as “Hyper Kosher”) is a chain of kosher supermarkets in France and Italy . There are branches in and around Paris ( Porte de Vincennes , rue de Manin , rue de l’Ourcq , La Villette , rue Bayen , rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine , Montreuil , Créteil , Sarcelles , Saint Gratien ), as well as in Nice and Rome . ^ Cite error: The named reference ind was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ “Le mois hallucinant??” . uniconsocachere.wordpress.com . 20 February 201…
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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