Mohammed Safady: what Wikipedia removed
One of the Black September perpetrators of the Munich massacre. His article still opened “Black September terrorist” on October 6, 2023. Since then the word has been removed from the entire article, references included.
The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. 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 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| massacre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| hostage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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”2020 (revision 939524685):
Mohammed Safady (1953 - ?) was one of eight Black September terrorists who perpetrated the Munich massacre , in which they invaded the Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games taking hostage nine of the Israeli Olympic delegation after killing Israeli wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossef Romano in the initial takeover. ^ Reeve, Simon (2005). One day in September : the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and Israeli revenge operation ‘Wrath of God’ (2005 ed.). London: Faber. p. 9. ISBN 0571231810 .
2026 (revision 1304816424):
Black September militant (born 1953) For the Lebanese politician, see Mohammad Safadi . Mohammed Safady ( Arabic : محمد الصفدي , romanized : Muḥammad al-Ṣafadī ; born 1953 ) is a Palestinian militant and one of eight Black September members who perpetrated the Munich massacre , in which they invaded the Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games , taking hostage nine of the Israeli Olympic delegation after killing Israeli wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossef Romano in the initial takeover. ^ Reeve, Simon (2005). One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation “Wrath of God” …
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