Murder of Yafim Weinstein: what Wikipedia removed
Yafim Weinstein was a 54-year-old Israeli man murdered in 2009. Through 2020 the opening said he “was a 54-year old Israeli man murdered in 2009 by Islamist militants.” Today the opening reads only “was a 54-year-old Israeli man murdered in 2009,” with no mention of who killed him; the word survives once in the body. A reader of the opening today does not learn who killed Weinstein or that his killers were described as Islamist militants.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 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”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”2015 (revision 657172571):
Yafim (or Yefim) Weinstein was a 54-year old Israeli man murdered in 2009 by Islamist militants.
2025 (revision 1293289647):
2009 murder in Israel Yafim (or Yefim) Weinstein was a 54-year-old Israeli man murdered in 2009.
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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