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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: what Wikipedia removed

The deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. The 2020 opening noted its classification as “domestic terrorism”; today’s opening has zero terror-family words against 24 in the body.

The word “terror” appeared 5 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 24. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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word20206 October 202320252026
terror5300
massacre1332
antisemitism3333

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The line ranking it as the deadliest attack on American Jews is gone from the opening.
  • The perpetrator’s arrest and charges left the opening.
  • The motive paragraph was rewritten; the antisemitism stays, the specifics thinned.
  • The terrorism classification is gone from the opening: the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history is no longer introduced as terrorism.
  • The state charges against the shooter left the opening.
  • Even the casualty sentence was rewritten.
  • The opening sentence was rewritten: today it describes the attacker as a right-wing extremist and no longer classifies the attack as terrorism.
  • The account of what the shooter posted before the attack was reworded.

Who made the cuts

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Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

How it opened then, and now

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2020 (revision 965067834):

mass shooting The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that took place on October 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshipped in the building, was attacked during Shabbat morning services . The shooter killed eleven people and wounded six. It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States . Robert Gregory Bowers, 46 years old, was arrested at the scene and charged as the suspect with 63 federal crimes, some of which are capital crimes . He has pleaded not guilty. He separately f…

2026 (revision 1367018189):

2018 mass shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S. On October 27, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshiped in the building, was attacked during Shabbat morning services . The perpetrator, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers, killed eleven people and wounded six, in the deadliest attack on a local Jewish community in American history. After being shot multiple times by police, Bowers was arrested at the scene. Bowers had earlier posted antisemitic comments against HIAS (formerly, Hebrew Immigran…

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