Rachid Ramda: what Wikipedia removed
Rachid Ramda is an Algerian man convicted by French courts of being the mastermind behind the 1995 bombing campaign against the Paris public transport system. Through 2020 the opening said he “has been convicted by the French justice system of being the mastermind behind the 1995 terror bombings in French public transportation systems.” Today’s opening calls it only “the 1995 bombings against French public transportation systems,” dropping terror from the opening, though the word survives 11 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that the opening once specifically named these as terror bombings when describing his conviction as their mastermind.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 11. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 clause calling the 1995 Paris transit bombings ‘terror bombings’ when describing Ramda’s conviction as mastermind is gone from the opening.
- His denial of the charges survives today, condensed to ‘He has denied his involvement.‘
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 360579498):
Rachid Ramda (born 29 September 1969 , El Ogla , also known as “Abou Farès”) has been convicted by the French justice system of being the mastermind behind the 1995 terror bombings in French public transportation systems. He has denied these accusations. ^ «La révolution était une obligation religieuse» , interview with Rachid Ramda published in Libération on 1 Octoberst, 2007 read here Template:Fr icon
2025 (revision 1170453430):
Rachid Ramda (born ( 1969-09-29 ) September 29, 1969, El Ogla , also known as “Abou Farès”) is an Algerian man convicted of the 1995 bombings against French public transportation systems. He has denied his involvement. ^ «La révolution était une obligation religieuse» , interview with Rachid Ramda published in Libération on 1 Octoberst, 2007 read here (in French)
Related
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- 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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