Shatila refugee camp: what Wikipedia removed
Shatila is a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, set up in 1949 and now home to thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees. Through 2010 the opening said the camp “is most widely known as the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982.” Today the opening carries no mention of the massacre at all, though massacre survives 4 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns the camp’s population and refugee statistics, and not the event the camp is most known for.
The word “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| massacre | 1 | 0 | 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”- Geographic coordinates for the camp, dropped from the opening infobox.
- The statement that the camp is most widely known as the site of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 366778495):
33°51′46.26″N 35°29′54.17″E / 33.8628500°N 35.4983806°E / 33.8628500; 35.4983806 Shatila camp, 2006 The Shatila refugee camp ( Template:Lang-ar ) (also Chatila refugee camp ) is a long-term refugee camp for Palestinian refugees , set up by UNRWA in 1949 . The camp is located within the Lebanese capital Beirut . As of December 2003, it housed 12,235 registered refugees. [1] It is most widely known as the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982, but also played a significant role in the 1982 Lebanon war and the 1985 to 1987 war of the camps .
2025 (revision 1276018979):
Palestinian settlement in Beirut, Lebanon Shatila in 2019 Shatila in 2003 The Shatila refugee camp ( Arabic : مخيم شاتيلا ), also known as the Chatila refugee camp , is a settlement originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut , Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War , the refugee camp has received a large number of Syrian refugees . In 2014, the camp’s population was estimated to be between 10,000 and 22,000. ^ “Lebanon - Camp Profiles - Shatila” . UNRWA . Archived from the original on 1 August 2016 . Retrieved 1 January 2014 . ^ “Syrian refugees fear permanent exile in Lebanon’s ca…
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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