Stephen Pollard: what Wikipedia removed
Stephen Pollard is the British journalist who edited The Jewish Chronicle from 2008 to 2021. Through 2010 the opening said he was a former Chairman of The European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. Today the opening covers only his authorship and his editorship of the Jewish Chronicle, though antisemitism survives once in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn that he once chaired an institute devoted to studying antisemitism.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| jihad | 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”- The opening’s earlier phrasing of his birth date and description, since revised.
- His chairmanship of the European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 363835988):
For the English cricketer (born 1971), see Stephen Pollard (cricketer) . Stephen Pollard (born c1965) is a British author and journalist , currently editor of The Jewish Chronicle . He is a former Chairman of The European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and a former president of the Centre for the New Europe , a free-market think tank based in Brussels . He has written columns for several publications including The Times and the Daily Mail and maintains a lively blog. He is an alumnus of John Lyon School and Mansfield College, Oxford . Pollard is an advocate of market-based based public service reforms. He is also a frequent commentator on Israel , and a critic of Jihadi…
2025 (revision 1290821791):
British author, journalist, editor and right-wing commentator For the English cricketer (born 1971), see Stephen Pollard (cricketer) . Stephen Pollard (born 18 December 1964) is a British author and journalist. From 2008 until December 2021, he was the editor of The Jewish Chronicle and remains a senior advisor and writer on the paper.
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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