Abu Daoud was the Palestinian planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre, the 1972 killing of Israeli Olympic athletes. Through October 2023 the opening called him a 'Palestinian terrorist, teacher and lawyer.' Today the opening calls him a 'Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer,' with terrorist gone from the opening though the word survives 10 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns he was a militant, not that Wikipedia once called the mastermind of the Munich massacre a terrorist outright.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 10.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Palestinian terrorist, teacher and lawyer (1937–2010) Mohammad Daoud Oudeh ( ), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud ( ) (1937 – 3 July 2010) was a Palestinian terrorist, teacher and lawyer known as the planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre .1 He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah 's armed units in Lebanon and Jordan .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Mohammad Oudeh ( ), commonly known as Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud ( ), is a Palestinian politician and militia commander in Fatah and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah's armed units, including in Lebanon and Jordan . He planned the 1972 Munich massacre .
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Mohammad Daoud Oudeh ( ), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud ( ) 1937, – 3 July 2010) was a Palestinian known as the planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre . He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah 's armed units in Lebanon and Jordan .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer (1937–2010) Mohammad Daoud Oudeh ( Arabic : محمد داود عودة , 1937 – 3 July 2010), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud ( Arabic : أبو داود ), was a Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer known as the planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre . He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah 's armed units in Lebanon and Jordan .
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Today
“terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 10. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2010, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
palestinian politician and militia commander in fatah and the palestinian liberation organization
Now
palestinian militant
Where the word went
It left the opening. It did not leave the article. Wikipedia moved it down the page, where a reader arriving from a search result will not reach it.
“terror” was in the opening on October 6, 2023. Today 4 remain, 100% of the way down the article.
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