Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french-jewish lawyer and statesman”. Today it says “french-jewish lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice under the second republic”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “19th-century French lawyer and politician Isaac-Jacob”. It now reads “French lawyer and politician Isaac-Jacob”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Adolphe Crémieux ( French: [adɔlf kʁemjø] ; 30 April 1796 – 10 February 1880) was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice under the Second Republic (1848) and Government of National Defense (1870–1871). Raised Jewish, he served as president of the Alliance Israélite Universelle (1863–67; 1868–80), secured French citizenship for Algerian Jews under French rule through the Crémieux Decree (1870), and was a staunch defender of the rights of the Jews of France . "Isaac-Jacob Adolphe Crémieux, Avocat, homme politique, président du Consistoire central et de l'Alliance israélite universelle" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Isaac-Jacob Adolphe Crémieux ( ; 30 April 1796 – 10 February 1880) was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice under the Second Republic (1848) and Government of National Defense (1870–1871).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
19th-century French lawyer and politician Isaac-Jacob Adolphe Crémieux ( ; 30 April 1796 – 10 February 1880) was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice under the Second Republic (1848) and Government of National Defense (1870–1871). Raised Jewish, he served as president of the Alliance Israélite Universelle (1863–67; 1868–80), secured French citizenship for Algerian Jews under French rule through the Crémieux Decree (1870), and was a staunch defender of the rights of the Jews of France ."Isaac-Jacob Adolphe Crémieux, Avocat, homme politique, président du Consistoire central et de l'Alliance israélite universelle" .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french-jewish lawyer and statesman”. Today it says “french-jewish lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice under the second republic”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “19th-century French lawyer and politician Isaac-Jacob”. It now reads “French lawyer and politician Isaac-Jacob”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
french-jewish lawyer and statesman
Now
french-jewish lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice under the second republic
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