When did the Al-Rihaniyya article stop using the word ""?

The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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Q: Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Al-Rihaniyya article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "palestinian arab village in the district of haifa". Today it says "bout the palestinian village depopulated in 1948". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2025 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of haifa”. Today it says “bout the palestinian village depopulated in 1948”.

Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.

Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of haifa”. Today it says “bout the palestinian village depopulated in 1948”.

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The opening as it read in 2025

Arab village in Haifa subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine This article is about the Palestinian village depopulated in 1948. Place in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Al-Rihaniyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict . It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 30 April 1948 as part of the battle of Mishmar HaEmek . It was located 25 km southeast of Haifa and 3 km northwest of Wadi al-Mileh. Gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known".

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Today

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of haifa”. Today it says “bout the palestinian village depopulated in 1948”. Read the current article and compare.

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Then

palestinian arab village in the district of haifa

Now

bout the palestinian village depopulated in 1948

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