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Alan Caillou
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “nom de plume of alan samuel lyle-smythe m”. Today it says “english-born author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British actor and writer”. It now reads “English actor and writer (1914–2006)”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Alan Caillou was the nom de plume of Alan Samuel Lyle-Smythe M.B.E., M.C.1 (9 November 1914 – 1 October 2006), an author, actor, screenwriter, soldier, policeman and professional hunter.2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “nom de plume of alan samuel lyle-smythe m”. Today it says “english-born author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British actor and writer”. It now reads “English actor and writer (1914–2006)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
nom de plume of alan samuel lyle-smythe m
Now
english-born author
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