Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american film and television screenwriter and producer”. Today it says “american filmmaker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American television producer”. It now reads “American filmmaker (born 1973)”.
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 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the October 6, 2023 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
He is best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise since 2009, co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci , and directing and co-writing The Mummy (2017). He made his directorial debut with People Like Us (2012), co-written by him, Orci, and Jody Lambert from a story by him.1 Kurtzman is known, alongside Orci, for frequently collaborating with Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams , as well as co-creating the more recent Star Trek shows, including Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Picard , and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .2
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1177805947.
The opening as it stood in 2010
Alex Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. Kurtzman was born and raised in Los Angeles , California , where he met his high school friend and long time collaborator Roberto Orci .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 371071651.
The opening as it stood in 2015 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Alex Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television writer , producer and director .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 667857810.
The opening as it stood in 2020
American television producer Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television writer, producer, and director.He is best known for executive producing the Star Trek franchise since 2009, co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci , and directing and co-writing The Mummy (2017).
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 961180340.
The opening as it stood in 2025
He is best known for co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) , Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci , and directing and co-writing The Mummy (2017). He made his directorial debut with People Like Us (2012), co-written alongside Orci and Jody Lambert. Kurtzman is known, alongside Orci, for frequently collaborating with Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams , as well as co-creating the TV series Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Picard , and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1284685804. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american film and television screenwriter and producer”. Today it says “american filmmaker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American television producer”. It now reads “American filmmaker (born 1973)”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
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
american film and television screenwriter and producer
Now
american filmmaker
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
