Did Wikipedia remove the word "refugee" from the Giorgio Giacomelli article?

Yes. "refugee" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 4 moments between 2015 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Giorgio Giacomelli article stop using the word "refugee"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2015. 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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Giorgio Giacomelli

The word “refugee” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “refugee” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.

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The opening as it read in 2015

Giorgio Giacomelli (born 25 January 1930, Milan ) is an Italian diplomat who represented Italy as ambassador to Somalia and Syria and was UNRWA 's Commissioner-General from 1985 to 1991.¹ Giacomelli was the Italian Ambassador to Somalia from 1973 to 1976 and Ambassador to Syria from 1976 to 1980. In 1981 he became Director-General for Emigration and Social Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , and then, until October 1985, Director–General of the Department of Cooperation and Development. From 1985 to 1991 he was Commissioner-General of UNWRA. Giacomelli left UNRWA when he was appointed by UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar to become head of the UN's anti-drug campaign.²

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“refugee” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.

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