Wikipedia's first sentence called it “editor of the jewish encyclopedia and founder of the american league for the rights of man”. Today it says “austrian -born american encyclopedist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American encyclopedia editor and political activist (1859–1939)”. It now reads “American editor and activist (1859–1939)”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Isidore Singer (1859, Hranice (Přerov District) , Moravia - d. 1939, New York City ) was an editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man .1Singer studied at the Universities of Vienna and Berlin , receiving his Ph.D. in 1884. He became literary secretary to the French ambassador in Vienna . From 1887, he worked in Paris in the press bureau of the French foreign office and was active in the campaign on behalf of Alfred Dreyfus . Singer moved to New York City in 1895 where he raised the money for the Jewish Encyclopedia he had envisioned and subsequently edited the twelve-volume work (1901–1906) himself.2
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Isidore Singer (10 November 1859, Hranice (Přerov District) , Moravia , Austria – 1939, New York City ) was an editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 1939) was an editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American encyclopedia editor and political activist (1859–1939) Not to be confused with Isadore Singer .Isidore Singer Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an American encyclopedist and editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American editor and activist (1859–1939) Not to be confused with Isadore Singer . Isidore Singer Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an Austrian -born American encyclopedist and editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “editor of the jewish encyclopedia and founder of the american league for the rights of man”. Today it says “austrian -born american encyclopedist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American encyclopedia editor and political activist (1859–1939)”. It now reads “American editor and activist (1859–1939)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
editor of the jewish encyclopedia and founder of the american league for the rights of man
Now
austrian -born american encyclopedist
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