Did Wikipedia remove the word "indigenous" from the Israel Tal article?

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When did the Israel Tal article stop using the word "indigenous"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It appears nowhere in the article today, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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The opening as it read in 2005

Israel Tal (b. 1924 ) is an Israel Defense Force general known for his knowledge of tank warfare .¹ Tal was a brilliant armor tactician and as an armored-division commander he implented his tactics very successfully and achieved great victories. Tal was armored-division commander during the Sinai War , the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War in the southern front of Sinai Peninsula . The Israeli government decided in 1970 that it needed an indigenous tank-building capacity. General Israel Tal led a development team which took into consideration Israel's unique battlefield characteristics and lessons learned from previous wars, and began the development and building of Israel's Merkava tank . Israel Tal is considered among the five greatest armor commanders in history and his picture appears in Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor "Wall of Greatest Armor Commanders" along with Moshe Peled (also Israeli ), American George S. Patton and Creighton Abrams and German field-marshal Erwin Rommel .²

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The opening as it stood in 2010 6 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Israel Tal ( ) (born 1924), also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), is an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare .

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The opening as it stood in 2015

Israel Tal ( , September 13, 1924, – September 8, 2010 also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Israel Tal ( , September 13, 1924, – September 8, 2010 ), also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank . "Tal's official CV on the IDF's Armoured Corps commemoration site (in Hebrew)" . : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) "Father of Merkava tank dies at 86 - Israel News, Ynetnews" .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Israeli general (1924–2010) Israel Tal ( Hebrew : ישראל טל ; 13 September 1924 – 8 September 2010 ), also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank . "Tal's official CV on the IDF's Armoured Corps commemoration site (in Hebrew)" . : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) Senyor, Eli (1995-06-20).

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