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Joseph Lyons (caterer)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of j”. Today it says “english entrepreneur and pioneer of mass catering”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Sir Joseph Lyons DL, in a photograph published in 1914, wearing the uniform of Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London Sir”. It now reads “English entrepreneur Sir Joseph Lyons DL, in a photograph published in 1914, wearing the uniform of Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London Sir”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Joseph Lyons in the uniform of Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London .1 Lyons and Co. , a restaurant chain, food manufacturing and hotel conglomerate created in 1884 that dominated British mass-catering in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of j”. Today it says “english entrepreneur and pioneer of mass catering”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Sir Joseph Lyons DL, in a photograph published in 1914, wearing the uniform of Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London Sir”. It now reads “English entrepreneur Sir Joseph Lyons DL, in a photograph published in 1914, wearing the uniform of Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London Sir”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
chairman of j
Now
english entrepreneur and pioneer of mass catering
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