Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Khanlar Mosque article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "located in baku". Today it says "former mosque and historical architectural monument". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 3 moments between 2025 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Khanlar Mosque article stop using the word ""?

The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. 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.

How can I verify what Wikipedia's Khanlar Mosque article used to say?

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Khanlar Mosque

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “located in baku”. Today it says “former mosque and historical architectural monument”.

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 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “located in baku”. Today it says “former mosque and historical architectural monument”.

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The opening as it read in 2025

Khanlar Mosque ( Azerbaijani : Xanlar məscidi ) is a former mosque and historical architectural monument, located on Firdousy Street, in the Old City of Baku , Azerbaijan . Completed at the end of the 19th century, the former mosque was designated as a nationally significant immovable historical and cultural monument by the decision No. 132 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on August 2, 2001. After the Soviet occupation , the mosque ceased its religious activities and is currently used as a residential building.

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1264953872.

Today

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “located in baku”. Today it says “former mosque and historical architectural monument”. Read the current article and compare.

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	2020	Oct '23	2025

What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

located in baku

Now

former mosque and historical architectural monument

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