Did Wikipedia remove the word "terror" from the Metzer article?

Yes. "terror" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 10. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2010 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Metzer article stop using the word "terror"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-01.

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Metzer

Metzer is a kibbutz where, in November 2002, a Palestinian terrorist killed five residents. Through 2015 the opening said, "In November 2002, a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people including a mother and her two sons." Today the opening carries only population and jurisdiction data, though terror survives ten times in the body. A reader who stops at the opening today does not learn that this attack happened at all.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 10.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Metzer ( , lit.¹ Border) is a kibbutz in the Israeli Arab -dominated Triangle area near the Green Line in northern Israel .² The kibbutz was founded on 8 September 1953 by immigrants from Argentina . In November 2002, a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people including a mother and her two sons. The perpetrator was killed a year later by the Yamam .³

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Today

“terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 10. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2005	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
terror	0	1	1	0	0	0

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1. Removed: “Metzer ( , lit.” In the article until October 6, 2023 (rev), gone by 2025 (rev).

The literal Hebrew translation of the name Metzer ('border') was dropped from the opening's parenthetical.

2. Removed: “Border) is a kibbutz in the Israeli Arab -dominated Triangle area near…” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

A description locating Metzer within the Israeli Arab-dominated Triangle area was removed.

3. Removed 3 sentences: “…. In November 2002, a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people…” In the article until 2015 (rev), gone by 2020 (rev).

The account of the November 2002 attack, in which a Palestinian terrorist murdered five residents including a mother and her two sons, was removed from the opening entirely.

Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.

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