Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Michal Cotler-Wunsh article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "israeli politician". Today it says "israeli public figure". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 3 moments between 2020 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Michal Cotler-Wunsh 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 Michal Cotler-Wunsh article used to say?

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Michal Cotler-Wunsh

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician”. Today it says “israeli public figure”.

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 “israeli politician”. Today it says “israeli public figure”.

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The opening as it read in 2020

Michal Cotler-Wunsch ( , born 18 December 1970) is an Israeli politician.¹ She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Blue and White alliance.²

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 963899885.

Today

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician”. Today it says “israeli public figure”. 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.
	2020	Oct '23	2025
antisemitism	0	0	2

What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

israeli politician

Now

israeli public figure

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