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Q: Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Midreshet Ben-Gurion article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "educational seminary and institute". Today it says "community settlement and an educational center in southern israel". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

The opening as it read in 2005

Midreshet Sde-Boker is an educational seminary and institute, also with a complex of schools for children in nearby isolated towns, near the kibbutz Sde-Boker in the Negev desert of Israel . Both the kibbutz and the Midreshet were inspired and guided by David Ben-Gurion , Israel's founding prime minister who had a vision of building a thriving Jewish culture in the previously arid Negev: "Many institutions are consolidated at Sde Boker under the double sign of the desert and of the cultural heritage of Ben Gurion. An Arid Zones Research Institute is entrusted with promoting models for the development of the desert.¹ The Ben Gurion Institute , which is charged with the study and the dissemination of his writings, offers visitors a multi-media program about the man and his work.² The Environmental Center includes a college and a high school where the curriculum emphasizes a concern for the environment." [1] Ben-Gurion carefully chose the exact spot at Midreshet Sde-Boker where he and his wife were to be buried overlooking a wide valley. Both David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion are buried side by side in the library grounds of the Midreshet that he chose for them.³

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The opening as it stood in 2010 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Place in Southern, Israel Midreshet Ben-Gurion ( ), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker , is a communal settlement in southern Israel . Located near Sde Boker in the Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council . In 2008 it had a population of 1,100. Building at the site began in 1962, with the first residents moving in in 1963. It was initially a field school , and was inspired and guided by David Ben-Gurion 's vision of building a thriving Jewish culture in the arid Negev. Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion are buried on the cliff overlooking the Zin valley. The village evolved into an educational centre and as well as the field school, now hosts the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (part of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ); the Ben Gurion Heritage Institute , which is charged with the study and the dissemination of his writings and offers visitors a multi-media program about the man and his work; as well as a high school where the curriculum emphasizes environmental studies.

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The opening as it stood in 2015 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Place in Southern, Israel Midreshet Ben-Gurion ( ), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker , is an educational center and boarding school in Sde Boker in the Negev in southern Israel . It falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Place in Southern, Israel Midreshet Ben-Gurion ( ), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker , is an educational center and boarding school in southern Israel . Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 1,570. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Educational center in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel Midreshet Ben-Gurion ( ), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker , is an educational center and boarding school in southern Israel . Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 1,570. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Educational center in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel Midreshet Ben-Gurion ( Hebrew : מִדְרֶשֶׁת בֶּן גּוּרְיוֹן ), also known as Midreshet Sde Boker , is a community settlement and an educational center in southern Israel . Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 1,570. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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