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Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british banker and zoologist from the international rothschild financial dynasty”. Today it says “british banker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British politician Lionel”. It now reads “British banker and zoologist (1868–1937) Lionel”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild Bt FRS (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937), a scion of the Rothschild family , was a British banker, politician, and zoologist .1 Attention: This template ( ) is deprecated.2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british banker and zoologist from the international rothschild financial dynasty”. Today it says “british banker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British politician Lionel”. It now reads “British banker and zoologist (1868–1937) Lionel”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
british banker and zoologist from the international rothschild financial dynasty
Now
british banker
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