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Revision as of 18:37, 5 November 2015
A "destructive edit" refers to an edit that cannot easily be undone and that involves loss of (possibly good) data.
While merges and deletions are both destructive, merges are considered less destructive. The general rule is Merge_Rather_Than_Delete, because merges redirect MBIDs rather than destroy them.
