Destructive Edit: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 19:23, 5 November 2015
The term "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.
