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<p>The redact API can only be called on deleted objects.</p>
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<p>Note that this is not accurate - the redact API can be called on any version of any object, so long as it is not the latest version.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-website/blob/6c0501d62a72fe217c522bcbf0017926c7e30fd6/lib/redactable.rb#L14-L21">https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-website/blob/6c0501d62a72fe217c522bcbf0017926c7e30fd6/lib/redactable.rb#L14-L21</a></p>
<p>I'm sure that in most day-to-day cases the object is also deleted when the old versions are redacted, but for example during the licence change we redacted old versions of still-visible objects.</p>
<p>I thought I should clarify here in case it causes confusion in the future.</p>

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