[OSM-newbies] History lost following certain actions

[Bob Hawkins]

I note that in certain situations the previous history of an element is lost.  For example, I split a way in order to add different maximum speeds.  Now I become the originator of those split ways and what previous history that existed is lost.  I understand that I have, in essence, created new ways by splitting, yet all other attributes and history of the original way are unaffected.  Is it not possible to identify that such new ways are not wholly new data (even though the Versions are given as 1) so that users are properly informed?  Even better would be that the previous history is archived for reference in some way.
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