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summary: v2 redact event layout
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created: 2015-05-21 11:48:13.0
creator: neb
description: |-
  Submitted by @kegan:matrix.org
  v1 has the redacts key at the top level of the event. Is this really necessary? Given nearly every other event doesn't do this, it would be great to move it to content.redacts instead.
id: '11544'
key: SPEC-164
number: '164'
priority: '2'
project: '10001'
reporter: neb
status: '10100'
type: '1'
updated: 2016-10-28 16:27:19.0
votes: '0'
watches: '2'
workflowId: '11645'
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actions:
- author: richvdh
  body: 'Migrated to github: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/502'
  created: 2016-10-28 16:27:19.0
  id: '13310'
  issue: '11544'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-10-28 16:27:19.0