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-Relays MAY delete or stop publishing any referenced events that have an identical `pubkey` as the deletion request.  Clients may hide or otherwise indicate a deletion status for referenced events.
+Relays SHOULD delete or stop publishing any referenced events that have an identical `pubkey` as the deletion request.  Clients SHOULD hide or otherwise indicate a deletion status for referenced events.
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+Relays SHOULD continue to publish/share the deletion events indefinitely, as clients may already have the event that's intended to be deleted. Additionally, clients SHOULD broadcast deletion events to other relays which don't have it.
 
 ## Client Usage