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live without an audit, thus preventing dead links and redirection issues when
corrected
- Leave exactly one newline after a heading
+- Generally, avoid removing headings that are no longer relevant to the
+ documentation in order to preserve links. If a change makes more sense than
+ carrying a wrong heading in the documentation forever, discuss the change with
+ the tech writing team and apply it.
## Links