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In the event a guideline becomes obsolete, it will be is clearly marked as deprecated at the top of the guideline.  , and the label "deprecated" is added to the page. If the guideline has been superseded, the superseding guideline(s) guidelines are listed in the deprecation message.   Additionally, the guideline are labeled as "deprecated", and the date of deprecation and current publication cycle is are displayed in the deprecation message.  For instance The deprecation message should use the format in the following example (if it has not been superseded by another guideline, some text will look different):

 When When a guideline has been is deprecated, it will remain remains available until the next major release, at which point it will be is moved to the VOID section.   This allows the community and tool vendors time to react to the changing guidelines in the Wiki.

When moving a guideline to the VOID section, you:

• Add the void label
• Prefix the title with "VOID" but keep the SEI CERT guideline ID and the rest of the original title (e.g., the new title becomes "VOID INT02-C. Understand integer conversion rules").
• If a guideline ID (e.g., "INT02-C" in the example above) has already been voided, add the number of the latest voiding after the word "VOID" in the title (e.g., for the third voiding, the new title becomes "VOID #3 INT02-C. Understand integer conversion rules").
• Remove the existing section label (so if the guideline is in Environment, you would remove the env label)
• Add the void label

Use the Move command, which is available at the top

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right of the page in the Page View mode.
Revise the 'Deprecated' note so it instead says 'Void', and add the date the rule became void. Below is an example:

 Deprecated or voided guideline IDs should not be re-used for a different guideline.

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