stronger wording for relay deletion behavior

- change "MAY" to "SHOULD" for removing referenced events
- suggest indefinite retention for deletion events on relays
- include recommendation for clients to rebroadcast deletion events to relays
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khimaros 2022-11-14 09:02:07 -08:00 committed by fiatjaf
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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.
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