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     candidate, a pull request should be drafted (either by editors or by the
     party requesting the candidate registration) to register the candidate. The
     registry editors will review and merge the pull request.
+5. Existing entries cannot be deleted or deprecated. They may be changed after
+    being published through the same process as candidate entries. Possible
+    changes include expansion of the codec string to better qualify the codec,
+    adjustments to the codec name string, and modification of the link to the
+    public specification.
+
 
 Audio Codec Registry {#audio-codec-registry}
 ============================================