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From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:13:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MSC2175: Remove the `creator` field from `m.room.create`
 events (#2175)

Fixes #1193
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+# MSC2175: Remove the `creator` field from `m.room.create` events
+
+[`m.room.create`](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.5.0#m-room-create)
+events have a mandatory `creator` property giving the ID of the user who
+created the room. This field is redundant as it is always identical to the
+`sender` of the create event.
+
+This MSC proposes that, in a future room version, this field should be removed
+and that the `sender` field be used instead.
+
+Note that `creator` is mentioned in the [auth
+rules](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/rooms/v1#authorization-rules). It can
+safely be removed.
+
+`creator` is also mentioned as a key to be preserved during [Event
+redaction](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.5.0#redactions). It
+should be removed from that list.