# edit (process)

to change a piece by adding parts or taking away parts

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: edit

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [add](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-add.operation), [take](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-take.acquisition), [away](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-away.spatial), [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion)

**Through:** The change process modifies a piece by using addition to incorporate parts or removal to separate them, altering its composition.

**Novel properties:**
- altered composition
- directed modification
- bounded part manipulation

## Examples
- Wikipedia editors removed the false claim that Barack Obama received a 102% approval rating in 2009. *(institutions)*
- Linus Torvalds merged a patch removing deprecated code from Linux kernel version 5.12 in 2021. *(computing)*
- The 1964 film 'Dr. Strangelove' was cut by 12 minutes after its London premiere due to audience feedback. *(art)*

## Used by
- [editor](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-editor.role) (L17)
- [reputation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reputation.social-model) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edit.process*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edit.process.json*  
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