->>> This is an annoying example (hence well worth having :) ). I think the indirect influence list must contain 'foo' and all currently matching pages. `created_before(foo)` will not match
->>> a deleted page, and so the base mechanism would not cause a rebuild. The removal problem strikes. -- [[Will]]
+>>> This is an annoying example (hence well worth having :) ). I think the
+>>> indirect influence list must contain 'foo' and all currently matching
+>>> pages. `created_before(foo)` will not match
+>>> a deleted page, and so the base mechanism would not cause a rebuild. The
+>>> removal problem strikes. -- [[Will]]
+
+>>>> But `created_before` can in fact match a deleted page. Because the mtime
+>>>> of a deleted page is temporarily set to 0 while the base mechanism runs to
+>>>> find changes in deleted pages. (I verified this works by experiment,
+>>>> also that `created_after` is triggered by a deleted page.) --[[Joey]]