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MSC2175: Remove the creator field from m.room.create events #2175

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Proposal to remove the `creator` field
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Don't redact `creator`.
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# MSC2175: Remove the `creator` field from `m.room.create` events
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[`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.
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I think that by "removed", we mean: "replaced with the sender of the m.room.create event".

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#3832


`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.