[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="erics"
 ip="76.10.136.8"
 subject="comment 5"
 date="2014-06-03T17:49:10Z"
 content="""
> It doesn't seem to solve the original use case.

It doesn't?  The OP requested:

> I would like to hold onto this data if possible, but if you need the space, please delete it

It looks to me as though my suggestion does just that -- or am I misunderstanding what they asked for?
"""]]