# DITA Best Practices : Reuse - Vasont error message when deleting elements from source topic

Created by Todd Stupnik, last modified on Sep 09, 2016

I've recently stumbled upon the following use case when reusing content and deleting elements that are used (via xref) in another (destination) topic.

Use Case

I created a change log entry in c11569056.

I’m reusing the <ul/> and <p/> elements in c11571393.

If I try to delete an element in the source concept (c1159056) (for example, the second <p/> element), I receive the following error:

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