Again, before I took over a registrar any course that had replaced was no longer Active. This concept was discussed and decided this wasn't correct in many cases as the old course was still usable, hence this has become a problem.
Jim's suggestion doesn't follow KISS! If we took replace off the Certificate, then what happens to all those course that were identified as replaced? We need to define replace as to what it really implies.
Do we use the old policy and remove a course if replace was used?
Do we follow the present policy and keep it Active unless told it's unusable?
Do we keep it on the certificate and add a second box that's marked unusable(this would allow the registrar to deem the course as not Active)?
Is it OK for someone to state why a course is unusable and not have a reason stated?
There are many questions and I for one don't have an answer.