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The link at a fixed vertex $v$ of an $r$-uniform hypergraph has vertex set $V(H)\setminus \{v\}$ and the displayed $(r-1)$-element hyperedges. For a universal countable uniform hypergraph, its link has the hypergraph extension property: include $v$ in the finite set of vertices and prescribe only those $r$-edges containing $v$, completing the remaining prescription arbitrarily. Thus the link is a universal countable $(r-1)$-uniform hypergraph. In particular the link at a fixed vertex in the three-uniform case is the Rado graph. This operation retains a specified vertex; deleting the maximum from every edge is a different operation.

Label the vertices of a universal countable uniform hypergraph by the natural numbers and remove the largest vertex of each hyperedge. The resulting $(r-1)$-uniform hypergraph is complete. For any prescribed $(r-1)$-set $F$, apply the hypergraph extension property to a finite initial segment containing $F$, prescribing that $F$ extend to an edge. The resulting vertex is larger than every member of $F$, so this deletion produces $F$. This supplies a useful example of a projection that destroys the nonedge information of a random structure.