Update purge_history_api.rst

clarify that `purge_history` will not purge state
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@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
By default, events sent by local users are not deleted, as they may represent
the only copies of this content in existence. (Events sent by remote users are
deleted, and room state data before the cutoff is always removed).
deleted.)
To delete local events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body:
Room state data (such as joins, leaves, topic) is always preserved.
To delete local message events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body:
.. code:: json