JSI Tip 8807. Outdated Active Directory objects generate event ID 1988 in Windows Server 2003?

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 870695 contains:

On your Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, the following Error event is logged in the Directory Service event log:

Type: Error
Source: NTDS Replication
Category: Replication
Event ID: 1988
User: NT AUTHORITYANONYMOUS LOGON
Computer: Computer_name
Description:
The local domain controller has attempted to replicate the following object from the following source domain controller. This object is not present on the local domain controller because it may have been deleted and already garbage collected.

Source domain controller:
GUID-based_domain_controller_FQDN
Object:
object_distinguished_name
Object GUID:
object_GUID

Replication will not continue with the source domain controller until the situation has been resolved.