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I think your incorrect in what they are doing with the diode.
Using the diode, they are energizing the park light, off the headlight power, and using the diode to keep from powering the headlights, in the Park position.
Either way you do this, you still have park only or headlights on with...
The end result is the same. The way you get it, is different. Adding the diode, you add an electrical component(that can fail) to get the same result as just using a jumper wire that gets you the same end result.
The choice is yours, how you want to modify your system. I prefer simplicity...