Removing modules from Drupal.org

[James Benstead]

I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.

I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the projects removed from Drupal.org?

[Cameron Eagans]

You cannot delete content on Drupal.org. I'd say just add a note to the project page saying that the project page is available, and that anyone who wants it can have it.

On Apr 16, 2012 7:36 PM, "James Benstead" <james.benstead@...> wrote:

I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.

I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the projects removed from Drupal.org?

[Robin Monks-3]

I believe it is possible to delete project nodes; is there some other technical reason they aren't deleted I am unaware of?

/Robin

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Cameron Eagans <cweagans@...> wrote:

You cannot delete content on Drupal.org. I'd say just add a note to the project page saying that the project page is available, and that anyone who wants it can have it.

On Apr 16, 2012 7:36 PM, "James Benstead" <james.benstead@...> wrote:

I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.

I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the projects removed from Drupal.org?

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Drupal Association Individual Member

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[Steve Ringwood]

I thought they could be deleted if there are no releases or downloads.  I would post an issue in the webmasters queue: http://drupal.org/project/issues/webmasters

On 4/16/2012 10:21 PM, Robin Monks wrote:

I believe it is possible to delete project nodes; is there some other technical reason they aren't deleted I am unaware of?

/Robin

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Cameron Eagans <cweagans@...> wrote:

You cannot delete content on Drupal.org. I'd say just add a note to the project page saying that the project page is available, and that anyone who wants it can have it.

On Apr 16, 2012 7:36 PM, "James Benstead" <james.benstead@...> wrote:

I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.

I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the projects removed from Drupal.org?

--

R♂bin Monks

President, Podhurl Inc.

Drupal Association Individual Member

603.236.7357

Live in such a way that those who know you but don't know God, will come to know God because they know you.

[Scott Reynen-3]

Projects with code aren't generally deleted for community reasons more
than technical reasons. Deleted projects leave interested people with
nowhere to contribute.

As the projects mentioned here don't have any code in them, they can
probably be deleted, or maybe just unpublished. The way to do that is to
open an issue in the webmasters queue:

http://drupal.org/project/webmasters

--
Scott Reynen
Sliced Bread Labs


On 4/16/12 9:21 PM, Robin Monks wrote:

> I believe it is possible to delete project nodes; is there some other
> technical reason they /aren't/ deleted I am unaware of?
>
> /Robin
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Cameron Eagans <cweagans@...
> <mailto:cweagans@...>> wrote:
>
>     You cannot delete content on Drupal.org. I'd say just add a note to
>     the project page saying that the project page is available, and that
>     anyone who wants it can have it.
>
>     On Apr 16, 2012 7:36 PM, "James Benstead" <james.benstead@...
>     <mailto:james.benstead@...>> wrote:
>
>         I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and
>         immediately reserved the namespace for them at
>         http://drupal.org/project/ariel and
>         http://drupal.org/project/caliban.
>
>         I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't
>         have the time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I
>         got about getting the projects removed from Drupal.org?
>
>
>
>
> --
> *R♂bin Monks <http://robinmonks.com>*
> President, Podhurl Inc. <http://podhurl.us>
> Drupal Association Individual Member
> 603.236.7357
>
> Live in such a way that those who know you but don't know God, will come
> to know God because they know you.
>

[Earnie]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:36 PM, James Benstead
<james.benstead@...> wrote:
> I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately
> reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel
> and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.
>
> I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the
> time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the
> projects removed from Drupal.org?

In the edit tab you can set Vocabularies "Unsupported" and "Obsolete".
 Also remove any Module Categories you may have set.

--
Earnie
-- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd

[Tolga-4]

You could also file an issue at webmasters queue, as stated before by
Scott Reynen.

On 4/17/12 3:44 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:36 PM, James Benstead
> <james.benstead@...>  wrote:
>> I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately
>> reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel
>> and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.
>>
>> I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the
>> time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the
>> projects removed from Drupal.org?
> In the edit tab you can set Vocabularies "Unsupported" and "Obsolete".
>   Also remove any Module Categories you may have set.
>

[Robin Monks]

Hi James,

  Both projects have now been removed:

Issue Screenshot? has been deleted.

Issue Kill project has been deleted.

Git repository enqueued for deletion.

Project Ariel has been deleted.

Git repository enqueued for deletion.

Project Caliban has been deleted.

•   Thanks for releasing the names back; and best of luck with your projects in future.

/Robin

-- 
Robin Monks
Developer of spiffy things.

http://robinmonks.com

On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 10:17 AM, James Benstead wrote:

Thanks Robin - yes, please delete those projects.

On 17 April 2012 14:12, Robin Monks <devlinks@...> wrote:

Hi James,

  I just need a final confirmation you want these projects deleted, and I'll proceed with the deletion for you.

Thanks,

/Robin

-- 
Robin Monks
Developer of spiffy things.

http://robinmonks.com

On Monday, 16 April, 2012 at 10:36 PM, James Benstead wrote:

I have two ideas for Drupal modules a couple of years ago and immediately reserved the namespace for them at http://drupal.org/project/ariel and http://drupal.org/project/caliban.

I've only just been reminded of these projects, and I now don't have the time to develop the ideas or write the code. How can I got about getting the projects removed from Drupal.org?

[Joel Farris]

Oh, so we don't *need* to use the webmaster's issue queue after all. ;)
--
Joel Farris
Transparatech.com
"There are no mysteries here."


On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Robin Monks wrote:

> Hi James,
>
>   Both projects have now been removed:
> •
>> • Issue Screenshot? has been deleted.
>> • Issue Kill project has been deleted.
>> • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>> • Project Ariel has been deleted.
>> • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>> • Project Caliban has been deleted.
> •   Thanks for releasing the names back; and best of luck with your projects in future.
> /Robin
>
> --
> Robin Monks
> Developer of spiffy things.
> http://robinmonks.com
>
>> On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 10:17 AM, James Benstead wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Robin - yes, please delete those projects.
>>
>>
>>> On 17 April 2012 14:12, Robin Monks <devlinks@...> wrote:
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>>   I just need a final confirmation you want these projects deleted, and I'll proceed with the deletion for you.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /Robin

[Cameron Eagans]

Incorrect. You DO need to use the webmaster queue. Somebody did this outside of the normal process. We also normally don't delete content from Drupal.org, instead preferring to unpublish it or assign it to Abandoned Modules so that somebody else can inherit it.
--
Cameron Eagans
http://cweagans.net

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:37, Joel Farris <joel@...> wrote:

Oh, so we don't *need* to use the webmaster's issue queue after all. ;)
--
Joel Farris
Transparatech.com
"There are no mysteries here."


On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Robin Monks wrote:

> Hi James,
>
>   Both projects have now been removed:
>       •
>>      • Issue Screenshot? has been deleted.
>>      • Issue Kill project has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Ariel has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Caliban has been deleted.
>       •   Thanks for releasing the names back; and best of luck with your projects in future.
> /Robin
>
> --
> Robin Monks
> Developer of spiffy things.
> http://robinmonks.com
>
>> On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 10:17 AM, James Benstead wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Robin - yes, please delete those projects.
>>
>>
>>> On 17 April 2012 14:12, Robin Monks <devlinks@...> wrote:
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>>   I just need a final confirmation you want these projects deleted, and I'll proceed with the deletion for you.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /Robin

[Greg Knaddison-4]

Well...

http://drupal.org/node/1536822

Cheers,

Greg

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Joel Farris <joel@...> wrote:

Oh, so we don't *need* to use the webmaster's issue queue after all. ;)
--
Joel Farris
Transparatech.com
"There are no mysteries here."

On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Robin Monks wrote:

> Hi James,
>
>   Both projects have now been removed:
>       •
>>      • Issue Screenshot? has been deleted.
>>      • Issue Kill project has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Ariel has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Caliban has been deleted.
>       •   Thanks for releasing the names back; and best of luck with your projects in future.
> /Robin
>
> --
> Robin Monks
> Developer of spiffy things.
> http://robinmonks.com
>
>> On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 10:17 AM, James Benstead wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Robin - yes, please delete those projects.
>>
>>
>>> On 17 April 2012 14:12, Robin Monks <devlinks@...> wrote:
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>>   I just need a final confirmation you want these projects deleted, and I'll proceed with the deletion for you.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /Robin

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[Robin Monks]

Yeah; I got a bit too helpful; apparently there is one care where there is a reason to the steps (namely preventing account spoofing). Although, I still don't see the argument in not deleted totally empty projects; which there are a decent amount of.  If there's code, sure, save it.  If it's empty, someone else can make a new project anyways so there's no loss.

/Robin

-- 
Robin Monks
Developer of spiffy things.

http://robinmonks.com

On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Greg Knaddison wrote:

Well...

http://drupal.org/node/1536822

Cheers,

Greg

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Joel Farris <joel@...> wrote:

Oh, so we don't *need* to use the webmaster's issue queue after all. ;)
--
Joel Farris
Transparatech.com
"There are no mysteries here."

On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Robin Monks wrote:

> Hi James,
>
>   Both projects have now been removed:
>       •
>>      • Issue Screenshot? has been deleted.
>>      • Issue Kill project has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Ariel has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Caliban has been deleted.
>       •   Thanks for releasing the names back; and best of luck with your projects in future.
> /Robin
>
> --
> Robin Monks
> Developer of spiffy things.
> http://robinmonks.com
>
>> On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 10:17 AM, James Benstead wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Robin - yes, please delete those projects.
>>
>>
>>> On 17 April 2012 14:12, Robin Monks <devlinks@...> wrote:
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>>   I just need a final confirmation you want these projects deleted, and I'll proceed with the deletion for you.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /Robin

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[Joel Willers]

In my mind, I just had a scenario play out wherein someone covets their project name, while their nemesis plots stealing it. Taking the name is an important first step for a project. I can see why the policy is in place.

Joel

From: development-bounces@... [mailto:development-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Robin Monks
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:38 PM
To: development@...
Subject: Re: [development] Removing modules from Drupal.org

Yeah; I got a bit too helpful; apparently there is one care where there is a reason to the steps (namely preventing account spoofing). Although, I still don't see the argument in not deleted totally empty projects; which there are a decent amount of.  If there's code, sure, save it.  If it's empty, someone else can make a new project anyways so there's no loss.

/Robin

-- 
Robin Monks
Developer of spiffy things.
http://robinmonks.com

On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Greg Knaddison wrote:
Well...

http://drupal.org/node/1536822

Cheers,
Greg
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Joel Farris <joel@...> wrote:

Oh, so we don't *need* to use the webmaster's issue queue after all. ;)
--
Joel Farris
Transparatech.com
"There are no mysteries here."


On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Robin Monks wrote:

> Hi James,
>
>   Both projects have now been removed:
>       •
>>      • Issue Screenshot? has been deleted.
>>      • Issue Kill project has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Ariel has been deleted.
>>      • Git repository enqueued for deletion.
>>      • Project Caliban has been deleted.
>       •   Thanks for releasing the names back; and best of luck with your projects in future.
> /Robin
>
> --
> Robin Monks
> Developer of spiffy things.
> http://robinmonks.com
>
>> On Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 at 10:17 AM, James Benstead wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Robin - yes, please delete those projects.
>>
>>
>>> On 17 April 2012 14:12, Robin Monks <devlinks@...> wrote:
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>>   I just need a final confirmation you want these projects deleted, and I'll proceed with the deletion for you.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /Robin

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[Derek Wright-2]

Note: if the project in question is a sandbox project, you're free to delete it yourself if it's empty or obsolete, without any intervention from the webmasters or infra team.  When you do this, the Git repo for the sandbox, and *all* related content (e.g. issues) will also be deleted.  The hope is that you're not going to delete a sandbox project that still has a bunch of useful issues.  In that case, the intention is that you're going to move those issues to a more appropriate queue first (e.g. back into the issue queue for the parent project).  See https://drupal.org/node/1077884 for more.

Cheers,
-Derek (dww)