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# System prepended metadata

title: Updating IRC/matrix communications options to the forum

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# Remove irc/matrix/google-groups

When removing older communications sections, use the following guidelines:

- Use the appropriate forum group if there is a group (except for core - use https://forum.ansible.com/tags/c/help/6/all/ansible-core instead).
- For [any tools](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/dev-tools/#included-packages) in the dev-tools package, use the dev-tools group.
- If there is no forum group, but you think there should be - open an issue in that project repo to suggest they ask for a forum group.
- Otherwise, use the appropriate tag. If a tag does not exist, create one.

## List of repos

As part of https://github.com/ansible-community/community-team/issues/554, this lists all the repos where this change needs to happen based on [this search string](https://github.com/search?q=%28%22freenode%22+OR++%22libera.chat%22+OR+%22groups.google%22%29+AND+%28+org%3Aansible+OR+org%3Aansible-community+OR+org%3Aansible-collections+OR+org%3Aansible-community+OR+org%3Aansible-network+OR+org%3Anetwork-automation+OR+org%3Aansible-security+%29&type=code&ref=advsearch):

(search string per repo is repo name plus ("freenode" OR  "libera.chat" OR "groups.google"))

- [ ] [ansible/ansible](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fansible%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-community/ara](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fara%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible/awx](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fawx%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible/molecule](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fmolecule+%28+%22freenode%22+OR+%22libera.chat%22+OR+%22groups.google%22%29&type=code) use dev-tools
- [ ] [ansible-community/molecule-plugins](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fmolecule-plugins%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use dev-tools
- [ ] [ansible-network/network-engine](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-network%2Fnetwork-engine%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/amazon.cloud](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Famazon.cloud%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/amazon.aws](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Famazon.aws+%28%22freenode%22+OR+%22libera.chat%22+OR+%22groups.google%22%29&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible/galaxy](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fgalaxy+%28%22freenode%22+OR+%22libera.chat%22+OR+%22groups.google%22%29&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-community/collection-bot](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fcollection_bot%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.vmware](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.vmware%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [x] [ansible-collections/community.network](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.network%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/cisco.ios](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcisco.ios%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-network/cli_rm_builder](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-network%2Fcli_rm_builder%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-network/ansible-zuul-jobs](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-network%2Fansible-zuul-jobs++%28%22freenode%22+OR+%22libera.chat%22+OR+%22groups.google%22%29&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-community/ara-infra](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fara-infra++%28%22freenode%22+OR+%22libera.chat%22+OR+%22groups.google%22%29&type=code) - do not change blog posts
- [ ] [ansible-collections/cisco.asa](asa) - do not update changelog
- [x] [ansible-collections/community.clickhouse](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.clickhouse) - removed Matrix
- [ ] [ansible/ansible-documentation](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fansible-documentation%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - ignore .po files
- [ ] [ansible/galaxy_ng](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fgalaxy_ng%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible/tox-ansible](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Ftox-ansible%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use dev-tools
- [ ] [ansible/ansible-lint](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fansible-lint%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use dev-tools
- [ ] [ansible-community/project-template](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fproject-template%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.postgresql](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.postgresql%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.aws](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.aws%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-community/antsibull-docs](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fantsibull-docs%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - requires code changes
- [ ] [ansible/ansible-dev-tools](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Fansible-dev-tools%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-community/awesome-ansible](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fawesome-ansible%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use community tag
- [ ] [ansible-training-content](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Ftraining-content%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use community tag
- [ ] ansible-community/package-docs-builds - no changes. The content here is updated by ansible/ansible-documentation changes listed above.
- [ ] ansible/ansible-collaborative - no changes  all mentions relate to bullhorn or blogs that we shouldn't change.
- [ ] [ansible/test-ansible-release](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible%2Ftest-ansible-release%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - a test repo for ansible releases. no need to change these.
- [ ] ansible/zuul-test-repo - anothe repo for internal testing. no need to update.
- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.general](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.general%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use `community-general` tag
- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.routeros](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.routeros%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use `routeros` tag
- [ ] [ansible-collectoins/community.crypto](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.crypto%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) -use `crypto`
- [ ] [ansible-collections/ansible.windows](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fansible.windows%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) use `windows`
- [ ] [ansible-collections/microsoft.ad](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fmicrosoft.ad%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use `windows`
- [ ] [ansible-collection/community.docker](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.docker%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use `docker`
- [ ] [ansible-community/molecule-kubevirt](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-community%2Fmolecule-kubevirt%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code) - use `molecule`

## Repos with no obvious group or tag
(check https://forum.ansible.com/tags for possible tags)

Use https://forum.ansible.com/tags/c/help/6/all/collections as the forum tag.

- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.sops](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.sops%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/community.yang](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fcommunity.yang%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-collections/ansible.utils](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-collections%2Fansible.utils%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)
- [ ] [ansible-network/windmill-config](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aansible-network%2Fwindmill-config%20(%22freenode%22%20OR%20%22libera.chat%22%20OR%20%22groups.google%22)&type=code)


