Deprecation and Archiving

README.md

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 ### Process
 
+- [Deprecation and Archiving of Repositories](deprecation.md)
 - [GitHub Labels](github-labels.md)

deprecation.md

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+# Deprecation and Archiving
+
+[Apache Cordova's Deprecation Policy](https://cordova.apache.org/deprecation_policy.html) defines why, when and how Cordova projects are deprecated and archived. These are the steps to be taken by a contributor to "execute" such an deprecation:
+
+## Deprecating or Archiving a Repository
+
+### 1. Make changes in `README.md`
+
+Add the [Deprecation Notice Template](#deprecation-notice-template) to the `README.md` of the project. Add a reason and a link to further information (e.g. blog post, web standard definition etc.).
+
+### 2. Request GitHub repository changes
+
+A PMC member has to [open an issue with Apache INFRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA) to request changes to the GitHub repository.
+
+For deprecation:
+
+1. Make sure deprecation notice is in `README.md` and contains all information
+1. [Open an issue](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA) and request that the repository description is prefixed with `[DEPRECATED]`
+
+For archiving:
+
+1. Make sure there are no more open Issues and Pull Requests for this repository  
+   If there are, please close them with this suggested text or similar:
+   > We are archiving this repository following [Apache Cordova's Deprecation Policy](https://cordova.apache.org/deprecation_policy.html). We will not continue to work on this repository. Therefore all issues and pull requests are being closed. Thanks for your contribution.
+   ```markdown
+   We are archiving this repository following [Apache Cordova's Deprecation Policy](https://cordova.apache.org/deprecation_policy.html). We will not continue to work on this repository. Therefore all issues and pull requests are being closed. Thanks for your contribution.
+   ```
+1. Make sure deprecation notice is in `README.md` and contains all information
+1. [Open an issue](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA) and request that a) the repository description is prefixed with `[DEPRECATED]` and b) the repository is archived on GitHub
+
+## Deprecation Notice Template
+
+---
+**Deprecation Notice**
+
+This repository is deprecated and no more work will be done on this by Apache Cordova. You can continue to use this and it should work as-is but any future issues will not be fixed by the Cordova community.
+
+Feel free to fork this repository and improve your fork. Existing forks are listed in [Network](network) and [Forks](network/members).
+
+- Reason for deprecation: ...
+- Learn more: https://example.org/article
+---
+
+### Markdown
+
+```markdown
+---
+**Deprecation Notice**
+
+This repository is deprecated and no more work will be done on this by Apache Cordova. You can continue to use this and it should work as-is but any future issues will not be fixed by the Cordova community.
+
+Feel free to fork this repository and improve your fork. Existing forks are listed in [Network](network) and [Forks](network/members).
+
+- Reason for deprecation: ...
+- Learn more: https://example.org/article
+---
+```