On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:24:48 +0000, Jim Winstead wrote: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove-link-to-x-from-php-net
The RFC describes the account as dormant and implies the project has chosen not to post on X. Neither is accurate as stated. The account is silent because one credential holder unilaterally stopped posting and has not transferred or shared access despite repeated requests. That is a governance failure, not a project decision. Removing the link in this context does not reflect a project consensus to abandon the platform — it ratifies the outcome of one person's unilateral action. That precedent matters beyond X: it establishes that any credential holder for any project asset can force a project-wide outcome by simply becoming non-responsive. The link will be removed, the account will be marked as no longer official, and the underlying procedural failure gets retroactively legitimized as a "decision". Larry mentioned earlier in this thread that PHP has never had formal procedures for defining "official" accounts. The correct response to that observation is to establish those procedures, not to treat their absence as license for any individual outcome that happened to result. The link itself represents a project-level commitment that one person should not be able to unilaterally undo through inaction. Until the credentials question is resolved through a defined process, removing the link records the wrong outcome and embeds the wrong precedent. I've drafted an alternative RFC that addresses this directly: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/social-media-policy https://github.com/pronskiy/php-rfc-social-media-policy/pull/1/changes It establishes Infrastructure Team custody of credentials (with succession procedures, so this situation does not recur) and Foundation content authority for official channels. Decisions about which platforms PHP maintains become content decisions within a documented process — including the X question, future platforms, and any reversal of those decisions later. I'd ask that this RFC be deferred until the governance framework is in place. Removing a link is trivial to do afterwards, should that be the decision. -Roman
