diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 039a351..994ee1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Drupal 8.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 ----------------------
 
+- Removed modules from core
+    * The following modules have been removed from core, because contributed
+      modules and configuration can provide similar functionality.
+      * Blog module
+      * Profile module
+
 Drupal 7.0, 2011-01-05
 ----------------------
 - Database:
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.txt b/MAINTAINERS.txt
index 3bb195e..81eb1a3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.txt
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.txt
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ Aggregator module
 Block module
 - John Albin Wilkins 'JohnAlbin' <http://drupal.org/user/32095>
 
-Blog module
-- ?
-
 Book module
 - Peter Wolanin 'pwolanin' <http://drupal.org/user/49851>
 
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 6061569..bcc81f3 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -1409,13 +1409,13 @@ function drupal_unpack($obj, $field = 'data') {
  * variable text such as user names or link URLs into translated text. Variable
  * substitution looks like this:
  * @code
- * $text = t("@name's blog", array('@name' => format_username($account)));
+ * $text = t("@name's foo", array('@name' => format_username($account)));
  * @endcode
  * Basically, you can put variables like @name into your string, and t() will
  * substitute their sanitized values at translation time (see $args below or
  * the Localization API pages referenced above for details). Translators can
  * then rearrange the string as necessary for the language (e.g., in Spanish,
- * it might be "blog de @name").
+ * it might be "foo de @name").
  *
  * During the Drupal installation phase, some resources used by t() wil not be
  * available to code that needs localization. See st() and get_t() for
diff --git a/modules/node/node.api.php b/modules/node/node.api.php
index 1801b67..8aa42fb 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.api.php
+++ b/modules/node/node.api.php
@@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ function hook_node_submit($node, $form, &$form_state) {
  * the RSS item generated for this node.
  * For details on how this is used, see node_feed().
  *
- * @see blog_node_view()
  * @see forum_node_view()
  * @see comment_node_view()
  *
@@ -848,10 +847,9 @@ function hook_node_view_alter(&$build) {
 /**
  * Define module-provided node types.
  *
- * This hook allows a module to define one or more of its own node types. For
- * example, the blog module uses it to define a blog node-type named "Blog
- * entry." The name and attributes of each desired node type are specified in
- * an array returned by the hook.
+ * This hook allows a module to define one or more of its own node types. The
+ * name and attributes of each desired node type are specified in an array
+ * returned by the hook.
  *
  * Only module-provided node types should be defined through this hook. User-
  * provided (or 'custom') node types should be defined only in the 'node_type'
@@ -892,10 +890,10 @@ function hook_node_view_alter(&$build) {
  */
 function hook_node_info() {
   return array(
-    'blog' => array(
-      'name' => t('Blog entry'),
-      'base' => 'blog',
-      'description' => t('Use for multi-user blogs. Every user gets a personal blog.'),
+    'foo' => array(
+      'name' => t('Foo entry'),
+      'base' => 'foo',
+      'description' => t('Use for posting foos to the site.'),
     )
   );
 }
diff --git a/modules/node/node.module b/modules/node/node.module
index 1ecc093..add058f 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ function node_view($node, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
  * default use cases:
  *   - full (default): node is being displayed on its own page (node/123)
  *   - teaser: node is being displayed on the default home page listing, on
- *     taxonomy listing pages, or on blog listing pages.
+ *     taxonomy listing pages, or similar.
  *   - rss: node displayed in an RSS feed.
  *   If search.module is enabled:
  *   - search_index: node is being indexed for search.
diff --git a/modules/node/node.tpl.php b/modules/node/node.tpl.php
index 6d0f489..b399030 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/node/node.tpl.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
  *   preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the
  *   following:
  *   - node: The current template type, i.e., "theming hook".
- *   - node-[type]: The current node type. For example, if the node is a
- *     "Blog entry" it would result in "node-blog". Note that the machine
+ *   - node-[type]: The current node type. For example, if the node is an
+ *     "Article" it would result in "node-article". Note that the machine
  *     name will often be in a short form of the human readable label.
  *   - node-teaser: Nodes in teaser form.
  *   - node-preview: Nodes in preview mode.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Other variables:
  * - $node: Full node object. Contains data that may not be safe.
- * - $type: Node type, i.e. story, page, blog, etc.
+ * - $type: Node type, i.e. article, page, etc.
  * - $comment_count: Number of comments attached to the node.
  * - $uid: User ID of the node author.
  * - $created: Time the node was published formatted in Unix timestamp.
diff --git a/modules/rdf/rdf.api.php b/modules/rdf/rdf.api.php
index 691f7ef..a546e75 100644
--- a/modules/rdf/rdf.api.php
+++ b/modules/rdf/rdf.api.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * @return
  *   A list of mapping structures, where each mapping is an associative array:
  *   - type: The name of an entity type (e.g., 'node', 'comment', and so on.)
- *   - bundle: The name of the bundle (e.g., 'page', 'blog', or
+ *   - bundle: The name of the bundle (e.g., 'page', 'article', or
  *     RDF_DEFAULT_BUNDLE for default mappings.)
  *   - mapping: The mapping structure which applies to the entity type and
  *     bundle. A mapping structure is an array with keys corresponding to
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function hook_rdf_mapping() {
   return array(
     array(
       'type' => 'node',
-      'bundle' => 'blog',
+      'bundle' => 'article',
       'mapping' => array(
         'rdftype' => array('sioct:Weblog'),
         'title' => array(
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/path.test b/modules/simpletest/tests/path.test
index 0c8ecda..f072ace 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/tests/path.test
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/path.test
@@ -55,18 +55,18 @@ class DrupalMatchPathTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   private function drupalMatchPathTests() {
     return array(
       // Single absolute paths.
-      'blog/1' => array(
-        'blog/1' => TRUE,
-        'blog/2' => FALSE,
+      'foo/1' => array(
+        'foo/1' => TRUE,
+        'foo/2' => FALSE,
         'test' => FALSE,
       ),
       // Single paths with wildcards.
-      'blog/*' => array(
-        'blog/1' => TRUE,
-        'blog/2' => TRUE,
-        'blog/3/edit' => TRUE,
-        'blog/' => TRUE,
-        'blog' => FALSE,
+      'foo/*' => array(
+        'foo/1' => TRUE,
+        'foo/2' => TRUE,
+        'foo/3/edit' => TRUE,
+        'foo/' => TRUE,
+        'foo' => FALSE,
         'test' => FALSE,
       ),
       // Single paths with multiple wildcards.
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ class DrupalMatchPathTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
         'test/example' => FALSE,
       ),
       // Multiple paths with the \r delimiter.
-      "user/*\rblog/*" => array(
+      "user/*\rfoo/*" => array(
         'user/1' => TRUE,
-        'blog/1' => TRUE,
-        'user/1/blog/1' => TRUE,
-        'user/blog' => TRUE,
+        'foo/1' => TRUE,
+        'user/1/foo/1' => TRUE,
+        'user/foo' => TRUE,
         'test/example' => FALSE,
         'user' => FALSE,
-        'blog' => FALSE,
+        'foo' => FALSE,
       ),
       // Multiple paths with the \r\n delimiter.
       "test\r\n<front>" => array(
diff --git a/modules/system/system.api.php b/modules/system/system.api.php
index ab3e0fc..a42cb1b 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -1202,15 +1202,15 @@ function hook_menu_get_item_alter(&$router_item, $path, $original_map) {
  * http://drupal.org/node/102338.
  */
 function hook_menu() {
-  $items['blog'] = array(
-    'title' => 'blogs',
-    'page callback' => 'blog_page',
+  $items['foo'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Foos',
+    'page callback' => 'foo_page',
     'access arguments' => array('access content'),
     'type' => MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM,
   );
-  $items['blog/feed'] = array(
+  $items['foo/feed'] = array(
     'title' => 'RSS feed',
-    'page callback' => 'blog_feed',
+    'page callback' => 'foo_feed',
     'access arguments' => array('access content'),
     'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
   );
diff --git a/modules/user/user.api.php b/modules/user/user.api.php
index 069a9f8..b9f82bd 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.api.php
+++ b/modules/user/user.api.php
@@ -327,14 +327,12 @@ function hook_user_logout($account) {
  * @see hook_entity_view()
  */
 function hook_user_view($account, $view_mode, $langcode) {
-  if (user_access('create blog content', $account)) {
-    $account->content['summary']['blog'] =  array(
-      '#type' => 'user_profile_item',
-      '#title' => t('Blog'),
-      '#markup' => l(t('View recent blog entries'), "blog/$account->uid", array('attributes' => array('title' => t("Read !username's latest blog entries.", array('!username' => format_username($account)))))),
-      '#attributes' => array('class' => array('blog')),
-    );
-  }
+  $account->content['summary']['information'] =  array(
+    '#type' => 'user_profile_item',
+    '#title' => t('Information'),
+    '#markup' => l(t('View additional information about this user'), "user/$account->uid", array('attributes' => array('title' => t("Read !username's additional information.", array('!username' => format_username($account)))))),
+    '#attributes' => array('class' => array('blog')),
+  );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/user/user.test b/modules/user/user.test
index 6ecbfac..5f6c319 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.test
+++ b/modules/user/user.test
@@ -2104,10 +2104,10 @@ class UserAuthmapAssignmentTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
       $this->assertIdentical(user_get_authmaps($authname), $expected_output, t('Authmap for authname %authname was set correctly.', array('%authname' => $authname)));
     }
 
-    // Remove authmap for module poll, add authmap for module blog.
+    // Remove authmap for poll, add authmap for node.
     $authmaps = array(
       'authname_poll' => NULL,
-      'authname_blog' => 'external username three',
+      'authname_node' => 'external username three',
     );
     user_set_authmaps($account, $authmaps);
 
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ class UserAuthmapAssignmentTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
     // Assert that a new authmap was created for external username three, and
     // existing authmaps for external username two were unchanged.
-    $expected_authmaps['external username three'] = array('blog' => 'external username three');
+    $expected_authmaps['external username three'] = array('node' => 'external username three');
     foreach ($expected_authmaps as $authname => $expected_output) {
       $this->assertIdentical(user_get_authmaps($authname), $expected_output, t('Authmap for authname %authname was set correctly.', array('%authname' => $authname)));
     }
diff --git a/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php b/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
index f215b47..1bdd841 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/templates/node.tpl.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
  *   preprocess functions. The default values can be one or more of the
  *   following:
  *   - node: The current template type, i.e., "theming hook".
- *   - node-[type]: The current node type. For example, if the node is a
- *     "Blog entry" it would result in "node-blog". Note that the machine
+ *   - node-[type]: The current node type. For example, if the node is an
+ *     "Article" it would result in "node-article". Note that the machine
  *     name will often be in a short form of the human readable label.
  *   - node-teaser: Nodes in teaser form.
  *   - node-preview: Nodes in preview mode.