Move article content type to separate install profile

Do you think you could provide some more information on the background of this patch? I know you had some discussions in IRC that I don't think are reflected in the issue for people who weren't a part of them. Specifically, what's wrong with the article content type, and what's the rationale behind the Blog profile? Also, you mention Article doesn't make sense, yet you don't include a patch to remove it.

See also http://webchick.net/patch-reviewers-are-not-clairvoyant :)

As I mentioned in irc, this could be venturing close to a duplicate of #144355: [ideas] Blogging profile.

-      'type' => 'article',
-      'name' => st('Article'),
+      'type' => 'example',
+      'name' => st('Example Content Type'),
       'base' => 'node_content',
-      'description' => st("An <em>article</em>, similar in form to a <em>page</em>, is ideal for creating and displaying content that informs or engages website visitors. Press releases, site announcements, and informal blog-like entries may all be created with an <em>article</em> entry. By default, an <em>article</em> entry is automatically featured on the site's initial home page, and provides the ability to post comments."),
+      'description' => st("You can create your own content types to display anything you want, for example, content that informs or engages website visitors, press releases, site announcements, and blog-like entries may all be created in admin/content/node-types.  You can customize features like, whether or not it shows up on the site's initial home page, control the ability to post comments, and more by installing contributed field types."),

Sorry, but I'm not very supportive of this direction.

The point of the default profile is to set things up that 80% of Drupal sites need so it's ready (and Drupal /does/ something) right out of the box. If we start moving into the direction of the default profile requiring 20 minutes to undo all of the stuff, it starts to stand in peoples' way rather than help them.

I think what you mean to say here is that we need better documentation of Drupal's features, and *that* is definitely true. We also need to not delete the only task-based help page we have in Drupal when the first piece of content is posted. ;P #299050: Help System - Master Patch is where people are coordinating efforts on a better help system for core, and that's a great place to jump in if that's your passion.

Users can choose to install using the minimal profile, which does not create Article content type, and build out content types as appropriate for their site.