Create a new Zendesk ticket with the namespace owner's email address (found in admin).
Set the form of the new ticket to Gitlab.com (SAAS) Account Related Form.
Apply the GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::Contact Namespace Owner macro and mark the ticket as On-hold.
Make an internal comment providing a link to the namespace requesters ticket.
Requester's Ticket:
Copy the ticket's link and add it to the Internal Checklist.
Reply to the requester with the GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::First Response macro and mark ticket as On-hold.
Namespace owner responded
If the namespace owner makes a response (don’t remove my namespace) follow these steps:
Apply the GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::Cancel Request Macro to the namespace owners response.
Apply the GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::Failed Namespace Request to the namespace requesters ticket.
Namespace owner has not responded
If after one week and there has been no response, apply the GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::Contact Namespace Owner macro a second time and mark the ticket as On-hold.
After two weeks, the ticket will be automatically marked as open and an email sent to the assigned engineer.
If the namespace owner makes no response, follow the Request successful steps.
Request successful
If the request is successful, follow these steps:
In admin, rename the owner's namespace:
Navigate to the namespace in admin - users or groups
Select “Edit” on the profile.
Append “_idle” to the namespace.
Save changes.
In Zendesk:
Apply the GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::Successful Namespace Request macro to the Namespace requesters ticket and mark the ticket as Solved.
Namespace is not available
Apply GitLab.com::Name Squatting Policy::Failed Namespace Request macro and mark ticket as Solved.
FAQs
Does a login in response to a name squatting request mean that the account is active?
No, the user has to explicitly reply to the name squatting request saying "I want to keep my namespace". If the user hasn't responded and has just logged in, send a final message saying something like, "I see you logged in at X, but you need to let us know here if you want to keep your namespace".
What constitutes data in the account?
A group, a project, etc. means data. Unless the project or group is empty, or there's been no activity for 2 or more years.
Is namespace squatting permitted?
Namespace squatting is not permitted as explicitly stated in our terms. User and group names are provided on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be reserved.
Does using a trademark in a way that has nothing to do with the product or service for which the trademark was granted considered a violation of trademark policy?
Using another's trademark in a way that has nothing to do with the product or service for which the trademark was granted is not a violation of trademark policy. Claiming trademark infringement is a legal process, and we will not release a namespace for trademark violation without a court order.
