**Reason**
>>! In T364779#10562921, @Mvolz wrote:
> mediawiki/services/example-node-api
> isn't actually " in production " - it's just a template. I think maybe we can just mark the whole thing as deprecated and stop updating it? In practice no one has been using the template in years.
**To-do list** (simplified as most doesn't apply)
- This task
-- [x] Add maintainers of that service as subscribers to this task (if they have no apparent Phabricator account, notify them on-wiki or via email if possible and note it here).
- On-wiki documentation
-- //Not applicable.//
- Phabricator
-- //Not applicable.//
- Translatewiki.net/translations
-- //Not applicable.//
- Configuration/tests/integrations/etc.
-- [x] Remove tests in [[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/integration/config | integration/config ]] ([[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/integration/config/+/master/zuul/layout.yaml | zuul/layout.yaml ]]).
- Repositories
-- [x] Empty repository, leaving only the README indicating the repo is archived, and referring to this task by URL.
-- [ ] Mark the repository read-only in Gerrit (also edit description to prepend "[ARCHIVED]" and a reference to this task, remove all access lists and reparent on `All-Archived-Project`): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/admin/repos/mediawiki/services/example-node-api,general
-- [ ] Deactivate the Diffusion repository for the service: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MSEN/
-- [ ] Delete the GitHub mirror: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-services-example-node-api