- Useful modules are being abandoned because maintainers are not supporting them
- New Drupal contributors are creating “useless” modules just to get access for creating full projects
- New members may find a module they would like to support, and become a maintainer by solving issues and submitting patches
- A page listing abandoned modules that is well promoted
- New users will get a mentor
- New users will not contribute useless modules
- New users will learn by working on real project (more fun)
- Maintainers will transfer a module to the person they trust
- Maintainers may drop coding standards after their first module is allowed
- Bad maintainers may teach bad practises
- Each commit should be checked for code standards – even commits by module owners