Document `Name has been retired and cannot be reused`

[jsoref]

Code of Conduct

• [X] I have read and agree to the GitHub Docs project's Code of Conduct

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/deleting-a-repository

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

Something to explain Name has been retired and cannot be reused.

• Describe when it can happen.
• Is it truly permanent?
• Is there a way to avoid it?

Additional information

• https://github.community/t/im-getting-this-error-name-has-been-retired-and-cannot-be-reused/238418
• https://github.community/t/after-the-acount-username-changed-the-repository-name-has-been-retired-and-cannot-be-reused/248716

[ramyaparimi]

@jsoref Thanks so much for opening an issue! I'll triage this for the team to review :eyes:

[janiceilene]

It looks like this was fixed in https://github.com/github/docs/pull/16181, so I'm going to close this issue now.

Thanks so much @jsoref 💖

[jsoref]

@janiceilene: that doesn't seem to be the right PR

[vgrl]

@janiceilene: that doesn't seem to be the right PR

Thanks for catching this @jsoref , you're right—reopening as this issue still can be addressed.

[vgrl]

Hey @jsoref 👋 I've talked with the team about updating our docs to address this issue, and we've decided that we'll likely want to update several articles and also bring in our Support team into the conversation. As such, I'll copy the details of this issue to an internal issue, and since we'll make any changes internally I'll go ahead and close this now.

[mervy93]

#20277