From cf8bcd91a513c3e0a947b84545333f0fcfc928a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Daniel D. Beck" <daniel@ddbeck.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:19:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove HTML Imports (#9292)

This is no longer supported in any browser.

Closes #9235
---
 files/en-us/_redirects.txt                    |  1 +
 files/en-us/_wikihistory.json                 | 12 --------
 files/en-us/web/html/link_types/index.html    |  6 ----
 .../web_components/html_imports/index.html    | 29 -------------------
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 47 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 files/en-us/web/web_components/html_imports/index.html

diff --git a/files/en-us/_redirects.txt b/files/en-us/_redirects.txt
index 80b2ba636c85b2f..0a2169c5cbea6e4 100644
--- a/files/en-us/_redirects.txt
+++ b/files/en-us/_redirects.txt
@@ -11242,6 +11242,7 @@
 /en-US/docs/Web/Web_APIs	/en-US/docs/Web/API
 /en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Custom_Elements	/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Using_custom_elements
 /en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Custom_Elements/Custom_Elements_with_Classes	/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Using_custom_elements
+/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/HTML_Imports	/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components
 /en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Shadow_DOM	/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Using_shadow_DOM
 /en-US/docs/Web/XSLT/EXSLT	/en-US/docs/Web/EXSLT
 /en-US/docs/Web/XSLT/Elements	/en-US/docs/Web/XSLT/Element
diff --git a/files/en-us/_wikihistory.json b/files/en-us/_wikihistory.json
index a6339b81a12673c..d0e81dd4522e9ac 100644
--- a/files/en-us/_wikihistory.json
+++ b/files/en-us/_wikihistory.json
@@ -157138,18 +157138,6 @@
       "kohei.yoshino"
     ]
   },
-  "Web/Web_Components/HTML_Imports": {
-    "modified": "2020-10-15T21:30:02.826Z",
-    "contributors": [
-      "ExE-Boss",
-      "RayannTedds",
-      "paulie4",
-      "indolering",
-      "chrisdavidmills",
-      "markg",
-      "teoli"
-    ]
-  },
   "Web/Web_Components/Using_custom_elements": {
     "modified": "2020-11-07T18:06:44.658Z",
     "contributors": [
diff --git a/files/en-us/web/html/link_types/index.html b/files/en-us/web/html/link_types/index.html
index 9cb6c73c5124fd3..3a41130011770c5 100644
--- a/files/en-us/web/html/link_types/index.html
+++ b/files/en-us/web/html/link_types/index.html
@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@
    <td>{{HTMLElement("link")}}</td>
    <td>{{HTMLElement("a")}}, {{HTMLElement("area")}}, {{HTMLElement("form")}}</td>
   </tr>
-  <tr>
-   <td><code>import</code> {{Experimental_Inline}}</td>
-   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/HTML_Imports">HTML Imports</a></td>
-   <td>{{HTMLElement("link")}}</td>
-   <td>{{HTMLElement("a")}}, {{HTMLElement("area")}}, {{HTMLElement("form")}}</td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><code>index</code> {{deprecated_inline}}</td>
    <td>Indicates that the page is part of a <em>hierarchical</em> structure and that the hyperlink leads to the top level resource of that structure.<br>
diff --git a/files/en-us/web/web_components/html_imports/index.html b/files/en-us/web/web_components/html_imports/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e9604b4253ee01..000000000000000
--- a/files/en-us/web/web_components/html_imports/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-title: HTML Imports
-slug: Web/Web_Components/HTML_Imports
-tags:
-  - Web Components
----
-<p>{{DefaultAPISidebar("Web Components")}}</p>
-
-<div class="blockIndicator obsolete">
-<p><strong>Obsolete since Google Chrome 73</strong><br>
- This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="notecard warning">
-<p>Firefox will not ship <em>HTML Imports</em> in its current form. See this <a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/06/the-state-of-web-components/">status update</a> for more information. Until there is a consensus on the standard or alternative mechanisms are worked out, you can use a polyfill such as Google's <code><a href="https://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs">webcomponents.js</a></code>.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p><em>HTML Imports</em> is intended to be the packaging mechanism for <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components">web components</a>, but you can also use HTML Imports by itself.</p>
-
-<p>You import an HTML file by using a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/link"><code>&lt;link&gt;</code></a> tag in an HTML document like this:</p>
-
-<pre>&lt;link rel="import" href="myfile.html"&gt;</pre>
-
-<p>The <code>import</code> link type is new.</p>
-
-<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
-
-<p>This feature is not part of any current specification. It is no longer on track to become a standard.</p>
-