diff --git a/contributors.ent b/contributors.ent
deleted file mode 100644
index efa9ec9ce992..000000000000
--- a/contributors.ent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<!-- $Revision$ -->
-
- <!--
-   This file should only be present in the English doc tree. If you
-   copy it over to your translation tree you will be hunted down
-   relentlessly! You have been warned! :)
- -->
-
-<!-- Authors and editors displayed on the manual frontpage -->
-<!ENTITY frontpage.authors ''>
-
-<!ENTITY frontpage.editors ''>
diff --git a/docbookcs.xml b/docbookcs.xml
index a5f428f2483d..7c874f321686 100644
--- a/docbookcs.xml
+++ b/docbookcs.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  </paths>
 
  <entities>
-  <file>contributors.ent</file>
   <file>extensions.ent</file>
   <file>language-defs.ent</file>
   <file>language-snippets.ent</file>
diff --git a/entities/entities-remove.ent b/entities/entities-remove.ent
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ea5eb7ee0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entities/entities-remove.ent
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8" ?>
+<!-- $Revision:$ -->
+<!--
+
+This is a "remove" XML Entity file.
+See doc-base/script/text-entities.php for details.
+
+Place here only deprecated or removed entities that are
+expected NOT be being used in any part of the manual.
+
+If an entity moved here is used in a language in your control,
+this means that the entity on the original file is planned to be
+removed, or already was removed.
+
+DO NOT TRANSLATE THIS FILE.
+
+This file is tracked by revcheck, so translations have a heads up
+when an entity is removed from doc-en. On translations, leave an
+empty <entities/> element at the end of file, only updating the revtag.
+
+-->
+
+<entities xmlns       = "http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+          xmlns:xlink = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+          translate   = "remove">
+
+<!-- Erased in 2026-06, long time empty -->
+<entity name="frontpage.authors"/>
+<entity name="frontpage.editors"/>
+
+</entities>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/entities/entities.ent b/entities/entities.ent
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc3452edffe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entities/entities.ent
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8" ?>
+<!-- $Revision:$ -->
+<!--
+
+This is a translatable XML Entity file.
+See doc-base/script/text-entities.php for details.
+
+Place here small entities that are expected to be translated.
+For big or complex entities, please create an individual entity
+file at doc-lang/entities/entityname.xml.
+
+No inline namespaces are necessary. In fact, they can make things
+complicated to debug later. Place any needed namespace in
+declaration of root <entities> element.
+
+Keep the lines strictly under 79 columns, to make the process of
+manual translation easier, and to avoid wrap-around in some other
+contexts.
+
+-->
+
+<entities xmlns       = "http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+          xmlns:xlink = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+          translate   = "yes">
+
+<entity name="extcat.intro">
+ <title>Extension List/Categorization</title>
+ <simpara>This appendix categorizes more than 150 extensions documented
+ in the PHP Manual by several criteria.</simpara>
+</entity>
+
+<entity name="extcat.alphabetical"><title>Alphabetical</title></entity>
+<entity name="extcat.alphabetical"><title>Alphabetical</title></entity>
+
+</entities>