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Consider if we need the Name and Description fields #2099

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#2010 moved group and artifact id next to each other. That breaks muscle memory, I often put the artifact id in the Name field and the wondering why the zip file is called demo.zip.

We're not sure if "Name" and "Description" provide much value. Name is auto-changed to the artifact id, too, which could be a sign that this field is somewhat useless.

We should think about dropping the "Name" field (maybe default to artifact id behind the covers) and also drop the Description field (and let it default to blank, and only put it in the pom.xml/build.gradle if it's filled in, e.g. via API).

With 2 fields less, we could revert #2010 and move group and artifact in two separate lines, restoring the workflow in muscle memory.

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