diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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-# Lines starting with '#' are comments.
-# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
-
-# More details are here: https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
-# Initial experience with this file was not all positive, so most lines are currently commented out.
-# It will be easy to give it another trial should we decide to do that.
-
-# The '*' pattern is global owners.
-
-# *     
-
-# .github/  
-
-# Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence.
-
-/aspnetcore/blazor/ @guardrex
-# /aspnetcore/breadcrumb/ 
-# /aspnetcore/client-side/ 
-# /aspnetcore/common/ 
-# /aspnetcore/data/ 
-# /aspnetcore/diagnostics/ @Rick-Anderson
-# /aspnetcore/fundamentals/ @tdykstra
-# /aspnetcore/getting-started/ 
-# /aspnetcore/grpc/ @wadepickett
-# /aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/ @Rick-Anderson
-# /aspnetcore/includes/ 
-# /aspnetcore/log-mon/ @Rick-Anderson
-# /aspnetcore/migration/ @Rick-Anderson
-# /aspnetcore/mobile/ 
-# /aspnetcore/mvc/ 
-/aspnetcore/performance/caching/ @tdykstra 
-# /aspnetcore/razor-pages/ 
-# /aspnetcore/release-notes/ 
-# /aspnetcore/security/ @Rick-Anderson
-# /aspnetcore/signalr/ @wadepickett
-# /aspnetcore/test/ 
-# /aspnetcore/tutorials/ @wadepickett
-# /aspnetcore/web-api/ @wadepickett @Rick-Anderson
-# /aspnetcore/whats-new/ @Rick-Anderson
-/client-side/dotnet-interop/index.md @guardrex
-/client-side/dotnet-interop/wasm-browser-app.md @guardrex
-/mvc/views/tag-helpers/built-in/component-tag-helper.md @guardrex
-/mvc/views/tag-helpers/built-in/persist-component-state.md @guardrex