[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3046: WordPress.org/about page outdated

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#3046: WordPress.org/about page outdated
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 Reporter:  melchoyce                     |       Owner:  obenland
     Type:  task                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  high                          |   Milestone:
Component:  General                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  neso ui-feedback ux-feedback  |
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Comment (by samuelsidler):

 I disagree with only having the Logos page in the handbook. Those pages
 serve different audiences, with the main page being much easier to find by
 potential violators and by PR agencies / news outlets. If we're expecting
 those audiences to go from the homepage to About to Get Involved to Make
 WordPress Design to the Handbook to the specific page on logo guidelines,
 we've already lost. Having a page that's easily findable and accessible is
 important to preventing fauxgo and other violations in the future.

 Redirecting doesn't solve that. Since we're moving it onto WordPress and
 into the meta repo, the page should be much easier to update going
 forward. If anything, I'd redirect the other way.

 Other thoughts on the current setup on test.wordpress.org (I'm not sure
 how "complete" it is).

 * In the Bill of Rights at the bottom of the page, it's worth linking to
 the GPL again. I know it's linked to as a subpage further up, but this is
 the relevant section, so a second link makes sense.
 * Same with the Our Story section and History subpage.
 * Early on, in Our Mission, we link off to the "freedoms that come with
 open source." After reading the page, I'd expect that to link to the
 graphics further down, since they are a great representation of those
 freedoms. Perhaps we can link down and link off from within that section
 instead?
 * The subpage template is very narrow. Have you considered using the
 layout [https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/ from the plugin
 directory]? In most cases this doesn't matter because the pages are short,
 but the Security page (for example) is quite long and the narrow page
 width makes it harder to read (for me anyway).
 * I noticed that different subpages use different header styles (or maybe
 just different header levels). Comparing Security with Philosophy, for
 example. Would be good to standardize there.
 * It would be good if there was a way to get back "out" of a subpage. I'm
 sure there's future work planned to improve those pages (especially text!)
 but in the mean time, breadcrumbs would be helpful at the least.

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