[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5345: Document indexing controls

[Making WordPress.org]

#5345: Document indexing controls
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest          |   Milestone:
Component:  General         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  seo             |
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Description changed by jonoaldersonwp:

Old description:

> We've made a lot of progress in introducing indexing controls throughout
> the wp.org ecosystem, and recently, much of this has been consolidated
> into a dedicated SEO plugin for the site(s).
>
> Increasingly, the controls we have in place are intertwining and becoming
> more complex. In order to avoid unexpected side-effects and edge-cases
> (and to potential consolidate redundant/overlapping parts), we should
> document the indexing criteria in place(s), and maintain that
> documentation as we introduce more conditions. This will also help define
> criteria for automated testing.
>
> I'm not sure where such documentation should live (in the wp.org SEO
> plugin itself, perhaps?), but I've taken a stab at gathering and
> categorising the existing behaviours that I can see from historical
> tickets. This also includes open tickets, for the sake of visibility and
> planning.
>
> NB: We should also consider expanding the documentation later to include
> other SEO considerations (canonical URL behaviour, redirects, 404
> management, etc).
>
> What are the next steps here / who can own this?
>
> -------------------
>
> **Forums**
> - Threads with < 100 chars and no reply: #4283
> - Stale topic tag indexes/archives: #4338
> - Topic tag archives: #5338
> - Empty plugin/theme support categories: #4384
> - Closed (+ aged) threads: #4025
> - Closed (+ aged + no reply) threads: #4027
> - "All topics" view: #5215
>
> **Profiles**
> - Banned users: #4632
> - Inactive/empty user profiles: #4754
> - Plugin committer URLs: #4329
> - Empty support profile subpages: #4548
> - User subpages: #4769
> - Empty profiles: #4714
>
> **Developer.wordpress.org*
> - Block editor search: #4540
> - post_type requests: #4648
>
> **Plugins**
> - Stale plugin peripherals: #5168
> - Thin plugin tags: #4543
> - Search results: #3850
> - No search results template: #3952
> - Empty reviews archive: #4323
> - Date archives: #5182
>
> **News**
> - Categories: #5068
> - Author archives: #5075
> - "Thank you" states: #5254
>
> **Themes**
> - Stale themes: #4994
> - Stale themes: #5192
> - Theme search templates: #4327
> - Author archives: #4549
> - Tag archives: #5255
>
> **Make**
> - Thin tag archives: #4687
> - All tag archives: #4800
> - Search results: #4188
> - "Resolved" views: #5333
> - Date archives: #4688
> - Mentions: #4689
> - Entire 'Systems' site: #4817
> - Recent comments: #5334
>
> **Trac**
> - Changesets: #4168
> - Revisions: #4169
> - Stale tickets: #4385
> - Various: #4684
> - Ticket attachments: #4129
>
> **Codex**
> - "Special contributions" codex pages: #4126
> - File pages: #4373
> - User pages: #4127
>
> **Rosetta**
> - Root date archives: #5187
> - Tag archives: #5188
> - Search: #5189
>
> **Misc**
> - Sync noindex to XML sitemap(s): #5025
> - Jobs search: #5002
> - Job categories: #5001
> - Ideas search: #4128
> - Login/register pages: #4807
> - 5FF search: #5114
>
> **x-robots**
> - All feeds: #4336
> - Theme tag feeds: #4337
> - Ideas feeds: #5070
> - wp-json: #5038

New description:

 We've made a lot of progress in introducing indexing controls throughout
 the wp.org ecosystem, and recently, much of this has been consolidated
 into a dedicated SEO plugin for the site(s).

 Increasingly, the controls we have in place are intertwining and becoming
 more complex. In order to avoid unexpected side-effects and edge-cases
 (and to potential consolidate redundant/overlapping parts), we should
 document the indexing criteria in place(s), and maintain that
 documentation as we introduce more conditions. This will also help define
 criteria for automated testing.

 I'm not sure where such documentation should live (in the wp.org SEO
 plugin itself, perhaps?), but I've taken a stab at gathering and
 categorising the existing behaviours that I can see from historical
 tickets. This also includes open tickets, for the sake of visibility and
 planning.

 NB: We should also consider expanding the documentation later to include
 other SEO considerations (canonical URL behaviour, redirects, 404
 management, etc).

 What are the next steps here / who can own this?

 -------------------

 **Forums**
 - Threads with < 100 chars and no reply: #4283
 - Stale topic tag indexes/archives: #4338
 - Topic tag archives: #5338
 - Empty plugin/theme support categories: #4384
 - Closed (+ aged) threads: #4025
 - Closed (+ aged + no reply) threads: #4027
 - "All topics" view: #5215

 **Profiles**
 - Banned users: #4632
 - Inactive/empty user profiles: #4754
 - Plugin committer URLs: #4329
 - Empty support profile subpages: #4548
 - User subpages: #4769
 - Empty profiles: #4714

 **Developer.wordpress.org**
 - Block editor search: #4540
 - post_type requests: #4648

 **Plugins**
 - Stale plugin peripherals: #5168
 - Thin plugin tags: #4543
 - Search results: #3850
 - No search results template: #3952
 - Empty reviews archive: #4323
 - Date archives: #5182

 **News**
 - Categories: #5068
 - Author archives: #5075
 - "Thank you" states: #5254

 **Themes**
 - Stale themes: #4994
 - Stale themes: #5192
 - Theme search templates: #4327
 - Author archives: #4549
 - Tag archives: #5255

 **Make**
 - Thin tag archives: #4687
 - All tag archives: #4800
 - Search results: #4188
 - "Resolved" views: #5333
 - Date archives: #4688
 - Mentions: #4689
 - Entire 'Systems' site: #4817
 - Recent comments: #5334

 **Trac**
 - Changesets: #4168
 - Revisions: #4169
 - Stale tickets: #4385
 - Various: #4684
 - Ticket attachments: #4129

 **Codex**
 - "Special contributions" codex pages: #4126
 - File pages: #4373
 - User pages: #4127

 **Rosetta**
 - Root date archives: #5187
 - Tag archives: #5188
 - Search: #5189

 **Misc**
 - Sync noindex to XML sitemap(s): #5025
 - Jobs search: #5002
 - Job categories: #5001
 - Ideas search: #4128
 - Login/register pages: #4807
 - 5FF search: #5114

 **x-robots**
 - All feeds: #4336
 - Theme tag feeds: #4337
 - Ideas feeds: #5070
 - wp-json: #5038

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