[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5184: Homepage requests with a 'page' parameter should return a 404

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#5184: Homepage requests with a 'page' parameter should return a 404
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  General         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  seo             |
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:7 bradleyt]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 dd32]:
 > > Would it returning a `canonical` tag of `https://wordpress.org/`
 suffice here? (Currently it returns `<link rel="canonical"
 href="https://wordpress.org/3/" />`)
 > ...
 > For wordpress.org specifically, the canonical should be equal to
 `https://wordpress.org/`

 Would returning that canonical tag fulfil the needs of this ticket,
 specifically, can we avoid having to return a 301 or 404 here and just use
 the canonical tag instead?

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