[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5199: Noindex or delete rup.wordpress.org

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#5199: Noindex or delete rup.wordpress.org
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 Reporter:  bradleyt                       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |  Milestone:
Component:  International Sites (Rosetta)  |   Keywords:  seo
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 Today I Googled "Wordpress download". The first search result returned was
 to https://en-gb.wordpress.org/download/, the second to
 https://rup.wordpress.org/download/. Because of the layout Google used,
 the second link appeared simply as "Download | WordPress.org ...", and so
 this was the link I clicked.

 I believe it is a poor user-experience for end-users to be arriving at the
 "WordPress Armãneashce" site, and something to be avoided (unless that
 user is a Aromanian speaker). If nothing else, the presence of
 "Armãneashce" in the header looks slightly dodgy (as I was searching from
 the UK), and this site is poorly setup and seemingly unmaintained.

 The language code on this site is set to `rup-MK`. `rup` is not a valid
 ISO 639-1 code, and so I believe Google is guessing the page as being
 English based on page content. (Note there is no ISO 639-1 code for
 Aromanian, so this cannot be changed).

 I cannot find a language pack for this language on
 https://translate.wordpress.org/, and it doesn't look like the site
 content has been updated since 2016. It's my belief that this site has
 essentially been abandoned.

 Given that this site seems to be unmaintained I'd like to suggest that
 rup.wordpress.org is either removed, hidden, or a noindex metatag applied
 to the whole site.

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