[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5168: Noindex stale plugin peripherals

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#5168: Noindex stale plugin peripherals
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  seo             |
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Comment (by Clorith):

 I'll chime in from the sideline as a middle ground here, that I think
 there's value in some of this.

 As mentioned, I'd like to retain individual topics and I think we may need
 the archive of the plugins support forum for it to be discoverable as a
 thing where users can post their question (correct me if I'm wrong on that
 though).

 But there's scenarios where removing any reference would be beneficial,
 take `https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ask-question/` for example,
 which is very discoverable to users looking to ask a question about
 WordPress, the plugin it self has been closed to make it harder to land
 there by accident, but users still do since the forum exists, and a forum
 called "ask question" will obviously appeal to the end user.

 So is there a middle ground we could hit which accommodates both sides of
 this?

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