[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7520: Move Handbooks to GitHub to ease ability to contribute content

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#7520: Move Handbooks to GitHub to ease ability to contribute content
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 Reporter:  oglekler         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Handbooks        |  Resolution:
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Comment (by greenshady):

 I can open a separate ticket if needed, but it would be highly beneficial
 to the folks who maintain the Theme Handbook to have this particular
 handbook connected to GitHub for management:
 https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/

 Note that it is a part of the Developer Resources site, and therefore is a
 handbook in which developers contribute.

 The current process is overly complicated and requires first filing a
 ticket here: https://github.com/WordPress/Documentation-Issue-
 Tracker/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Athemes

 Then, manually writing fixes in the ticket, which have to be transferred
 elsewhere. For new handbook pages, they are generally written in Google
 Docs to be reviewed. Then, they have to be migrated to WordPress.

 With GitHub, it would give developers a tool that they are accustomed to
 using the ability to contribute to the Developer Docs. Right now, only 2-3
 people actively contribute to the handbook at all. There's just such a
 huge barrier to entry that no one even bothers contributing (and, yes, I
 do get this direct feedback that folks would contribute more if it worked
 like the Block Editor Handbook).

 With that in place, we could reintegrate WP via the Playground Docs
 Workflow project, as @zieladam mentioned.

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