[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44057: It's not obvious what to do if menu bubble for policy update appears

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#44057: It's not obvious what to do if menu bubble for policy update appears
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 Reporter:  ocean90         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  4.9.6
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  needs-patch ux-feedback
  Focuses:                  |
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 [43223] introduced a menu bubble notification for policy updates and
 mentions that the page "provides an explanation of why the bubble is
 appearing.".

 I think that explanation needs to be improved because I had no idea what
 do to get the bubble removed.

 **First try:** Since the notice on the privacy page mention that I should
 update my privacy policy I went straight to the edit screen of the privacy
 policy. At this point I still had no idea about what has changed. So I
 just clicked the update button and took a look at the page on the
 frontend. After going back into the admin the bubble was gone.

 **Second try:** This time I clicked on the "check out our guide" link on
 the privacy page even through the text itself doesn't mention that it also
 include updates. To be honest, I wasn't even sure if it includes texts by
 plugins/themes because of the "our" part (until reading to the end of the
 sentence).
 In the ToC box of the guide I noticed a small "Updated" label. That's nice
 if you have just one plugin extending the content. Since the "Updated"
 labels appear to remain, it may get unclear which policy really has
 changed.
 On this page I was missing a link to get to my policy page where I can
 paste the changes. So I went to Pages, searched for my page and finally
 being on the edit screen I noticed that the bubble was gone again. A bit
 unexpected because my policy wasn't updated yet.

 **Third try:** ~~I gave up~~ On the privacy page I clicked on the small
 Edit link to get to my policy page. On this page I opened the "check out
 our guide" link in a new window. Using split screen I now had both pages
 open. Once I was done, I saved the updated policy and - as expected - the
 menu bubble was gone too. Mission accomplished.

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 What can we do to make updating the policy more clear? As a first step I'd
 suggest to mention that the guide includes the changes. That can be done
 on the notice itself:

 {{{#!diff
 - Please update your privacy policy.
 + Please review the guide and update your privacy policy.
 }}}

 Then, on the guide, add a link to user's policy page so they don't have to
 search for it.

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