Replace outdated help.github.com URLs with docs.github.com by mookwoo · Pull Request #3628 · github/opensource.guide

mookwoo · 2026-04-04T22:41:02Z

All references to help.github.com (which redirects to docs.github.com) have been updated to point directly to the current docs.github.com URLs. This covers all 12 English articles, 27 translation directories, and the docs/ folder.

URL mappings applied:

help.github.com/articles/about-repository-graphs/#traffic
help.github.com/articles/about-stars/
help.github.com/articles/about-protected-branches/
help.github.com/articles/about-required-status-checks/
help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/
help.github.com/articles/watching-repositories/
help.github.com/articles/creating-a-new-repository/
help.github.com/articles/creating-a-new-organization-account/
help.github.com/articles/open-source-licensing/
help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo/#commit-your-first-change
help.github.com/articles/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors/
help.github.com/articles/making-a-private-repository-public/
help.github.com/en/articles/helping-new-contributors-find-your-project-with-labels
help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service
help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/inviting-collaborators-to-a-personal-repository
help.github.com → docs.github.com (content-model.md)
guides.github.com → skills.github.com (content-model.md)
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All references to help.github.com (which redirects to docs.github.com) have been updated to point directly to the current docs.github.com URLs. This covers all 12 English articles, 27 translation directories, and the docs/ folder. URL mappings applied: - help.github.com/articles/about-repository-graphs/#traffic - help.github.com/articles/about-stars/ - help.github.com/articles/about-protected-branches/ - help.github.com/articles/about-required-status-checks/ - help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/ - help.github.com/articles/watching-repositories/ - help.github.com/articles/creating-a-new-repository/ - help.github.com/articles/creating-a-new-organization-account/ - help.github.com/articles/open-source-licensing/ - help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo/#commit-your-first-change - help.github.com/articles/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors/ - help.github.com/articles/making-a-private-repository-public/ - help.github.com/en/articles/helping-new-contributors-find-your-project-with-labels - help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service - help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/inviting-collaborators-to-a-personal-repository - help.github.com → docs.github.com (content-model.md) - guides.github.com → skills.github.com (content-model.md)

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Pull request overview

This PR updates documentation links across the Open Source Guides site (English + translations + docs/) to point directly to docs.github.com (and skills.github.com in the content model) instead of legacy help.github.com / guides.github.com URLs that redirect.

Changes:

Replaced help.github.com article links with the corresponding docs.github.com URLs across guides and translations.
Updated GitHub product documentation references in docs/content-model.md (help.github.com → docs.github.com, guides.github.com → skills.github.com).
Updated contributor guidance docs to use current docs URLs (e.g., inviting collaborators).

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docs/translations.md	Updates collaborator-invite link to `docs.github.com` in translation instructions.
docs/content-model.md	Updates GitHub docs/tutorials references to `docs.github.com` and `skills.github.com`.
_articles/ar/starting-a-project.md	Replaces legacy help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ar/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ar/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ar/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ar/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ar/building-community.md	Replaces “good first issues” and org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bg/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bg/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bg/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/building-community.md	Replaces “good first issues” and org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/bn/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/building-community.md	Replaces “good first issues” + org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/building-community.md	Replaces “good first issues” + org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/de/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/el/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/el/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/es/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/es/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/es/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/es/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/es/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fa/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fa/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fa/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fr/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing + publish link with `docs.github.com` (also contains a broken Markdown link formatting issue).
_articles/fr/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fr/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fr/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fr/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fr/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/fr/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/hi/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/hi/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/hi/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/hu/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/id/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/it/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/it/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/it/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/it/building-community.md	Replaces labels/org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/it/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ja/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ja/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ja/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ja/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/metrics.md	Replaces stars help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ko/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/building-community.md	Replaces labels/org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ms/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com` (also contains a broken Markdown link formatting issue).
_articles/nl/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/nl/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/nl/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/nl/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/nl/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/nl/building-community.md	Replaces labels/org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/nl/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/building-community.md	Replaces labels/org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pcm/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pl/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pl/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pl/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pl/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/legal.md	Replaces repository/license/TOS links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/pt/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ro/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ro/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ro/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ro/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ru/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ru/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ru/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ru/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ru/building-community.md	Replaces labels/org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ru/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/sa/best-practices.md	Replaces labels help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing + publish links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/sw/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/sw/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/sw/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/sw/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ta/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ta/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ta/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/ta/best-practices.md	Replaces required-status-checks help link with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/tr/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/tr/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/tr/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/tr/building-community.md	Replaces labels/org links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/tr/best-practices.md	Replaces labels/required-status-checks links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hans/starting-a-project.md	Replaces license/README/contributing + publish links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hans/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hans/legal.md	Replaces repository/license links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hans/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hans/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hant/metrics.md	Replaces traffic/stars help links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hant/legal.md	Replaces repository/license links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hant/leadership-and-governance.md	Replaces org/protected-branches links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hant/how-to-contribute.md	Replaces watch/sync-a-fork links with `docs.github.com`.
_articles/zh-hant/building-community.md	Replaces org link with `docs.github.com`.

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- Fix space between ] and ( in fr/starting-a-project.md - Fix extra angle brackets and space in ms/best-practices.md - Replace broken edunham.net URL with Web Archive URL in all best-practices.md files

ahpook · 2026-04-10T22:04:09Z

Nice, thanks! Could you update that link to eddunham's site to the new canonical address, rather than using archive.org? that way he still sees the referred traffic :

Was: https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html
Now: https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation/

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mookwoo · 2026-04-10T22:57:02Z

Nice, thanks! Could you update that link to eddunham's site to the new canonical address, rather than using archive.org? that way he still sees the referred traffic :
Was: https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation.html
Now: https://edunham.net/2016/09/27/rust_s_community_automation/

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