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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)

  • Have you followed the contributing guidelines?

  • Have you explained what your changes do, and why they add value to the Guides?

Please note: we will close your PR without comment if you do not check the boxes above and provide ALL requested information.


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.comdocs.github.com, guides.github.comskills.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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