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@GfEW GfEW commented Jun 14, 2025

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Listing that set of properties of forks as a difference to duplicate repositories suggests that the latter didn't have their own members, branches, tags, labels, policies, issues, pull requests, discussions, actions, projects, and wikis - which is inaccurate and may be confusing to unknowing users.

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Closes: #38912

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Rearranged existing content to resolve a confusing inconsistency.

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Listing that set of properties of forks as a difference to duplicate repositories suggests that the latter didn't have their own members, branches, tags, labels, policies, issues, pull requests, discussions, actions, projects, and wikis - which is inaccurate and may be confusing to unknowing users.
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Thanks for opening a PR! That list item definitely looks out of place, but I would advise just deleting it rather than moving it. We're trying to move toward a more streamlined style in our "about" pages, and that just isn't essential information. If we're listing the differences between forked and duplicated repositories, then it can probably be assumed that things not listed aren't differences, and users can go read more in depth about forks to confirm, if necessary.

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