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Update Developer Relations handbook: Consistent name, OKRs, workflows (Common Room), formatting, etc.

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This MR review is part of the Fix Fridays content review in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/developer-relations/dev-evangelism/de-tmm-meta/-/issues/341

The Developer Relations landing page in the handbook had outdated information, and required changes for consistency, too.

  1. Use consistent naming of Developer Relations and developer-relations
    1. Includes URL checking for HTTP 200, and redirect updates.
  2. Update the OKR process with new URLs and instructions.
  3. Update the team touchpoints to be consistent.
    1. Add end of week updates document and how to find it.
  4. Add workflows: Common Room, Discord
  5. Formatting and grouping of team handbooks and sections
    1. Change long list of workflows into actionable buttons with font-awesome icons
  6. Remove the group conversation section -- this team task was deprecated in FY23.

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Edited by Michael Friedrich

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