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Improvements to Documentation style and structure information

Mike Lewis requested to merge docs-style-and-structure-improvement into master

What does this MR do?

Main goal: Add a heading to make this clear in Documentation page about how we organize docs, ensure SSOT and link (across main documentation page and style guide)

Ensure we cover SSoT, one/multi format (no guides, glossary, howto), multimedia use

Improve headers and potentially organization of content in
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/#documentation-directory-structure
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/#location-and-naming-documents

Multimedia (include video, vector graphics/diagrams, etc.)

Handbook crosslinks https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/documentation https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/technical-writing/

Related issues

Author's checklist

  • Follow the Documentation Guidelines and Style Guide.
  • Link docs to and from the higher-level index page, plus other related docs where helpful.
  • Apply the ~Documentation label.

Review checklist

All reviewers can help ensure accuracy, clarity, completeness, and adherence to the Documentation Guidelines and Style Guide.

1. Primary Reviewer

  • Review by a code reviewer or other selected colleague to confirm accuracy, clarity, and completeness. This can be skipped for minor fixes without substantive content changes.

2. Technical Writer

  • Optional: Technical writer review. If not requested for this MR, must be scheduled post-merge. To request for this MR, assign the writer listed for the applicable DevOps stage.

3. Maintainer

  1. Review by assigned maintainer, who can always request/require the above reviews. Maintainer's review can occur before or after a technical writer review.
  2. Ensure a release milestone is set and that you merge the equivalent EE MR before the CE MR if both exist.
  3. If there has not been a technical writer review, create an issue for one using the Doc Review template.
Edited by Achilleas Pipinellis

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