Over several years, where Aileen worked, multiple teams contributed content. While well-intentioned, this distributed ownership led to significant duplication, especially with FAQ content.

In her talk, โ€œ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒโ€, Aileen Mary shares how their team deprecated over 500 articles, nearly 30% of the Knowledge Base.

This was done through a systematic, data-driven process aligned with support metrics and product priorities.

Donโ€™t miss this talk at Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5!

https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2026/speakers/#speaker-aileen-mary-how-we-deprecated-500-articles-cleaning-up-documentation-at-scale-aileen-mary

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