Robert Allen activity https://gitlab.com/rallen3 2026-02-25T02:34:47Z tag:gitlab.com,2026-01-08:4971452306 Robert Allen pushed to project branch main at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2026-01-08T00:49:52Z rallen3 Robert Allen

Robert Allen (52492016) at 08 Jan 00:49

Merge branch 'rallen3-main-patch-7b33' into 'main'

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tag:gitlab.com,2026-01-08:4971449973 Robert Allen accepted merge request !17770: Update file _index.md at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2026-01-08T00:47:48Z rallen3 Robert Allen

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tag:gitlab.com,2026-01-08:4971422689 Robert Allen opened merge request !17770: Update file _index.md at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2026-01-08T00:30:34Z rallen3 Robert Allen

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tag:gitlab.com,2026-01-08:4971418680 Robert Allen pushed new project branch rallen3-main-patch-7b33 at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2026-01-08T00:27:59Z rallen3 Robert Allen

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Update file _index.md

tag:gitlab.com,2025-12-09:4896259943 Robert Allen approved merge request !5007: Fixed a small grammatical error in the Neurodiversity Resources page at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2025-12-09T22:41:28Z rallen3 Robert Allen

There were a couple of small grammatical errors on the mermaid chart on this page that I've fixed.

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tag:gitlab.com,2025-12-09:4896259720 Robert Allen commented on merge request !5007 at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2025-12-09T22:41:19Z rallen3 Robert Allen

Thanks so much, Tom. Yes.

tag:gitlab.com,2025-11-29:4862298655 Robert Allen approved merge request !17269: Fix spelling workspace tmrgglwomen agilecareer at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2025-11-29T03:14:52Z rallen3 Robert Allen

Why is this change being made?

This MR fixes spelling errors in three Markdown files.

Linked issue: #568

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tag:gitlab.com,2025-11-18:4825910383 Robert Allen approved merge request !16923: Updating usernames for page maintainers at GitLab.com / Content Sites / handbook 2025-11-18T20:29:37Z rallen3 Robert Allen

People Group requested bulk changes to the CODEOWNERS file to update page maintainers. The requests were tracked in a shared spreadsheet and updated or added.

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