Backport PR #21640: DOC: remove sample_plots from tutorials

doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst

@@ -10,34 +10,34 @@ Getting started
 General file structure
 ----------------------
 
-All documentation is built from the :file:`doc/`.  The :file:`doc/` 
-directory contains configuration files for Sphinx and reStructuredText 
+All documentation is built from the :file:`doc/`.  The :file:`doc/`
+directory contains configuration files for Sphinx and reStructuredText
 (ReST_; ``.rst``) files that are rendered to documentation pages.
 
-Documentation is created in three ways.  First, API documentation 
+Documentation is created in three ways.  First, API documentation
 (:file:`doc/api`) is created by Sphinx_ from
 the docstrings of the classes in the Matplotlib library.  Except for
-:file:`doc/api/api_changes/`,  ``.rst`` files in :file:`doc/api` are created 
+:file:`doc/api/api_changes/`,  ``.rst`` files in :file:`doc/api` are created
 when the documentation is built.  See :ref:`writing-docstrings` below.
 
-Second, the contents of :file:`doc/plot_types`, :file:`doc/gallery` and 
-:file:`doc/tutorials` are generated by the `Sphinx Gallery`_ from python 
-files in :file:`plot_types/`, :file:`examples/` and :file:`tutorials/`.  
-These sources consist of python scripts that have ReST_ documentation built 
-into their comments.  See :ref:`writing-examples-and-tutorials` below.  
+Second, the contents of :file:`doc/plot_types`, :file:`doc/gallery` and
+:file:`doc/tutorials` are generated by the `Sphinx Gallery`_ from python
+files in :file:`plot_types/`, :file:`examples/` and :file:`tutorials/`.
+These sources consist of python scripts that have ReST_ documentation built
+into their comments.  See :ref:`writing-examples-and-tutorials` below.
 
-Third, Matplotlib has narrative docs written in ReST_ in subdirectories of 
-:file:`doc/users/`.  If you would like to add new documentation that is suited 
-to an ``.rst`` file rather than a gallery or tutorial example, choose an 
-appropriate subdirectory to put it in, and add the file to the table of 
-contents of :file:`index.rst` of the subdirectory.  See 
-:ref:`writing-rest-pages` below.  
+Third, Matplotlib has narrative docs written in ReST_ in subdirectories of
+:file:`doc/users/`.  If you would like to add new documentation that is suited
+to an ``.rst`` file rather than a gallery or tutorial example, choose an
+appropriate subdirectory to put it in, and add the file to the table of
+contents of :file:`index.rst` of the subdirectory.  See
+:ref:`writing-rest-pages` below.
 
 .. note::
 
   Don't directly edit the ``.rst`` files in :file:`doc/plot_types`,
-  :file:`doc/gallery`,  :file:`doc/tutorials`, and :file:`doc/api` 
-  (excepting :file:`doc/api/api_changes/`).  Sphinx_ regenerates 
+  :file:`doc/gallery`,  :file:`doc/tutorials`, and :file:`doc/api`
+  (excepting :file:`doc/api/api_changes/`).  Sphinx_ regenerates
   files in these directories when building documentation.
 
 Setting up the doc build
@@ -199,15 +199,15 @@ Documents can be linked with the ``:doc:`` directive:
 
    See the :doc:`/users/faq/installing_faq`
 
-   See the tutorial :doc:`/tutorials/introductory/sample_plots`
+   See the tutorial :doc:`/tutorials/introductory/usage`
 
    See the example :doc:`/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/simple_plot`
 
 will render as:
 
   See the :doc:`/users/faq/installing_faq`
 
-  See the tutorial :doc:`/tutorials/introductory/sample_plots`
+  See the tutorial :doc:`/tutorials/introductory/usage`
 
   See the example :doc:`/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/simple_plot`
 
@@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@ Example:
 Navbar and style
 ----------------
 
-Matplotlib has a few subprojects that share the same navbar and style, so these 
+Matplotlib has a few subprojects that share the same navbar and style, so these
 are centralized as a sphinx theme at
-`mpl_sphinx_theme <https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme>`_.  Changes to the 
-style or topbar should be made there to propagate across all subprojects.  
+`mpl_sphinx_theme <https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme>`_.  Changes to the
+style or topbar should be made there to propagate across all subprojects.
 
 .. TODO: Add section about uploading docs
 

plot_types/README.rst

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 .. _plot_types:
 
+.. redirect-from:: /tutorials/basic/sample_plots
+
 Plot types
 ==========
 
 Overview of many common plotting commands in Matplotlib.
 
-Note that we have stripped all labels, but they are present by default.  
-See the `gallery <../gallery/index.html>`_ for many more examples and 
-the `tutorials page <../tutorials/index.html>`_ for longer examples. 
+Note that we have stripped all labels, but they are present by default.
+See the `gallery <../gallery/index.html>`_ for many more examples and
+the `tutorials page <../tutorials/index.html>`_ for longer examples.