From b74acc409ba2bbf7855e0c44b52992046f04e49b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Connors <connorsl@tcd.ie>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:41:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add note on retiring docs

---
 _includes/layouts/docs_retirement_plug.html | 4 ++++
 _layouts/base.html                          | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 _includes/layouts/docs_retirement_plug.html

diff --git a/_includes/layouts/docs_retirement_plug.html b/_includes/layouts/docs_retirement_plug.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0f9b7efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/layouts/docs_retirement_plug.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div class="dash-plug">
+  <p><strong>Note:</strong> We are retiring documentation for R, MATLAB, Julia, and F# in November 2025. <a href="https://community.plotly.com/t/retire-the-documentation-for-r-matlab-julia-and-f/94147">Learn more about this change here.</a>
+  </p>
+</div>
diff --git a/_layouts/base.html b/_layouts/base.html
index 0ca3ca70e..c7ebe2ee2 100644
--- a/_layouts/base.html
+++ b/_layouts/base.html
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ <h1>
                 {% endunless %}
                 {% include layouts/page-another-language.html %}
                 {% include layouts/dashplug.html %}
+                {% if page.language == "r" or page.language == "julia" or page.language == "fsharp" or page.permalink contains "matlab/" or page.permalink contains "ggplot2/" %}
+                {% include layouts/docs_retirement_plug.html %}
+                {% endif %}
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>