chore: remove Pro banner, GitHub link, download button, and MENA region

[brlanweb]

• Remove ProBanner component from App.ts
• Remove GitHub link and stars from header
• Remove download app button from header
• Remove MENA region from region selector

Summary

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature
• New data source / feed
• New map layer
• Refactor / code cleanup
• Documentation
• CI / Build / Infrastructure

Affected areas

• Map / Globe
• News panels / RSS feeds
• AI Insights / World Brief
• Market Radar / Crypto
• Desktop app (Tauri)
• API endpoints (/api/*)
• Config / Settings
• Other:

Checklist

• Tested on worldmonitor.app variant
• Tested on tech.worldmonitor.app variant (if applicable)
• New RSS feed domains added to api/rss-proxy.js allowlist (if adding feeds)
• No API keys or secrets committed
• TypeScript compiles without errors (npm run typecheck)

Documentation Alignment Checklist

• Claim ledger attached or linked
• All required Audit Council role signoffs attached
• Generated docs regenerated from proto where applicable
• Fixture-backed examples recomputed
• Redis writers/readers enumerated for every documented key

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Greptile Summary

This PR strips four UI features: the Pro banner, the GitHub link with star counter, the download-app button, and the MENA region from the region selector. The ProBanner and GitHub/download removals are clean, but the MENA removal is incomplete — resolveUserRegion() in src/utils/user-location.ts still maps Middle East timezones and coordinates to 'mena', and VIEW_VALUES in urlState.ts still accepts ?view=mena as valid.

• ProBanner / GitHub / Download: import and call site removed from App.ts and panel-layout.ts; the initDownloadDropdown event-handler function gracefully no-ops when its elements are gone.
• MENA region selector: removed from both the desktop <select> and the mobile bottom sheet, but the region-resolution utilities that can produce 'mena' were not updated, leaving mobile users in the Middle East with a blank/mismatched region dropdown on first load, and shared ?view=mena links silently broken.
• Orphaned CSS: .github-link rules in main.css and rtl-overrides.css are now dead and can be deleted.

Confidence Score: 3/5

The ProBanner and GitHub/download removals are safe, but the MENA region removal is incomplete and leaves mobile users in the Middle East with a broken region selector on first load.

The region-resolution utilities and URL state validator were not updated alongside the UI removal, leaving a broken experience for Middle East users on mobile and invalidating shared links with ?view=mena.

src/utils/user-location.ts and src/utils/urlState.ts need updating to remove all mena references and remap Middle East resolution to a valid region.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/App.ts	Removes the showProBanner call and its import — straightforward cleanup with no side effects on the rest of the boot sequence.
src/app/panel-layout.ts	Removes GitHub stars fetch, GitHub link, download button, and MENA option from both the desktop select and the mobile bottom sheet; the MENA removal is incomplete — resolveUserRegion() and urlState VIEW_VALUES still produce mena, causing a blank/incorrect region select for Middle East users on mobile and for shared ?view=mena URLs.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[App.init] --> B[resolveUserRegion]
    B --> C{Region resolved}
    C -->|mena via Middle East TZ or coords| D[state.resolvedLocation = mena]
    C -->|other region| E[state.resolvedLocation = valid region]
    D --> F[panelLayout.init]
    E --> F
    F --> G{isMobile?}
    G -->|yes| H[MapContainer view = mena]
    G -->|no| I[MapContainer view = global]
    H --> J[map.onStateChanged fires]
    J --> K[regionSelect.value = mena]
    K --> L[No matching option - select shows blank]
    I --> M[regionSelect in sync]
    N[URL ?view=mena] --> O[urlState VIEW_VALUES includes mena]
    O --> P[Parsed as valid view]
    P --> Q[map.setView mena]
    Q --> K

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%%{init: {'theme': 'base', 'themeVariables': {"darkMode": true, "background": "#0d1117", "primaryColor": "#21262d", "primaryTextColor": "#e6edf3", "primaryBorderColor": "#8b949e", "lineColor": "#8b949e", "textColor": "#e6edf3", "edgeLabelBackground": "#161b22", "actorBkg": "#21262d", "actorBorder": "#8b949e", "actorTextColor": "#e6edf3", "actorLineColor": "#8b949e", "signalColor": "#8b949e", "signalTextColor": "#e6edf3", "noteBkgColor": "#373320", "noteBorderColor": "#d4a72c", "noteTextColor": "#f0e6c0", "labelBoxBkgColor": "#21262d", "labelBoxBorderColor": "#8b949e", "labelTextColor": "#e6edf3", "loopTextColor": "#e6edf3", "activationBkgColor": "#30363d", "activationBorderColor": "#8b949e"}}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[App.init] --> B[resolveUserRegion]
    B --> C{Region resolved}
    C -->|mena via Middle East TZ or coords| D[state.resolvedLocation = mena]
    C -->|other region| E[state.resolvedLocation = valid region]
    D --> F[panelLayout.init]
    E --> F
    F --> G{isMobile?}
    G -->|yes| H[MapContainer view = mena]
    G -->|no| I[MapContainer view = global]
    H --> J[map.onStateChanged fires]
    J --> K[regionSelect.value = mena]
    K --> L[No matching option - select shows blank]
    I --> M[regionSelect in sync]
    N[URL ?view=mena] --> O[urlState VIEW_VALUES includes mena]
    O --> P[Parsed as valid view]
    P --> Q[map.setView mena]
    Q --> K

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