diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 81fc37dbd84c..6ff8c123f65a 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-require: rubocop-performance
+plugins:
+  - rubocop-performance
 
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 3.1
-  Exclude:
-    - '**/bin/**/*'
-    - '**/db/**/*'
-    - '**/script/setup'
-    - '**/vendor/**/*'
+  NewCops: enable
+  SuggestExtensions: false
 
 Lint/AssignmentInCondition:
   Enabled: false
@@ -32,3 +29,6 @@ Style/TrailingCommaInArrayLiteral:
 
 Style/TrailingCommaInHashLiteral:
   EnforcedStyleForMultiline: consistent_comma
+
+Layout/EndOfLine:
+  EnforcedStyle: native
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 79d31d62097b..3f52b892c5dd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ GEM
     ffi (1.17.2-arm-linux-gnu)
     ffi (1.17.2-arm-linux-musl)
     ffi (1.17.2-arm64-darwin)
+    ffi (1.17.2-x64-mingw-ucrt)
     ffi (1.17.2-x86-linux-gnu)
     ffi (1.17.2-x86-linux-musl)
     ffi (1.17.2-x86_64-darwin)
@@ -276,6 +277,8 @@ GEM
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.19.4-arm64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.19.4-x64-mingw-ucrt)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.19.4-x86_64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.19.4-x86_64-linux-gnu)
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   arm-linux-musl
   arm64-darwin
   ruby
+  x64-mingw-ucrt
   x86-linux
   x86-linux-gnu
   x86-linux-musl
diff --git a/collections/vlc-media-player/index.md b/collections/vlc-media-player/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..130138879ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collections/vlc-media-player/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+items:
+  - videolan/vlc
+  - mpv-player/mpv
+  - jellyfin/jellyfin
+  - HandBrake/HandBrake
+  - obsproject/obs-studio
+  - xbmc/xbmc
+  - iina/iina
+  - mpc-hc/mpc-hc
+  - celerity/bino
+display_name: VLC Media Player 
+created_by: VideoLAN
+---
+# Video Players and Tools
+
+Stream, play, and transcode digital media with these powerful video applications.
diff --git a/test/collections_test.rb b/test/collections_test.rb
index 657c832f40b5..42c2dc8d53f0 100644
--- a/test/collections_test.rb
+++ b/test/collections_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative "./collections_test_helper"
+require_relative "collections_test_helper"
 
 describe "collections" do
   collections.each do |collection|
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
         it "has valid number of items" do
           items = items_for_collection(collection)
-          assert (1...MAX_COLLECTION_ITEMS_LENGTH + 1).cover?(items.length),
+          assert (1...(MAX_COLLECTION_ITEMS_LENGTH + 1)).cover?(items.length),
                  "must have no more than #{MAX_COLLECTION_ITEMS_LENGTH} items " \
                  "(currently #{items.length})"
         end
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             assert metadata.key?(key), "expected to have '#{key}' defined for collection"
             metadata_value = metadata[key].is_a?(Array) ? metadata[key] : [metadata[key]]
             assert !metadata_value.empty? &&
-                   metadata_value.all? { |value| value&.strip&.size&.positive? },
+                   metadata_value.all? { |value| !value.to_s.strip.empty? },
                    "expected to have a value for '#{key}'"
           end
         end
diff --git a/test/collections_test_helper.rb b/test/collections_test_helper.rb
index 1355c312a110..e514c82d4f39 100644
--- a/test/collections_test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/collections_test_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative "./test_helper"
+require_relative "test_helper"
 require "fileutils"
 
 VALID_COLLECTION_METADATA_KEYS = %w[collection created_by display_name image items].freeze
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 def invalid_collection_message(collection)
   "'#{collection}' must be between 1-#{MAX_COLLECTION_SLUG_LENGTH} characters, " \
-  "start with a letter or number, and may include hyphens"
+    "start with a letter or number, and may include hyphens"
 end
 
 def valid_collection?(raw_collection)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def collections_dir
 end
 
 def collection_dirs
-  collection_directories = dirs_to_test.split(" ").map do |file|
+  collection_directories = dirs_to_test.split.map do |file|
     directory = file.split("/")[1]
     [collections_dir, directory].join("/")
   end
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def prefetch_all_collection_items!
 def collect_all_collection_items
   all_items = collections.flat_map { |c| items_for_collection(c) || [] }
 
-  repos = all_items.select { |item| item.match?(USERNAME_AND_REPO_REGEX) }.uniq
+  repos = all_items.grep(USERNAME_AND_REPO_REGEX).uniq
   users = all_items
           .select { |item| item.match?(USERNAME_REGEX) && !item.match?(USERNAME_AND_REPO_REGEX) }
           .uniq
diff --git a/test/topics_test.rb b/test/topics_test.rb
index fd7ea440e960..86cd793e6c15 100644
--- a/test/topics_test.rb
+++ b/test/topics_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative "./topics_test_helper"
+require_relative "topics_test_helper"
 
 describe "topics" do
   # Used by the Topics Page Style Guide test
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 
         REQUIRED_TOPIC_METADATA_KEYS.each do |key|
           assert metadata.key?(key), "expected to have '#{key}' defined for topic"
-          assert metadata[key]&.strip&.size&.positive?,
+          assert !metadata[key].to_s.strip.empty?,
                  "expected to have a value for '#{key}'"
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/topics_test_helper.rb b/test/topics_test_helper.rb
index fc03528a16be..ba434685d77b 100644
--- a/test/topics_test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/topics_test_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require_relative "./test_helper"
+require_relative "test_helper"
 
 VALID_TOPIC_METADATA_KEYS = %w[aliases created_by display_name github_url logo related
                                released short_description topic url wikipedia_url].freeze
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def topics_dir
 end
 
 def topic_dirs
-  topic_directories = dirs_to_test.split(" ").map do |file|
+  topic_directories = dirs_to_test.split.map do |file|
     directory = file.split("/")[1]
     [topics_dir, directory].join("/")
   end
diff --git a/topics/vlc-media-player/index.md b/topics/vlc-media-player/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaecd3a1e0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/topics/vlc-media-player/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+aliases: vlc-player, videolan, vlc
+display_name: VLC
+short_description: Vlc is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player.
+topic: vlc-media-player
+logo: vlc-media-player.png
+wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player
+---
+VLC Media Player is a portable, free and open-source, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server. 
diff --git a/topics/vlc-media-player/vlc-media-player.png b/topics/vlc-media-player/vlc-media-player.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7622340cdfaa
Binary files /dev/null and b/topics/vlc-media-player/vlc-media-player.png differ