Unless this post is about something I’m not understanding, it sounds completely incorrect based on what has already been discussed.
from: We are winning too much honor points per BG - WoW Classic / The Burning Crusade Classic Discussion - World of Warcraft Forums (blizzard.com)
This sounds like a legitimate bug fix to me.
Edit: I do see some are questioning if the numbers are correct. Although I still didn’t see any posts showing screenshot showing they aren’t.