From e52ebe9addc40d5e3e822c5bf8cb16492a54923c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ianhi <ianhuntisaak@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:11:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] use config.yml to redirect questions

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 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml   |  9 +++++++++
 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/questions.md | 17 -----------------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
 delete mode 100644 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/questions.md

diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10c9d5c0d580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
+blank_issues_enabled: true # default
+contact_links:
+  - name: Question/Support/Other
+    url: https://discourse.matplotlib.org
+    about: If you have a usage question
+  - name: Chat with devs
+    url: https://gitter.im/matplotlib/matplotlib
+    about: Ask short questions about contributing to Matplotlib
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/questions.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/questions.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 72c8327fd2c9..000000000000
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/questions.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Question/Support/Other
-about: If you have a usage question
-labels: Community support
-# This template is based on the scikit-learn template
-# https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/8e61534f1087703f476414d8dbd3688282f8eebf/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/usage_question.md
----
-
-<!--
-**If your issue is a usage question, please submit it in one of these other channels instead:**
-- The Matplotlib community forum: https://discourse.matplotlib.org/
-- StackOverflow with the Matplotlib tag: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/matplotlib
-
-The issue tracker is used only to report issues and feature requests. For
-questions, please use either of the above platforms. Most question issues are
-closed without an answer on this issue tracker. Thanks for your understanding.
--->