Why users cannot create Issues directly

Re:Why users cannot create Issues directly by IshKebab on Friday January 02, 2026 @11:28AM (#46466415)

They're already doing that by moving discussions to issues. In fact it's more work for them because they have to actually create the issue instead of just adding a "confirmed bug" label or whatever.

I guess it probably leads to higher quality issue descriptions at least, but otherwise this seems pretty dumb and user-hostile.

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Re:Why users cannot create Issues directly by lsbussell on Friday January 02, 2026 @12:34PM (#46467185)

There’s a one-click button to convert from discussion to issue (and vice versa). It’s hardly more work. But I do feel like discussions are kind of hidden and out of the way on GitHub.

On repos I maintain, I use an “untriaged” label for issues and I convert questions to discussions at issue triage time.

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