Discussion forms

[wooorm]

Initial checklist

• I read the support docs
• I read the contributing guide
• I agree to follow the code of conduct
• I searched issues and couldn’t find anything (or linked relevant results below)

Problem

Discussion (around the collective) are messy

Solution

Discussion forms are now a thing: https://github.blog/2023-01-09-github-discussions-just-got-better-with-category-forms/

How should we use them?

Alternatives

n/a

[ChristianMurphy]

Initial thoughts:

• For category Q&A collect more detail similar to the bug issue form https://github.com/syntax-tree/.github/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&projects=&template=1-bug.yml, specifically
  • what package and version is being used
  • what build tools are used
  • encouraging a sandbox to be generated showing what is being attempted
• For show and tell gather more detail on:
  • what does the project do?
  • where can people find more information?
• For ideas, structure it more similar to a feature request https://github.com/syntax-tree/.github/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&projects=&template=2-feature.yml
  • understand what problem people want to solve
  • understand the proposed solution
  • ask about alternatives
• For polls, I'm not sure, we haven't used them. Maybe we should? or disable them otherwise.
• For general, probably remove this category, it is almost always used as Q&A