Comment by zzzeek
3 hours ago
Yes this is the identical pattern we strive for at SQLAlchemy.
However github has no option to close issues to contributors only.
These folks do what we do, they have an issue template called "do not use this". big whoop. People blow through those all day so we're clicking on "convert to discussion" all day.
Github please add this feature!
We (Renovate) have an issue template (for maintainers/Triage-rights only) which has a label on it
Then GitHub Actions runs on new Issues and any that have that label get auto-closed
The idea is that folks with Triage+ can remove that label when creating an Issue, but not external contributors - might be worth giving that a go?