diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0a5d4a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/issue_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+please do not post suggestions, feature requests or non-issue discussions here. go to Discussions if you want to post these instead.