While the CONTRIBUTING guidelines already provide significant guidance on how to structure Bug reports & Feature requests, the large majority of current issue reports does not follow them.

To ensure more structured & time efficient project management, I see quite some benefit in using templates to encourage useful issues and pull requests.

This would make it easier for new users to contribute in a structured manner by guiding them in creating useful reports in alignment with the contribution guide, thus

• saving reviewers time
• improving the quality of issue reports and feature requests
• direct questions to the community discussion page
• ensure required PR preparation steps were honored