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+---
+name: Question / Help
+about: Ask a question about Scrapy or ask for help with your Scrapy code.
+---
+
+Thanks for taking an interest in Scrapy!
+
+The Scrapy GitHub issue tracker is not meant for questions or help. Please ask
+for help in the [Scrapy community resources](https://scrapy.org/community/)
+instead.
+
+The GitHub issue tracker's purpose is to deal with bug reports and feature
+requests for the project itself.