From: Mike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:54:06 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: try to encourage more discussions, less bugs
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try to encourage more discussions, less bugs

Change-Id: If7e07fffeea6d32af4f2e819111315783e902b8e
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diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
index 30d846c181..18df908288 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
       value: "
+
+**FOR NEW USERS:** the **VAST MAJORITY** of bugs reported are in fact
+**USAGE QUESTIONS** for APIs that can take some practice to familiarize with,
+and which are also tailored towards high quality relational designs that
+beginners are sometimes less familiar with.
+
+Please start a new
+[discussion](https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/discussions/new?category=Usage-Questions) so that we can
+help with your issue.   If this is the first time you're using
+SQLAlchemy, there is an approximately **90% chance your issue is not a bug**, trust us!
+
 **GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING BUGS**
 
 If you are new to SQLAlchemy bug reports, please review our many examples