@mgduda @kkeene44 @weiwangncar @smileMchen @dudhia
Folks,
Miles, Michael, and I chatted about this a bit today - trying to get a template for the "issues" for WRF. This is seeing what this could look like for us. Sorry for the atypical PR starting branch, but github sort of did much of this for me.

@davegill If this file is this hidden, how do you expect people who report issues to find it? How do you want this file to be used?

@weiwangncar
I agree with everything you say. We are still working this out. :)

@weiwangncar The file is used by GitHub to provide the default text when someone opens a new Issue. To see how this works, go to https://github.com/mgduda/MPAS-Scratch/issues and try opening a new issue.

@davegill As an alternative to using the GitHub web interface to create Issue templates for "bug reports", etc., it's possible to create a general template by just committing a new file, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md to the repository. I don't know whether this has to be a commit to the master branch or not.

@mgduda Thanks. It makes sense if it just pops up when a new issue is opened.