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Update Template: 'Issue Making Populate github-handle'

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
88/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Open .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue-making-populate-github-handle-for-project.md and compare its Action Items with the requested wording. Read the testing steps in issue #4786, then follow them to verify the updated template and include the resulting URL in the PR. Done means the instruction accurately explains replacing the placeholder with the member's GitHub username.

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Overview

We need to update the 'Issue Making Populate github-handle' template so that the instructions for creating issues using the 'Populate github-handle' template are accurate.

Action Items
  • Open the .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue-making-populate-github-handle-for-project.md file.
  • Under Action Items, replace the following line:
- Please note, you do not have to replace the [INSERT GITHUB USERNAME] placeholder

with

- [ ] Under Action Items, replace the [INSERT GITHUB USERNAME] placeholder with the member's GitHub username (this may be found at the end of their `github` URL under `links`
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