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djoldman | karma 6674 | avg karma 11.2 · 2021-05-23 23:19:58+00:00

Is it possible to ban users from posting issues on GitHub to your project?

benrbray | karma 3898 | avg karma 5.13 · 2021-05-24 00:48:02+00:00

You can turn off the "issues" tab in your GitHub repository via Repo Settings > Options > Features > Issues.

tonyedgecombe | karma 14463 | avg karma 1.72 · 2021-05-24 09:47:10

Then they go and search for your email address in your commits. Some of these people are really persistent.

teraflop | karma 15299 | avg karma 6.52 · 2021-05-24 03:24:10+00:00

If individual users are being persistent and causing problems, you can ban them. But if your problem is caused by a large number of different users, each coming across the project for the first time and creating annoying issues/PRs, banning doesn't help.