diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
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+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: "Awesome Selfhosted Data"
+    url: "https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/issues"
+    about: "Please submit your issues or suggestions to the awesome-selfhosted-data repository instead."
diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
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-Please do not open issues in this repository. Use https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data instead.