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* Plan and make decisions with community input
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* Encourage and answer questions, and mark them answered as you respond to them
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* Gauge community opinion using polls
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* Upvote discussions and comments to give higher visibility to ideas you find valuable
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* Foster an inviting atmosphere for visitors and contributors to discuss goals, development, administration, and workflows
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![Screenshot of the "Discussions" page for a repository, showing a list of discussions such as "Feedback on the new layout" and "Project direction".](/assets/images/help/discussions/hero.png)
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You can use **repository** discussions to discuss topics that are specific to one repository and **organization** discussions for broader conversations that span multiple repositories.
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Anyone who can access a repository or organization can create and participate in discussions there. However, an administrators must enable {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} for the repository or organization first.
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Anyone with access to a repository or organization can create and participate in discussions there. However, an administrators must enable {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} for the repository or organization first.
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## Managing discussions
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Discussions are created in user-defined categories and can be further organized with labels.
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{% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} includes tools for managing discussions, and for using discussions to manage the repository or organization.
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In addition to organzing discussions, {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} includes other tools for managing discussions, and using discussions to manage the repository or organization.
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* Pin discussions to give topics more visibility
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* Mark comments as answers in question-and-answer categories to help users find information more quickly
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* Lock discussions that have reached a conclusion or become too heated
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* Convert open-ended issues into discussions
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* Close discussions that are no longer useful
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* Discussions can be pinned to give topics more visibility.
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* Comments can be marked as answers in question-and-answer categories to help readers find the most useful response quickly.
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* If a discussion has reached a conclusion or gotten too heated, it can be locked.
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* Issues that turn out to be too open-ended can be converted to a discussion.
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* Moderators can close discussions that are no longer useful.
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For more information about discussion management, see [AUTOTITLE](/discussions/managing-discussions-for-your-community/managing-discussions).
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Discussions are opened in user-defined categories, and can be further organized with repository labels. For more information about discussion management, see [AUTOTITLE](/discussions/managing-discussions-for-your-community/managing-discussions).
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## Sharing feedback
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You can share your feedback about {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} with {% data variables.product.company_short %}. To join the conversation, see [{% data variables.product.prodname_github_community %} discussions](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/discussions).
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## Next steps
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Ready to try {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %}? Find out how to get started at [AUTOTITLE](/discussions/quickstart)
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If you're ready to try {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %}, find out how to get started at [AUTOTITLE](/discussions/quickstart)

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