Simplifying icon request titles (#21360 )

We already have an "icon request" label for these, and they are placed in the "icon request" discussion category. By also having "icon request" in the title of the discussion, it started to feel too noisy and redundant.
Simplifying icon request template name (to avoid redundancy)
2026-01-13 16:38:06 -05:00 · 2025-12-12 11:04:30 -05:00 · 2025-12-12 11:02:09 -05:00 · 2025-12-08 14:16:03 -05:00 · 2025-12-08 14:15:35 -05:00 · 2025-12-08 14:12:15 -05:00
12 changed files with 212 additions and 126 deletions
--- a/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/brand-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/brand-requests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+title: "Brand Request: "
+labels:
+  - "icon request"
+  - "brand icon"
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ## 👋 Thanks for suggesting a new brand!
+        Brand icons only appear in the [Brands pack](https://fontawesome.com/icons/packs/brands), and they must represent real, active companies or products with publicly available branding.
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: brand-name
+    attributes:
+      label: "🏷️ What brand are you requesting?"
+      description: "Tell us the name of the brand and why it is important to have it in the core of Font Awesome."
+
+  - type: input
+    id: official-website
+    attributes:
+      label: "🌐 Official website"
+      description: "Please provide the official website of this brand. The website must be in production and reachable from the public internet."
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: brand-assets
+    attributes:
+      label: "📘 Brand assets or guidelines (optional)"
+      description: "Links to brand guidelines, press kits, logo assets, or other references."
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: checklist
+    attributes:
+      label: "🔍 Request checklist"
+      options:
+        - label: "This is a real, established brand or product"
+          required: true
+        - label: "The brand is not already available in Font Awesome"
+          required: true
+        - label: "I've searched existing brand requests to avoid duplicates"
+          required: true
+        - label: "I understand how brand requests work and the criteria for acceptance"
+          required: true
--- a/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/feature-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/feature-requests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+title: "Feature request: "
+labels: ["feature"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ## 💡 Thanks for suggesting a new feature!
+        Your ideas help us improve Font Awesome. A clear, focused request makes it easier for the community to upvote and for our team to evaluate.
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: use-case
+    attributes:
+      label: "Is your feature request related to a problem?"
+      description: "A clear and concise description of what the problem is."
+      placeholder: "I'm always frustrated when..."
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: feature
+    attributes:
+      label: "Feature description"
+      description: "A clear and concise description of what you want to happen."
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: alternatives
+    attributes:
+      label: "Alternatives"
+      description: "A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered."
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: additional-context
+    attributes:
+      label: "Additional context"
+      description: "Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here."
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: feature-request-checklist
+    attributes:
+      label: "✅ Feature request checklist"
+      options:
+        - label: "This is a single, focused feature request"
+          required: true
+        - label: "I've searched existing feature requests to avoid duplicates"
+          required: true
--- a/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/icon-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/icon-requests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+title: "[Icon Name] Icon"
+labels:
+  - "icon request"
+  - "new icon"
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ## 👋 Thanks for suggesting a new icon!
+        Your ideas help shape what we design next. A clear, thoughtful request makes it easier for the community to vote on and for our team to evaluate.
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: icon-description
+    attributes:
+      label: "🧩 What icon are you requesting?"
+      description: "Describe the icon and the concept it should represent."
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: icon-usage
+    attributes:
+      label: "💡 Where would this icon be used?"
+      description: "Tell us the scenario, UI, or workflow where this icon appears."
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: visual-references
+    attributes:
+      label: "🖼️ Visual references (optional but very helpful)"
+      description: "Paste example images, sketches, screenshots, or links here. Simple, single-color images are best."
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: preferred-packs
+    attributes:
+      label: "🎨 Preferred pack(s) (optional)"
+      description: "Which Font Awesome pack(s) could this icon appear in?"
+      options:
+        - label: "Classic, Duotone, Sharp, Sharp Duotone"
+        - label: "Chisel"
+        - label: "Etch"
+        - label: "Jelly"
+        - label: "Notdog"
+        - label: "Slab"
+        - label: "Thumbprint"
+        - label: "Utility"
+        - label: "Whiteboard"
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: checklist
+    attributes:
+      label: "✅ Request checklist"
+      options:
+        - label: "This request is **not** for a brand or logo (those follow a different request flow)"
+          required: true
+        - label: "This request is for a **single, clear concept** (or a matched pair like `lock` / `unlock`)"
+          required: true
+        - label: "I've included references *or* the concept is easy to visualize"
+          required: false
+        - label: "I searched existing Discussions/Issues to avoid duplicates"
+          required: true
+        - label: "I understand how icon requests work and what makes one more likely to be accepted"
+          required: true
--- a/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/icon-wizard-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/icon-wizard-requests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+title: "Icon Wizard Request: "
+labels:
+  - "icon request"
+  - "new modifier"
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ## 🪄 Thanks for suggesting an addition to the Icon Wizard!
+        The [Icon Wizard](https://docs.fontawesome.com/web/add-icons/icon-wizard) lets folks add modifiers to any existing Font Awesome Pro icon.
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: modifier-description
+    attributes:
+      label: "🧙‍♂️ What modifier are you requesting?"
+      description: "Describe the modifier you'd like to add and what it should represent. Pasting an image here works, too."
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: modifier-usage
+    attributes:
+      label: "💡 How would you use this modifier?"
+      description: "Tell us how you'd combine it with core icons and where it would show up in a UI.\n\nEx: `folder + file` for file-related folders, `user + warning` for risky accounts, etc."
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: checklist
+    attributes:
+      label: "✅ Request checklist"
+      options:
+        - label: "This is a generic symbol, not a brand or logo"
+          required: true
+        - label: "This concept would work as a **small corner/badge modifier**, not a full-size icon"
+          required: true
+        - label: "I've checked existing Icon Wizard modifiers and didn't find this idea"
+          required: true
+        - label: "This is a single, clear modifier concept"
+          required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/000_icon_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/000_icon_request.yml
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-name: Icon request
-description: Suggest an icon to be included in Font Awesome
-labels: ["new icon"]
-title: "Icon request: "
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Thanks for taking the time to request a new icon!
-  - type: textarea
-    id: use-case
-    attributes:
-      label: Use case
-      description: Describe how this icon could be used.
-  - type: textarea
-    id: example
-    attributes:
-      label: Example image
-      description: Insert the example image here if necessary. A good example is a single color image which plays well at small sizes (16px)
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: icon-request-checklist
-    attributes:
-      label: Icon request checklist
-      options:
-        - label: 'The title starts with "Icon request: " and is followed by the requested icon name'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'This icon does not represent a brand'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'This is a single icon or matched pair (Ex: `lock` / `unlock`)'
-          required: true
-        - label: The request is for a concrete object, or I've included an example image
-          required: true
-        - label: 'I have [searched for existing issues](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues) and to the best of my knowledge this is not a duplicate'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'I have [understood how requests work](https://fontawesome.com/community/leaderboard/new#faqs)'
-          required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/001_brand_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/001_brand_request.yml
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-name: Brand request
-description: Suggest a brand to be included in Font Awesome
-labels: ["brand icon"]
-title: "Brand request: "
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Thanks for taking the time to request a new brand!
-  - type: textarea
-    id: description
-    attributes:
-      label: Description
-      description: Please enter a brief description of this brand and why it is important to have it in the core of Font Awesome
-  - type: input
-    id: official-website
-    attributes:
-      label: Official website
-      description: Please provide the official website of this brand. The website must be in production and reachable from the public internet
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: input
-    attributes:
-      label: Brand guidelines
-      description: "Link to brand guidelines, if available (e.g.: https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit)"
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: icon-request-checklist
-    attributes:
-      label: Icon request checklist
-      options:
-        - label: 'The title starts with "Brand request: ", is followed by the requested brand name'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'I have [searched for existing issues](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues) and to the best of my knowledge this is not a duplicate'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'I have [understood how requests work](https://fontawesome.com/community/leaderboard/brands#faqs)'
-          required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/100_web_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/100_web_bug_report.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Bug report (Web - CSS - JS)
 description: Report a bug which occurs in a web application
-title: "Bug: "
-labels: ["bug", "needs-triage"]
+labels: ["needs-triage"]
+type: bug
 body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ body:
    attributes:
      label: Font Awesome version
      description: Provide the version of Font Awesome affected by this bug
-      placeholder: v6.0.0
+      placeholder: v7.1.0
    validations:
      required: true
  - type: dropdown
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/101_other_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/101_other_bug_report.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Bug report (Desktop / Native / Other)
 description: Report a bug which occurs outside of a web application
-title: "Bug: "
-labels: ["bug", "needs-triage"]
+labels: ["needs-triage"]
+type: bug
 body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ body:
    attributes:
      label: Font Awesome version
      description: Provide the version of Font Awesome affected by this bug
-      placeholder: v6.0.0
+      placeholder: v7.1.0
    validations:
      required: true
  - type: textarea
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/200_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/200_feature_request.yml
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: Feature request
-description: Suggest an idea for Font Awesome
-title: "Feature request: "
-labels: ['feature']
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: Thanks for taking the time to request a new feature!
-  - type: textarea
-    id: use-case
-    attributes:
-      label: Is your feature request related to a problem?
-      description: A clear and concise description of what the problem is
-      placeholder: I'm always frustrated when...
-  - type: textarea
-    id: feature
-    attributes:
-      label: Feature description
-      description: A clear and concise description of what you want to happen
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: alternatives
-    attributes:
-      label: Alternatives
-      description: A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
-  - type: textarea
-    id: additional-context
-    attributes:
-      label: Additional context
-      description: Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: feature-request-checklist
-    attributes:
-      label: Feature request checklist
-      options:
-        - label: 'The title starts with "Feature request: " and is followed by the requested feature description'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'This is a single feature'
-          required: true
-        - label: 'I have [searched for existing issues](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues) and to the best of my knowledge this is not a duplicate'
-          required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 contact_links:
+  - name: "✨ Icon Requests"
+    url: "https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/new?category=icon-requests"
+    about: "Request new icons or vote on existing icon ideas."
+
+  - name: "🏷️ Brand Requests"
+    url: "https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/new?category=brand-requests"
+    about: "Request new brands or logos to be added to FA Brands."
+
+  - name: "💡 Feature Requests"
+    url: "https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/new?category=icon-requests"
+    about: "Suggest an idea for Font Awesome."
+
  - name: Pro License Issue
    url: https://fontawesome.com/#footer
-    about: Click on the "Support" link in the footer
+    about: Click on the "Support" link in the footer
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@ Looking to contribute something to Font Awesome? **Here's how you can help.**

 ## Quick start

-We only accept issues that are icon requests, bug reports, or feature requests.
+We only accept issues bug reports or feature requests.
 Bugs must be isolated and reproducible problems that we can fix within the Font
 Awesome core.
-
-* [Request a new icon](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/new?title=Icon%20request:%20icon-name&template=icon-request.md)
 * [Request a new feature](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/new??title=Feature%20request:feature-name&template=feature-request.md)
 * [Submit a bug report](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/new?template=bug-report.md)

+## Icon Requests
+
+Please do not submit icon requests as issues. Instead, please use Github's Discussions:
+* [Request a new icon](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/new?category=icon-requests)
+* [Request a new brand icon](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/new?category=brand-requests)
+* [Request a new modifier in the Icon Wizard](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/new?category=icon-wizard-requests)
+
 ## Key branches

 - `master` is the latest, deployed version
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ commercial projects, open source projects, or really almost whatever you want.
 - Icons — CC BY 4.0 License
  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the CC BY 4.0 license applies to all icons packaged as .svg and .js files types.
 - Fonts — SIL OFL 1.1 License
-  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the SIL OLF license applies to all icons packaged as web and desktop font files.
+  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the SIL OFL license applies to all icons packaged as web and desktop font files.
 - Code — MIT License
  - In the Font Awesome Free download, the MIT license applies to all non-font and non-icon files.

-Attribution is required by MIT, SIL OLF, and CC BY licenses. Downloaded Font
+Attribution is required by MIT, SIL OFL, and CC BY licenses. Downloaded Font
 Awesome Free files already contain embedded comments with sufficient
 attribution, so you shouldn't need to do anything additional when using these
 files normally.
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jory Raphael	16ac6af0d8	Simplifying icon request titles (#21360 ) We already have an "icon request" label for these, and they are placed in the "icon request" discussion category. By also having "icon request" in the title of the discussion, it started to feel too noisy and redundant.	2025-12-12 11:04:30 -05:00
Jory Raphael	ce4942029c	Simplifying icon request template name (to avoid redundancy) We already add an "icon request" label and have these in the "Icon Request" category. Have "Icon Request" in the title felt redundant and unnecessarily noisy.	2025-12-12 11:02:09 -05:00
Jory Raphael	3dba69fed0	Modify bug report template for versioning and labels (#21264 ) Removed "Bug:" from auto-fill for titles, to reduce visual noise of issue tracker. Swapped "bug" label for "Bug" type.	2025-12-08 14:16:03 -05:00
Jory Raphael	f40da32b88	Update web bug report template Removed default labels and updated Font Awesome version placeholder.	2025-12-08 14:15:35 -05:00
Jory Raphael	89f17b4486	Modify bug report template for version and labels - Removed the "Bug:" auto-fill for titles (adds to visual noise of issue tracker) - Removed "label: bug" in favor of new "type: bug"	2025-12-08 14:12:15 -05:00
Jory Raphael	14b8429cd7	Adding feature requests to discussions	2025-12-03 07:49:48 -05:00
Jory Raphael	eceb155cea	Updating links to the new icon request templates	2025-12-02 15:18:23 -05:00
Jory Raphael	b544f79e07	Update contribution guidelines for icon requests Clarified issue submission guidelines and added icon request section.	2025-12-02 15:08:56 -05:00
Jory Raphael	f811bcfe2c	Revise icon wizard request template Updated the discussion template to include a thank you message and a brief description of the Icon Wizard.	2025-12-02 14:46:36 -05:00
Jory Raphael	52dca78e96	Fixing pluralization issue with template name	2025-12-02 14:40:09 -05:00
Jory Raphael	8baaae909a	Icon request templates: updating title, tags	2025-12-02 14:34:14 -05:00
Jory Raphael	762a550514	Fixing the request templates (md → yml) (#20877 ) * Fixing the request templates (md → yml) * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Noah Jacobus <jabronus@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Noah Jacobus <jabronus@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-12-02 14:22:41 -05:00
Jory Raphael	c98f758a03	Moving Requests to Discussions (#20876 ) In order to lessen the signal-to-noise ratio in our Icon Requests, I think we should move new requests to discussions, instead of issues. This PR sets up some initial templates for us to use.	2025-12-02 12:16:07 -05:00
Shriti507	86eb08c194	fix the typo of OLF to OFL (#20859 )	2025-11-14 22:39:55 +01:00