docs/content/discussions/collaborating-with-your-community-using-discussions/collaborating-with-maintainers-using-discussions.md

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Collaborating with maintainers using discussions	Collaborating with maintainers	You can contribute to the goals, plans, health, and community for a project on {% data variables.product.product_name %} by communicating with the maintainers of the project in a discussion.	People with read permissions to a repository can start and participate in discussions in the repository.	fpt *

About collaboration with maintainers using {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %}

{% data reusables.discussions.about-discussions %} If you use or contribute to a project, you can start a discussion to make suggestions and engage with maintainers and community members about your plans, questions, ideas, and feedback. For more information, see "‎About discussions."

{% data reusables.discussions.about-categories-and-formats %} {% data reusables.discussions.about-announcement-format %}

Repository administrators and project maintainers can delete a discussion. For more information, see "Managing discussions in your repository."

{% data reusables.discussions.github-recognizes-members %} These members appear in a list of the most helpful contributors to the project's discussions. As your project grows, you can grant higher access permissions to active members of your community. For more information, see "Granting higher permissions to top contributors"

For more information about participation in discussions, see "Participating in a discussion."

Prerequisites

To collaborate with maintainers in discussions, a repository administrator or project maintainer must enable {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} for the repository. For more information, see "Enabling or disabling {% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} for a repository."

Starting a discussion

{% data reusables.discussions.starting-a-discussion %}

Filtering the list of discussions

You can search for discussions and filter the list of discussions in a repository. For more information, see "Searching discussions."

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.discussions.discussions-tab %}

1. In the Search all discussions field, type a search query. Optionally, to the right of the search field, click a button to further filter the results.
2. In the list of discussions, click the discussion you want to view.

Converting an issue to a discussion

{% data reusables.discussions.you-can-convert-an-issue %} For more information, see "Moderating discussions in your repository."

Further reading

• "About writing and formatting on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}"
• "Maintaining your safety on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}"