**If you open a GitHub issue, here is our policy.**
# If you open a GitHub issue, here is our policy.
1. It must be a bug, a feature request, or a significant problem with documentation (for small docs fixes please send a PR instead).
* It must be a **bug**, a **feature request**, or a significant problem
with **documentation**.
* Please send a pull request instead for small documentation fixes.
* The required form must be filled out.
* The issue should be related to the repository it is created in.
2. The required form must be filled out.
General help and support should be sought on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tensorflow-model-garden) or other non-GitHub channels.
3. The issue should be related to the repo it is created in.
Please go to [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tensorflow-model-garden) for help and support.
TensorFlow developers respond to issues.
We want to focus on work that benefits the whole community such as fixing bugs
and adding new features.
It helps us to address bugs and feature requests in a timely manner.
Please understand that research models (https://github.com/tensorflow/models/tree/master/research) included in this repository are experimental and research-style code. They are not officially supported.
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**Here's why we have that policy**
Please understand that research models in the [research directory](https://github.com/tensorflow/models/tree/master/research)
included in this repository are experimental and research-style code.
They are not officially supported by the TensorFlow team.
TensorFlow developers respond to issues. We want to focus on work that benefits the whole community, e.g., fixing bugs and adding features.
We want to focus on the work that benefits the whole community, e.g., fixing bugs and adding features.
Individual support should be sought on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tensorflow-model-garden) or other non-GitHub channels.
It helps us to address bugs and feature requests in a timely manner.
