diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugreport.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugreport.yml
index ba5bc8abaea..59e5889f5ec 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugreport.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bugreport.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Bug Report
+name: 🐛 Bug Report
 description: File a bug report to help us improve
 labels: [bug, "needs triage"]
 body:
@@ -26,14 +26,24 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Minimal Complete Verifiable Example
       description: |
-        Minimal, self-contained copy-pastable example that generates the issue if possible. Please be concise with code posted. See guidelines below on how to provide a good bug report:
+        Minimal, self-contained copy-pastable example that demonstrates the issue.         This will be automatically formatted into code, so no need for markdown backticks.
+      render: Python
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: mvce-checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: MVCE confirmation
+      description: |
+        Please confirm that the bug report is in an excellent state, so we can understand & fix it quickly & efficiently. For more details, check out:
 
         - [Minimal Complete Verifiable Examples](https://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve)
         - [Craft Minimal Bug Reports](http://matthewrocklin.com/blog/work/2018/02/28/minimal-bug-reports)
 
-        Bug reports that follow these guidelines are easier to diagnose, and so are often handled much more quickly.
-        This will be automatically formatted into code, so no need for markdown backticks.
-      render: Python
+      options:
+        - label: Minimal example — the example is as focused as reasonably possible to demonstrate the underlying issue in xarray.
+        - label: Complete example — the example is self-contained, including all data and the text of any traceback.
+        - label: Verifiable example — the example copy & pastes into an IPython prompt or [Binder notebook](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/pydata/xarray/main?urlpath=lab/tree/doc/examples/blank_template.ipynb), returning the result.
+        - label: New issue — a search of GitHub Issues suggests this is not a duplicate.
 
   - type: textarea
     id: log-output
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
index 994c594685d..83e5f3b97fa 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 blank_issues_enabled: false
 contact_links:
-  - name: Usage question
+  - name: ❓ Usage question
     url: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/discussions
     about: |
       Ask questions and discuss with other community members here.
       If you have a question like "How do I concatenate a list of datasets?" then
       please include a self-contained reproducible example if possible.
-  - name: Raster analysis usage question
+  - name: 🗺️ Raster analysis usage question
     url: https://github.com/corteva/rioxarray/discussions
     about: |
       If you are using the rioxarray extension (engine='rasterio'), or have questions about
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/misc.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/misc.yml
index 94dd2d86567..a98f6d90c45 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/misc.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/misc.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: Issue
-description: General Issue or discussion topic. For usage questions, please follow the "Usage question" link
+name: 📝 Issue
+description: General issue, that's not a bug report.
 labels: ["needs triage"]
 body:
   - type: markdown
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/newfeature.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/newfeature.yml
index 77cb15b7d37..04adf4bb867 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/newfeature.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/newfeature.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Feature Request
+name: 💡 Feature Request
 description: Suggest an idea for xarray
 labels: [enhancement]
 body:
diff --git a/doc/examples/blank_template.ipynb b/doc/examples/blank_template.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcb15c1158d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/blank_template.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "d8f54f6a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Blank template\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Use this notebook from Binder to test an issue or reproduce a bug report"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "41b90ede",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import xarray as xr\n",
+    "import numpy as np\n",
+    "import pandas as pd\n",
+    "\n",
+    "ds = xr.tutorial.load_dataset(\"air_temperature\")\n",
+    "da = ds[\"air\"]"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "effd9aeb",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.8.10"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}
diff --git a/doc/gallery.rst b/doc/gallery.rst
index 36eb39d1a53..22cf0c1c379 100644
--- a/doc/gallery.rst
+++ b/doc/gallery.rst
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Notebook Examples
     examples/ROMS_ocean_model
     examples/ERA5-GRIB-example
     examples/apply_ufunc_vectorize_1d
+    examples/blank_template
 
 
 External Examples