diff --git a/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml b/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml
index 3e21a743..ebafc8a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   find_closed_references:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'ory'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Find closed references
     steps:
@@ -22,6 +23,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ory/closed-reference-notifier@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          ignore: ".git,**/node_modules,docs,CHANGELOG.md,.bin,*.md"
-          issueLabels: upstream
+          issueLabels: upstream,good first issue,help wanted
           issueLimit: ${{ github.event.inputs.issueLimit || '5' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels.yml b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
index 4ad85dbe..c470ddc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   milestone:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'ory'
     name: Synchronize Issue Labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 117f8469..3017170d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   stale:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'ory'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@v3
diff --git a/.reference-ignore b/.reference-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eee2a89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.reference-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**/node_modules
+docs
+CHANGELOG.md