docs: remove removed examples guidelines reference from PR template

[wo-o29]

For Maintainers

What?

Removed the references to the now-deleted examples guidelines from the PR template. Specifically, removed the line about

The "examples guidelines" are followed from our contributing doc https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/contributing/examples/adding-examples.md

since that file and folder were deleted in PR #77050.

Why?

The /examples folder and its adding-examples.md file were removed, so the reference in the PR template to those guidelines is outdated and misleading. Keeping those references causes confusion for contributors by pointing to non-existent documentation.

How?

• Edited the PR template file.
• Removed the outdated examples guidelines reference line.
• Left other template content unchanged to preserve existing guidance.

This ensures the PR template stays accurate, up-to-date, and helpful for contributors.

[ijjk]

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[icyJoseph]

mmm interesting - wonder if the entire sub heading should disappear though? or we likely need to reformulate the section

[wo-o29]

mmm interesting - wonder if the entire sub heading should disappear though? or we likely need to reformulate the section

Since https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/contributing.md also contains linting content, I think we can remove the Adding or Updating Examples section itself. What do you think?

[icyJoseph]

mmm interesting - wonder if the entire sub heading should disappear though? or we likely need to reformulate the section

Since https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/contributing.md also contains linting content, I think we can remove the Adding or Updating Examples section itself. What do you think?

Yeah - I mean, right now the whole thing wouldn't make any sense, the heading talks about examples, the content about linting. Let's drop it all this time around.

The thing that I am a bit worried about is, addition of future examples, but I think we can proceed because:

• as you point out, that ship sailed when the actual section was removed 🤔
• maintaining examples often falls on us, and today it is quite common for libraries/tooling to have a CLI, a 'How to do in Next.js', or LLMs just know how to generate a project from scratch

[wo-o29]

mmm interesting - wonder if the entire sub heading should disappear though? or we likely need to reformulate the section

Since https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/contributing.md also contains linting content, I think we can remove the Adding or Updating Examples section itself. What do you think?

Yeah - I mean, right now the whole thing wouldn't make any sense, the heading talks about examples, the content about linting. Let's drop it all this time around.

The thing that I am a bit worried about is, addition of future examples, but I think we can proceed because:

• as you point out, that ship sailed when the actual section was removed 🤔
• maintaining examples often falls on us, and today it is quite common for libraries/tooling to have a CLI, a 'How to do in Next.js', or LLMs just know how to generate a project from scratch

Thanks for the reply, I'll edit it to remove the entire section :)

docs: remove removed examples guidelines reference from PR template

[bndchris]

@icyJoseph Are examples added by the next.js team?

[wo-o29]

@icyJoseph Are examples added by the next.js team?

I think the nextjs team is in charge of adding examples:)

[icyJoseph]

@icyJoseph Are examples added by the next.js team?

Depends. Some examples were added by 3rd parties, for various reasons, and they are still maintaining them as of today.

[bndchris]

@icyJoseph Are examples added by the next.js team?

Depends. Some examples were added by 3rd parties, for various reasons, and they are still maintaining them as of today.

Thanks for your reply!