Often it's not the issue author that needs to comment

diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
index 821a84f4052df5f8e7c7e310d1bdfbb37c2ee531..0b4672b51f7ad9cbb0824b30055a6e4d96db96b8 100644 (file)
--- a/.github/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/stale.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ markComment: >
   As there hasn't been any activity here in over 180 days I've marked this as
   stale and if no further activity happens for 7 days I'll will close it.
 
-  [I'm a bot](https://github.com/probot/stale) so this may be in error! If this
-  issue should remain open please comment to that effect!
+  [I'm a bot](https://github.com/probot/stale) so this may be in error!  If this
+  issue should remain open, could someone (the author, a team member, or any
+  interested party) please comment to that effect?
 
-  When commenting, the team would be eternally grateful if some details such as
-  these could be included:
+  The team would be especially grateful if such a comment included details such
+  as:
 
   * Is this still relevant?
   * If so, what is blocking it?