Add a SUPPORT.md file

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ difficulties along the way.
 If you would like to contribute, please follow the instructions provided on
 [Wiki: Working Practices](https://github.com/MetOffice/CMEW/wiki/Working-Practices).
 
+## Support
+The [Support](SUPPORT.md) file provides details on how to get help with CMEW.
+
 ## Maintainers
 
 Current maintainers of this package are:

SUPPORT.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[(C) Crown Copyright 2025, Met Office.]: #
+[The LICENSE.md file contains full licensing details.]: #
+
+
+# Support
+
+For support questions or discussions with other [CMEW][cmew] community members,
+please use [CMEW Discussions][cmew-discussions].
+
+[cmew]: https://github.com/MetOffice/CMEW
+[cmew-discussions]: https://github.com/MetOffice/CMEW/discussions

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
+
+# Ignore the following URLs when running linkcheck.
+linkcheck_ignore = [r"https://github.com/MetOffice/CMEW.*"]

doc/source/support.rst

@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ Support
 
 .. include:: common.txt
 
-Please contact the |MIAO| team at esmval@metoffice.gov.uk to request support
-related to |CMEW|.
+The SUPPORT.md_ file provides details on how to get help with CMEW.
+
+.. _SUPPORT.md: https://github.com/MetOffice/CMEW/blob/main/SUPPORT.md