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+name: Pause Community Contributions
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - opened
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'exercises/*/*/.approaches/**'
+      - 'exercises/*/*/.articles/**'
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  pause:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'exercism' # Stops this job from running on forks
+    uses: exercism/github-actions/.github/workflows/community-contributions.yml@main
+    with:
+      forum_category: vbnet
+    secrets:
+      github_membership_token: ${{ secrets.COMMUNITY_CONTRIBUTIONS_WORKFLOW_TOKEN }}