Don’t treat core devs as exceptions to filling out templates
What
Many projects use templates for PRs and Issues to help guide contributions. The requirement to fill out these templates should apply to core developers as well as external contributors.
Why
If your templates are tedious enough that you don’t want to fill them out, then your contributors will feel the same. Additionally, the information collected from these templates is often useful to readers who encounter the PR/Issue later.
When
From the beginning