Post merge clean ups and fix to pass lint checks

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/Feature_request.md

@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
----
-name: Feature request
-labels: feature request
-about: Suggest an idea for this project
-
----
-
 ## Feature Request
 
 Opening a feature request kicks off a discussion.
 
-### Proposal:
+### Proposal
 
-### Current behavior:
+### Current behavior
 
-### Desired behavior:
+### Desired behavior
 
 ### Use case: <!-- [Why is this important (helps with prioritizing requests)] -->

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### Required for all PRs:
+# Required for all PRs:
 
 <!-- Complete the tasks in the following list. Change [ ] to [x] to
 show completion. -->

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*This is a fork of [telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/) project*
+# This is a fork of [telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/) project
 
 # Telegraf [![Circle CI](https://circleci.com/gh/influxdata/telegraf.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/influxdata/telegraf) [![Docker pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/library/telegraf.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/_/telegraf/)
 

plugins/inputs/modbus/README.md

@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ with N decimal places'.
 (FLOAT32 is deprecated and should not be used. UFIXED provides the same conversion from unsigned values).
 
 ## Trouble shooting
----
 
 ### `request` configuration style
 

plugins/parsers/registry.go

@@ -187,15 +187,6 @@ func RegisterParser(name string, creator parserCreator) {
 	parserRegistry[name] = creator
 }
 
-type parserCreator func(config *Config)(Parser, error)
-var parserRegistry map[string]parserCreator
-func RegisterParser(name string, creator parserCreator) {
-	if parserRegistry == nil {
-		parserRegistry = make(map[string]parserCreator)
-	}
-	parserRegistry[name] = creator
-}
-
 // NewParser returns a Parser interface based on the given config.
 func NewParser(config *Config) (Parser, error) {
 	var err error