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+#Contribution Guidelines
+Please ensure your pull request adheres to the following guidelines:
+
+* Search previous suggestions before making a new one, as yours may be a duplicate.  
+* Suggested READMEs should be beautiful or stand out in some way.  
+* Make an individual pull request for each suggestion.  
+* New categories, or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome.  
+* Keep descriptions short and simple, but descriptive.  
+* Start the description with a capital and end with a full stop/period.  
+* Check your spelling and grammar.  
+* Make sure your text editor is set to remove trailing whitespace.  
+  
+Thank you for your suggestions!