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 # 🎃 HacktoberFest Starter Project 🎃
 
-Use this project to make your first contribution to an open source project on GitHub. Practice making your first Pull Request to a public repository before doing the real thing!
+** __Oct 24th, 2017 Update:__ THIS REPO IS TEMPORARILY __NOT MERGING NEW PRs__ until the CONTRIBUTORS.md file is sorted! Thanks for your patience! **
 
-Celebrate [HacktoberFest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) by getting involved in the Open Source Community by completing some simple tasks in this project.
+Use this project to make your first contribution to an open source project on GitHub. Practice making your first pull request to a public repository before doing the real thing!
 
-This repository is open to all members of the GitHub Community. Any member may contribute to this project without being a collaborator.
+Celebrate [Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) by getting involved in the open source community by completing some simple tasks in this project.
 
-[https://alicewonderland.github.io/hacktoberfest/](https://alicewonderland.github.io/hacktoberfest/)
+This repository is open to all members of the GitHub community. Any member may contribute to this project without being a collaborator.
 
+[https://alicewonderland.github.io/hacktoberfest/](https://alicewonderland.github.io/hacktoberfest/)
 
 ## What is Hacktoberfest?
-A month-long celebration from October 1st - 31st sponsored by [Digital Ocean](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/blog/2433-celebrate-open-source-this-october-with-hacktoberfest) to get people involved in [Open Source](https://github.com/open-source). Create your very first Pull Request to any Public Repository on GitHub and contribute to the Open Source Developer Community.
+A month-long celebration from October 1st - 31st sponsored by [Digital Ocean](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/blog/2433-celebrate-open-source-this-october-with-hacktoberfest) to get people involved in [Open Source](https://github.com/open-source). Create your very first pull request to any public repository on GitHub and contribute to the open source developer community.
 
 [https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/)
 
-
-## How Contribute to This Project
+## How to contribute to this project
 Here are 3 quick and painless ways to contribute to this project:
 
 * Add your name to the `CONTRIBUTORS.md` file
-* Add a Profile Page to the `profiles` directory
-* Create a simple 'Hello, World' script in a language of your choice
+* Add a profile page to the `profiles` directory
+* Create a simple "Hello, World" script in a language of your choice
 
-Choose one or all 3, make a Pull Request for your work, wait for it to be merged!
+Choose one or all 3, make a pull request for your work and wait for it to be merged!
 
-## Getting Started
+## Getting started
 * Fork this repository (Click the Fork button in the top right of this page, click your Profile Image)
 * Clone your fork down to your local machine
+
 ```markdown
 git clone https://github.com/your-username/hacktoberfest.git
 ```
+
 * Create a branch
+
 ```markdown
 git checkout -b branch-name
 ```
-* Make your changes (Choose from any task below)
-* Commit and Push
+
+* Make your changes (choose from any task below)
+* Commit and push
+
 ```markdown
 git add .
-git commit -m 'commit message'
+git commit -m 'Commit message'
 git push origin branch-name
 ```
-* Create a New Pull Request from your forked repository (Click the New Pull Request button located at the top of your repo)
+
+* Create a new pull request from your forked repository (Click the `New Pull Request` button located at the top of your repo)
 * Wait for your PR review and merge approval!
 * __Star this repository__ if you had fun!
 
-## Choose From These Tasks
-### 1. Add Your Name
+## Choose from these tasks
+### 1. Add your name
 Add your name to the `CONTRIBUTORS.md` file using the below convention:
 
 ```markdown
-#### Name: [YOUR NAME](GitHub Link)
+#### Name: [YOUR NAME](GitHub link)
 - Place: City, State, Country
 - Bio: Who are you?
-- GitHub: [Your Name](GitHub Link)
+- GitHub: [GitHub account name](GitHub link)
 ```
 
-### 2. Add a Profile Page
-Add a `Your_Name.md` file to the `profiles` directory. Use any combination of content and markdown you'd like. Here is an example:
+### 2. Add a profile page
+Add a `Your_Name.md` file to the `profiles` directory. Use any combination of content and Markdown you'd like. Here is an example:
 
 ```markdown
 # Your Name
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 console.log('Hello, World!');
 ```
+
 Name the file `hello_world_yourusername.xx`. e.g., `hello_world_alicewonderland.js` or `hello_world_alicewonderland.py`.
 
-Don't forget to include the comments as seen above. Feel free to include additional information about the lanuage you chose in your comments too! Like a link to a helpful introduction or tutorial.
+Don't forget to include the comments as seen above. Feel free to include additional information about the language you choose in your comments too! Like a link to a helpful introduction or tutorial. 
 
-[hello_world_alicewonderland.js](https://github.com/AliceWonderland/hacktoberfest/blob/master/scripts/hello_world_alicewonderland.js)
+Here is my `hello_world` example: [hello_world_alicewonderland.js](https://github.com/AliceWonderland/hacktoberfest/blob/master/scripts/hello_world_alicewonderland.js)
 
 ## BONUS!
-* See profiles submitted by fellow coders from around the globe. From Kathmandu to Copenhagen.
-* Discover some obscure to new and trending languages. From BrainFuck to Groovy.
-* Check out very creative ways to print out a Hello, World!
+* See profiles submitted by fellow coders from around the globe ... from Kathmandu to Copenhagen.
+* Discover some obscure to new and trending languages ... from BrainFuck to Groovy.
+* Check out some very creative ways to print out a "Hello, World!" string.
 
-## Reference Links
-Here is a great tutorial for creating your first Pull Request by [Roshan Jossey](https://github.com/Roshanjossey)
+## Reference links
+Here is a great tutorial for creating your first pull request by [Roshan Jossey](https://github.com/Roshanjossey):
 [https://github.com/Roshanjossey/first-contributions](https://github.com/Roshanjossey/first-contributions)
 
-Managing your Forked Repo [https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/)
+Managing your Forked Repo: [https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/)
 
-Syncing a Fork [https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/](https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/)
+Syncing a Fork: [https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/](https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/)
 
-Keep Your Fork Synced [https://gist.github.com/CristinaSolana/1885435](https://gist.github.com/CristinaSolana/1885435)
+Keep Your Fork Synced: [https://gist.github.com/CristinaSolana/1885435](https://gist.github.com/CristinaSolana/1885435)
 
 Checkout this list for README examples - Awesome README [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
 
 Github-Flavored Markdown [https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/)
 
-## Additional References Added By Contributors
+## Additional references added by contributors
 GitHub license explained [https://choosealicense.com](https://choosealicense.com)

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