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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Coconut Contributing Guidelines
+
+**Anyone is welcome to submit a pull request regardless of whether or not they have read this document.** The purpose of this document is simply to explain the contribution process and the internals of how Coconut works to make contributing easier.
+
+## Asking Questions
+
+If you are thinking about contributing to Coconut, please don't hesitate to ask questions at Coconut's [Gitter](https://gitter.im/evhub/coconut)! That includes any questions at all about contributing, including understanding the source code, figuring out how to implement a specific change, or just trying to figure out what needs to be done.
+
+## Contribution Process
+
+Contributing to Coconut is as simple as
+
+1. forking Coconut on [GitHub](https://github.com/evhub/coconut),
+2. making changes to the [`develop` branch](https://github.com/evhub/coconut/tree/develop), and
+3. proposing a pull request.

FAQ.md

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 ### I want to contribute to Coconut, how do I get started?
 
-That's great! Coconut is completely open-source, and new contributors are always welcome. Contributing to Coconut is as simple as forking Coconut on [GitHub](https://github.com/evhub/coconut), making changes to the [`develop` branch](https://github.com/evhub/coconut/tree/develop), and proposing a pull request. If you have any questions at all about contributing, including understanding the source code, figuring out how to implement a specific change, or just trying to figure out what needs to be done, try asking around at Coconut's [Gitter](https://gitter.im/evhub/coconut), a GitHub-integrated chat room for Coconut developers.
+That's great! Coconut is completely open-source, and new contributors are always welcome. Check out Coconut's [contributing guidelines](http://coconut.readthedocs.io/en/master/CONTRIBUTING.html) for more information.
 
 ### Why the name Coconut?
 

README.rst

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    FAQ
    HELP
    DOCS
+   CONTRIBUTING
 
 Coconut (`coconut-lang.org`__) is a variant of Python_ built for **simple, elegant, Pythonic functional programming**.