added contributing.md and issue_template file

.Rbuildignore

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 ^CONDUCT\.md$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^revdep$
+^issue_template\.md$
+^CONTRIBUTING\.md$

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# CONTRIBUTING #
+
+### Please contribute!
+
+We love collaboration.
+
+### Bugs?
+
+* Submit an issue on the [Issues page](https://github.com/ropensci/rgbif/issues)
+
+### Code contributions
+
+* Fork this repo to your Github account
+* Clone your version on your account down to your machine from your account, e.g,. `git clone https://github.com/<yourgithubusername>/rgbif.git`
+* Make sure to track progress upstream (i.e., on our version of `rgbif` at `ropensci/rgbif`) by doing `git remote add upstream https://github.com/ropensci/rgbif.git`. Before making changes make sure to pull changes in from upstream by doing either `git fetch upstream` then merge later or `git pull upstream` to fetch and merge in one step
+* Make your changes (bonus points for making changes on a new feature branch)
+* Push up to your account
+* Submit a pull request to home base at `ropensci/rgbif`
+
+### Also, check out our [discussion forum](https://discuss.ropensci.org)
+
+### Prefer to Email? Get in touch: [scott@ropensci.org](mailto:scott@ropensci.org)
+
+### Thanks for contributing!

issue_template.md

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+<!-- If this issue relates to usage of the package, whether a question, bug or similar, along with your query, please paste your devtools::session_info() or sessionInfo() into the code block below. If not, delete all this and proceed :) -->
+
+```
+
+```