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+# Contributing to whylogs
+
+We welcome contributions to [whylogs](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs) by the community. 
+
+## How to report a problem
+
+Feel free to add issues related to the project.
+
+Please search [issue tracker](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs/issues) before
+creating a new issue for a bug, an improvement request, or a fetaure request). 
+
+If you feel that you can fix or implement it yourself, please read a few
+paragraphs below to learn how to submit your changes.
+
+## Submitting changes
+
+- Open a new issue in the
+  [issue tracker](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs/issues).
+- Setup the [development environment](DEVELOPMENT.md) if you need to
+  run tests or whylogs with your changes
+- Fork [whylogs](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs.git) and prepare necessary
+  changes.
+- Add tests for your changes to `tests/`. Changes
+  without tests are still going to be considered by us.
+- Make sure all tests pass.
+- Submit a pull request, referencing any issues it addresses.
+
+We will review your pull request as soon as possible. Thank you for
+contributing!
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@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ whylogs is maintained by [WhyLabs](https://whylabs.ai).
 If you have any questions, comments, or just want to hang out with us, please join [our Slack channel](http://join.slack.whylabs.ai/).
 
 <img align="center" src="images/Whylabs-Dots-Light-Bg.png" width="250"><img align="center" src="images/Whylabs-Dots-Light-Bg.png" width="250"><img align="center" src="images/Whylabs-Dots-Light-Bg.png" width="250">
+
 ## Contribute
 
-We welcome contributions to whylogs. Please see our [developement guide](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs/blob/mainline/DEVELOPMENT.md) for details.
+We welcome contributions to whylogs. Please see our [contribution guide](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs/blob/mainline/CONTRIBUTING.md) and our [developement guide](https://github.com/whylabs/whylogs/blob/mainline/DEVELOPMENT.md) for details.