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 Contributing
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-All contributions are more than welcomed. Contributions may close an issue, fix a bug (reported or not reported), improve the existing code, add new feature, and so on.
+All contributions are more than welcomed. Contributors may close an issue, fix a bug (reported or not reported), improve the existing code, add new feature, and so on.
 
 The `master` branch is the default and base branch for the project. It is used for development and all Pull Requests should go there.