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+# Contribution Guidelines
+
+Please ensure your pull request adheres to the following guidelines:
+
+- The name of the file should be your **username.md** file
+- Search previous suggestions before making a new one, as yours may be a duplicate.
+- Suggested Github Profile READMEs should be beautiful or stand out in some way.
+- Make an individual pull request for each suggestion.
+- Start the description with a capital and end with a full stop/period.
+- Check your spelling and grammar.
+- Make sure your text editor is set to remove trailing whitespace.
+
+Thank you for your suggestions!